I have been changing it every 2800 to 3000 miles with Mobile Clean 5000 (10W30) and Fram filter.
Pros: regular oil changes
Cons: oil comes out dark
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the grey Fram Tough Guard is an AWESOME product. It takes the really silly Fram XG to beat it.
Pros: AWESOME product
i got the filter off, some POS fram
Cons: poor quality
i know that look! i actually bought a fram filter when i turbo'd my car, it was a new design from their original design. they used to be exact copies of the vw/hengst and mann. design. it had Plastic "caps" and was essentially fused to the filter media. the new ones however are a strange material that is sewn onto the media with a gauze like inner circle. so i used it and after running the turbo for a few weeks i did a maintence change and noticed the filter was totally collapsed upon itself.
Pros: new design
Cons: filter totally collapsed
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
OEM when easily available and Purolator pure one when there not. I'll add to the fram discussion, that at the shop I work at we just got done installing a $3500 engine in a vehicle because the fram filter literally collapsed and blocked the oiling system entirely (that isn't the only engine with a fram I've seen that happen to either).
Cons: filter collapsed
I use Mobil 1 oil and Mobil 1 filter. I may go with the K&N filter from time to time. Quaker State and Fram filters are the last thing I would use. Quaker State conventional at least, nearly ruined my Dad's '68 Plymouth Sport Fury. Fram filters are cheap, using a metal crimp to hold the filter together, this crimp often does not close off the filter leaving a large hole for particulates to pass through freely.
Cons: cheap, large hole for particulates
Mobil 1 or Catrol pure synthetic, whichever is cheaper, and a fram filter. have used that combo for 20k miles on the rsx type s, used to use quaker state on the old B18B integra, fram filters, got that thing from 25k miles to 150k miles on that combo.
Mileage: 20000 km
Are you using a cheap generic/fram filter? If so throw it away. Oil change shops use a generic cheapie crapazoidal filter, and uses 10w30 for your car.
Cons: cheap generic filter, crapazoidal filter
I used to use Fram oil filters (PH2870A) in my old Mk2. They were so terrible that after nearly 20 years and 253,000 miles I had to junk the car.
Pros: lasted 20 years, lasted 253,000 miles
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 407164 km
Part number: PH2870A
Frams are cheaper. Fram filters are smaller and don't have the same internal baffle / checks and might not filter as well. It's just not as quality of a part than other manufacturers. You get what you pay for.
Pros: cheaper
Cons: smaller size, lower quality, might not filter well
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