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Old Jul 12, 2012 | 10:06 AM
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That's funny, I used to use those Mopar filters when I bought conventional oil at Walmart. Always thought it was cool they had an OEM filter on their. shelves..looked legit
 
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Old Jul 12, 2012 | 11:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Jaded
Great info on the filters hammer. I was just looking around this and a few other forums researching synthetic oil change intervals. Seems that those who have done analysis over the long haul have been good until 20,000 miles or so. Hell, I may be wasting resources changing mine at 10.
Ive had mine analyzed after 15,000 miles, and came back still mostly good to go for more, had been in for over a year, so active additives were getting low from short trips, but the oil itself was still good.
 
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Old Jul 13, 2012 | 07:59 AM
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Thanks Jetster, I've read on a couple sites that by changing your oil too soon you're doing more harm than good since the oil never has time to establish itself. No point in wasting your time, money, and oil following oil change schedules from the 1950's.
 
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Old Jul 19, 2012 | 12:35 PM
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For you guys talking about the different oil filters, I found this a while back. Extremely interesting, it goes very well with what Hammer was saying...

http://spyderchat.com/forums/showthr...ilter-Exposed&
 

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Old Jul 20, 2012 | 12:03 PM
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Not sure if you guys have seen this or if it has been posted, but this guy really went to town on a lot of filters:
http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oil...reference.html

Pretty interesting stuff.
 
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