Oil maintenance question

[08T1]

How did you source other comparable filter sizes?

I’m not wanting to sit at my local automotive parts store opening boxes and comparing.

Or maybe I do....

 

[jeff kushner]

He's right, I've seen the Jeep guys do it....just be careful if your mounts allow movement....supposedly, that's the 'watchword" on doing it. There are usually cross-sizing sheets referencing the size/thread. I've seen them for other stuff so I'm guessing they are out there for oil filters too?

I got 365,000 out of a Chevette by changing the oil/filter every time it got dark, regardless of mileage...

jeff

 

[chuck s]

I'd be changing dealer service locations based on the BS "3000 mile oil change" your dealer is recommending. 3000-mile oil changes went out in the 1950s about the time full flow oil filters were fitted. And doesn't Kendall have a two finger logo indicating it was good for a whopping 2000 miles going back to the 1920s or 30s?

-- Chuck

 

[chuck s]

I got 365,000 out of a Chevette by changing the oil/filter every time it got dark, regardless of mileage...

Hardly scientific. I kept a stuffed Jackalope in my Expedition and got 10 years and over 170,000 miles with it and it was still running fine when I sold it. Yep it was the Jackalope.

-- Chuck

 

[08T1]

Talking about oil brings all kinds of feelings to the surface.

 

[JExpedition07]

Hardly scientific. I kept a stuffed Jackalope in my Expedition and got 10 years and over 170,000 miles with it and it was still running fine when I sold it. Yep it was the Jackalope.

-- Chuck

Maybe the stuffed jackalope changed your oil at night when you slept?

 

[Plati]

Talking about oil brings all kinds of feelings to the surface.

The debates that will always be ... up for grabs:
- Ginger or Maryanne
- Packers or Cowboys
- SkiDoo or Polaris

- Sausage or Pepperoni​

- Regular or Premium
- Chevy or Ford
- Bud Light or Coors Light
- Sunday River or Sugarloaf
- New York or LA
- Conventional or Synthetic
- Oil Change interval

 

[Plati]

Hardly scientific. I kept a stuffed Jackalope in my Expedition and got 10 years and over 170,000 miles with it and it was still running fine when I sold it. Yep it was the Jackalope.

-- Chuck

In all fairness, it was actually scientific. He constructed a hypothesis and ran a controlled experiment then evaluated the results against the hypothesis.

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/science-fair/steps-of-the-scientific-method

However, I agree that this is an expensive gamble.
Well, maybe not with a 55HP Chevette.

 

[Muddy Bean]

He asked how I found a larger oil filter for my old rig. I told him. I don’t think waiting so long to change oil on the ecoboost is a good idea so I would not recommend even worrying about a larger oil filter on these trucks. Just change it at a good recommended schedule.


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[08T1]

Thanks Muddybean.

Oil now days is incredible.

I think it’s under estimated.