Hey, ajsam. No offense taken.
Now I'll give you my views on oil and filters.......
1.
Oil Filters--yes there are better
oil filters then some. But, who really knows??? The Amsoil people tell you that they compared theirs to what ever and that theirs is MUCH BETTER !!!! Then you see Puralator and they say the same thing. Then we can go to Wix and what ever.
At my shop I purchase an off brand
oil filter,
Parts Master. It is made by Puralator. How do I know...well had a problem and when I raised the roof this little bit of info. came out.
Oil filters are like batteries and tires. There isn't a whole lot of companies manufacturing them. Just a few and they put everyone elses name on them.
2. Oil--Whoa !!!! Big topic. Why use a blended synthetic oil??? Just either use Dino or Sythetic. Why use a mix?? Is it the money??? I'm not putting you down....just don't understand why. It is your car/tk/boat/what ever and you can put anything you want in the engine.
I prefer for high end synthetic oil, Amsoil. Why, cause I believe in it and it is the only oil, that I know of, that OK's extended the oil change intervals. Further, it gets better here, I use to have a call in
radio show here in Orlando. Every week, and I mean Every week I would receive a call about synthetic oil and/or Slick 50. Well here is what I found when I did personal research on it for the air. Synthetic is superior to dino oil in handling the high heat of internal combustion engines. Hence the extended oil change and how well the oil handles our Florida heat. I sell the heck out of Amsoil on the premise that you can go 10,000 miles between changes. I'm talking cars/tks now. Personally I have it in all my vehicles and change it at 10K. It's easy to do, cause all you have to do is time it so it is due when the odometer rolls over 10k, 20K, 30K, etc. Easy for wife to understand, don't need a sticker, that you can't read after a month anyway and it is better for the car/tk. I ran Amsoil in my Mark VIII, here in Orlando, from 40,000 miles till I recently sold it with 128,000 on it. Used ZERO oil between changes. Now that is 10,000 miles not 3,000 miles. Also, at 100K I decided to change
spark plugs and found that I had a
valve cover leaking. Leaking oil into sparkplug tube. Had mechanic change
valve cover gaskets at that time too. When the
valve cover was off the DOHC cylinder head looked like a brand new cyl. head that someone squirted with oil. No dirt, sludge or anything. Now that is something.
The T-bird. Now has 10-30 Amsoil in it. Car has 1100 miles. I'll change it at 10,000 miles. And I won't worry if I'm running late cause my shop is too busy to change it. [This does happen sometimes] Cause I know I'm protected with Amsoil. Amsoil recomends changing at 25,000 mile with a filter change at 12,000 and a top off. That's a little long for me too.
Anyway...I've rambled on too long. Take care, drive that Bird and enjoy it.
