Thread: Oil Change
View Single Post
Old 2007-09-19, 10:20 AM   #33
Kevin M
EJ22T
 
Kevin M's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Reno
Posts: 9,445
 
Car: '93/'01 GF6, mostly red
Class: 19 FP
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by cody View Post
The limiting factor in changing your oil is the filter. Most synthetic oils protect well into the 10K mile range and beyond but your filter may clog before then. I haven't been able to find the bigger OEM WRX filters (made by Purolater as Nick pointed out). They made it smaller so it wouldn't absorb as much radiant heat from the header but mine are heat wrapped...

A larger filter should be able to last longer without clogging so I think I'll be switching to the Mobil-1 M-110 or M-108 in the future. The M-110 is twice as tall though and I wouldn't want to risk scraping it on something. That would suck. Amsoil supposedly makes a good oil filter too.
If your engine's cold, you can just change the filter with a loss of less than half a quart. I will be doing 4k on filters and 8k on oil once I actually have a damn running car again.
__________________
FWD is the new AWD
Kevin M is offline   Reply With Quote