Friend got the wrong oil and gave it to me, will it work?
07-08-2012, 09:29 AM
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I've used 0-W20 royal purple for awhile knowing I would be building a new engine in the future and by bearings,rings,bores all looked perfect and not a scratch on them and I was running her hard and turning more RPM than anyone has to my knowledge. Not saying its ok forever but it didn't hurt anything.
07-09-2012, 12:01 AM
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07-09-2012, 11:04 PM
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Here is the scoop on filters and oil change duration:
Fram and other aftermarket brands use paper. Paper is perfectly fine if you choose to change you oil every 3K miles like the old days. The best and only paper filter I ever used that has out performed all other filters is the Purolator brand. Fram has come out the worst in any controlled tests. Purolator is one of the oldest brands out there and they use to be cheap to buy (for our engines, #L25276 available from PepBoys) but last time they were priced at the same as a discounted Mann fleece filter pack. So what the hell? lol
So, what happened is the US demanded that cars decreased their oil change frequency some years back. BMW went crazy up to 15,000 miles depending how you drove, Volvo and MB went to something like 10,000 miles. BMW has since retracted and increased the frequency due to results of gummed-up engines. In order to have long intervals you need a filter that will not disintegrate due to the acids in the oil over time. Hence the fleece filter was born. its made of fibrerglass.
You only need to use a fleece filter if you change your oil at 5,000 miles or more, or when the service indicator tells you too which is always more than 5,000.
Since the Purolator filters have increased in price, its now cheaper to buy a pack of ten Mann Fleece filters discounted online. Since I manage a group of vehicles my rule is change the oil every 5,000 miles on the 5,000 mile odometer interval so that its dead easy to remember. IE 60,000, 65,000, 70,000 miles etc and ignore the service A/B reminders for oil.
Fram and other aftermarket brands use paper. Paper is perfectly fine if you choose to change you oil every 3K miles like the old days. The best and only paper filter I ever used that has out performed all other filters is the Purolator brand. Fram has come out the worst in any controlled tests. Purolator is one of the oldest brands out there and they use to be cheap to buy (for our engines, #L25276 available from PepBoys) but last time they were priced at the same as a discounted Mann fleece filter pack. So what the hell? lol
So, what happened is the US demanded that cars decreased their oil change frequency some years back. BMW went crazy up to 15,000 miles depending how you drove, Volvo and MB went to something like 10,000 miles. BMW has since retracted and increased the frequency due to results of gummed-up engines. In order to have long intervals you need a filter that will not disintegrate due to the acids in the oil over time. Hence the fleece filter was born. its made of fibrerglass.
You only need to use a fleece filter if you change your oil at 5,000 miles or more, or when the service indicator tells you too which is always more than 5,000.
Since the Purolator filters have increased in price, its now cheaper to buy a pack of ten Mann Fleece filters discounted online. Since I manage a group of vehicles my rule is change the oil every 5,000 miles on the 5,000 mile odometer interval so that its dead easy to remember. IE 60,000, 65,000, 70,000 miles etc and ignore the service A/B reminders for oil.
Last edited by jnash; 07-09-2012 at 11:23 PM.
07-10-2012, 01:43 AM
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Can the plugs be reused? and thank you on the exact amount!
I've used 0-W20 royal purple for awhile knowing I would be building a new engine in the future and by bearings,rings,bores all looked perfect and not a scratch on them and I was running her hard and turning more RPM than anyone has to my knowledge. Not saying its ok forever but it didn't hurt anything.
Here is the scoop on filters and oil change duration:
Fram and other aftermarket brands use paper. Paper is perfectly fine if you choose to change you oil every 3K miles like the old days. The best and only paper filter I ever used that has out performed all other filters is the Purolator brand. Fram has come out the worst in any controlled tests. Purolator is one of the oldest brands out there and they use to be cheap to buy (for our engines, #L25276 available from PepBoys) but last time they were priced at the same as a discounted Mann fleece filter pack. So what the hell? lol
So, what happened is the US demanded that cars decreased their oil change frequency some years back. BMW went crazy up to 15,000 miles depending how you drove, Volvo and MB went to something like 10,000 miles. BMW has since retracted and increased the frequency due to results of gummed-up engines. In order to have long intervals you need a filter that will not disintegrate due to the acids in the oil over time. Hence the fleece filter was born. its made of fibrerglass.
You only need to use a fleece filter if you change your oil at 5,000 miles or more, or when the service indicator tells you too which is always more than 5,000.
Since the Purolator filters have increased in price, its now cheaper to buy a pack of ten Mann Fleece filters discounted online. Since I manage a group of vehicles my rule is change the oil every 5,000 miles on the 5,000 mile odometer interval so that its dead easy to remember. IE 60,000, 65,000, 70,000 miles etc and ignore the service A/B reminders for oil.
Fram and other aftermarket brands use paper. Paper is perfectly fine if you choose to change you oil every 3K miles like the old days. The best and only paper filter I ever used that has out performed all other filters is the Purolator brand. Fram has come out the worst in any controlled tests. Purolator is one of the oldest brands out there and they use to be cheap to buy (for our engines, #L25276 available from PepBoys) but last time they were priced at the same as a discounted Mann fleece filter pack. So what the hell? lol
So, what happened is the US demanded that cars decreased their oil change frequency some years back. BMW went crazy up to 15,000 miles depending how you drove, Volvo and MB went to something like 10,000 miles. BMW has since retracted and increased the frequency due to results of gummed-up engines. In order to have long intervals you need a filter that will not disintegrate due to the acids in the oil over time. Hence the fleece filter was born. its made of fibrerglass.
You only need to use a fleece filter if you change your oil at 5,000 miles or more, or when the service indicator tells you too which is always more than 5,000.
Since the Purolator filters have increased in price, its now cheaper to buy a pack of ten Mann Fleece filters discounted online. Since I manage a group of vehicles my rule is change the oil every 5,000 miles on the 5,000 mile odometer interval so that its dead easy to remember. IE 60,000, 65,000, 70,000 miles etc and ignore the service A/B reminders for oil.
I don't like going more than 5-6000 per oil change but I have some how managed to go wayyyyy past that, at least 10K. I didn't do much hard driving on this oil so im not that worried. Also, My last repair bill shows Mercedes used 5W-40. So going to 0W-40 should be better than right?
