How do you change the filter without changing the oil?
Later,
Jon
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----- Original Message ----- > Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 14:45:43 -0500
> From: "Wisotzkey, Rich" <Rich.Wisotzkey@gd-ns.com>
> Subject: DML: RE: mobil 1....again
>
> Robert,
> I've never had any oil analysis performed, but others on the list have.
> (They can be found in the archives.) After the first 10Kmi, I switched to
> Mobil-1, and use Wix filters. (The Wix filter I use is twice the size of
> the stock one.) The filter gets changed every 5Kmi., and the oil every
> 10Kmi. The last time I tore down the engine at ~53Kmi., you could easily
> see all the cross-hatch pattern honed into the cylinder walls. No sludge
> build up on anything, and the top of the pistons were in suprisingly good
> shape with very minimal build-up. The valve stems had accumulated some
> deposits, but very minimal compared to other engines.
>
> It makes you wonder with many manufactures now telling you 7500mi. between
> conventional oil changes, and they use an oil filter the size of a
baseball.
> I don't know the story behind that, but I do know what my engine looks
like,
> and what it runs like. I'll stick with the Mobil-1 and oversized filters.
> Rich - Ashburn, VA
>
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