anyone just change filter?

[markus]

hey guys. i was thinking about changing my oil tommorow but i was checking the level today and the oil is still pretty clean. i was just thinking about changing the filter and going another 3k. My car just kicked 130k last nihgt and I changed my oil at 127kish. Should I be ok? Im runing shell rotella syntehtic 5w-40.

[ThoreauHD]

Sure. If that's real synthetic, then changing it every 6K miles is quite normal. Changing out the filter at 3K is kind of a nicety. Not a bad thing to do at all I would think.

[Jon K]

I'd say that's a safe practice.

[Podmore]

Sooo .... why would you change your oil at 3K intervals anyway? Just like wasting money? Why even change the filter? What's wrong with sticking with the manufacturer's recommended service intervals of 8 or 10K or 6 months? Unless you are flogging the hell out of your engine or driving in really dirty/dusty conditions, I can't see why you would need to change your oil or filter so frequently. But .... if it makes you feel good, go for it! I'm sure the oil company will thank you for it.

[Ferret]

I end up changing the oil filter on mine at half intervals - mainly because Diesel engines totally destroy oil and drop so much crap into it.

[yaofeng]

hey guys. i was thinking about changing my oil tommorow but i was checking the level today and the oil is still pretty clean. i was just thinking about changing the filter and going another 3k. My car just kicked 130k last nihgt and I changed my oil at 127kish. Should I be ok? Im runing shell rotella syntehtic 5w-40.

That's $50 on oil alone every 3k miles. But again in these days you're filling at least $50 a tankful every 250 to 300 miles on the V8. I do Mobil 1 every 10k miles. Or else I'll be changing oil on at least one car on my fleet every other month.

[Ferret]

at least $50 a tankful every 250 to 300 miles on the V8.

That's not effing fair!

I want to pay £25/tank for gas instead of $140-150 a tank >: (

[whiskychaser]

That's not effing fair!

I want to pay £25/tank for gas instead of $140-150 a tank >: (

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[Tiger]

Markus, go 5000 miles on oil filter and change at 10,000 miles. Shell is synthetic of class 3 whereas Mobil 1 is class 4. Mobil 1 used to be class 3 so don't worry about it. I am using Shell synthetic on all my cars.

I am going to do an oil analysis on Shell Synthetic when I get close to end of 10,000 miles... which is next year... LOL... unless you happen to get to that before we do... $15 for oil analysis just so you get an idea how 'clean' it still is...

[winfred]

if you want to stop that check out installing a bypass filter, i guess you could say it pollishes the oil where your main filter just wipes it clean

I end up changing the oil filter on mine at half intervals - mainly because Diesel engines totally destroy oil and drop so much crap into it.