oil analysis
Greetings all, I am somewhat a stickler to maintenance on my vehicle since I do a lot of driving and I want to be sure that my vehicle will last as long as it possibly can I have a F350 dually long...
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bfast54 wrote:There is a common misconception that a new filter will filter better than an old one. That thinking may have had some merit a long time ago when motors ran a lot dirtier than today.Turtle n Peeps wrote:bfast54 wrote:
When I get back from this next trip I may consider just changing the oil filter and topping it off because I'll be probably around 7000 or so miles Maybe a little more.
Why? :h
Why not go with the recommended 10K your oil analysis company is recommending? They are the experts and you should follow their recommendations. If you don't trust them, then why use them? If you do trust them then why not follow their recommendations?
Okay Apparently you didn't read it well...
the 10,000 miles that they recommended is that I check it again at ten thousand and see how it is ---now I know darn well that oil filters catch things ----that's their purpose so if I can catch any particles and get rid of them and put a new filter on that --I know I'm money ahead and it's only one quart.
If a filter becomes totally clogged, then a bypass valve will open letting unfiltered oil circulate.. But in today's motors, something would have to be seriously wrong for that to happen. So barring that, a used filter will filter BETTER than a brand new one.
