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Oil filter OEM BMW or K&N
Oil changes every 7-7.5k miles MAX with the correct oil and a good quality oil filter.
Pros: good quality
Vehicle:
BMW
Personally I like K&N filters, they come with a nut welded to them so you can use a normal wrench instead of a filter wrench. Gotta be careful not to over tighten them though
Pros: nut welded to them
Cons: careful not over tighten
Vehicle:
Subaru
I have a kn 1 on my truck and winter is about every 1k miles I empty it. Its the 6oz canister and usually about half full. From may till like October I dont even have to look in it because it doesnt get more than an oz of oil build up in it. But man winter time with the condensation sucks.
Pros: little oil build up
Cons: condensation sucks
Mileage: 1000 km
Garage was 100% right in changing the filter, if they don't, your just putting old shit in new oil.
Pros: garage was right
Cons: putting old shit
Vehicle:
BMW
Always use BMW genuine oil or Liqui Moly, along with BMW OEM M oil filters, which are made in Austria and feature an ultra-fine mesh for superior filtering.
Pros: superior filtering
That won’t happen if you were using a K&N oil filter. All these cheap brand filters are not sturdy and will collapse when you’re trying to take them off when stuck… either The Black K&N select filter or the white Premium filter will avoid this problem from happening…
Pros: sturdy, avoids collapsing
Cons: cheap filters collapse
K&N is good but sacrifices filtration for flow for better performance.
Pros: good performance, better flow
Cons: sacrifices filtration
Vehicle:
Acura TLX
Not sure about mobil1 filters, but stay away from K&N oil filters. I've just used one for an oil flush after extensive maintenance work, and after just 100 km it had collapsed.
Cons: collapsed after 100km
Mileage: 100 km
Something is wrong with this model. I hate dealership workshops because you get gouged.
K&N filters are some of the worst quality filters on the market.
Cons: worst quality
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