Fuel Economy Question

[RoadKingLarry]

Friends don't let friends use Fram oil filters.

My '97 Dodge 1500 that is now my daughters has 265,000 miles on it, my '92 Cherokee has 245,000 miles on it. I use Fram filters and change oil/filter at the manufacturers recommended interval. I bought the truck with 26K miles, the Jeep came with 125K on it. Neither of them have had any engine work other than routine maintenance with the exception of changing the rear main seal on the Jeep shortly after I got it.
Sure glad I found out how bad Fram filters are before I ruined one of my vehicles.

[Tallpine]

Our little chevy has a computer that tells you when the oil needs changing, supposedly based on the type of driving that you do.

I don't trust it and usually change when it is saying 25 to 50 percent oil life left.

Last time it was up to about 7K when I changed it at 25% but that was over 5K miles of pure highway driving.  Actually most of our miles are hiway since we are 60 miles from town.

Big trucks go 10K or more between oil changes.  Otherwise they would have to change the oil every other fuel up.

[HeroHog]

I go by when my Saturn TELLS me to change the oil and then I use Either Mobil 1 or Castrol Synthetic and a Bosch filter from Auto-Zone. I gave up on Fram years ago when their quality went to heck to get the price point down for the *-Mart stores!

[sanglant]

Well, they always were a little off...

*ETA*
By the way, your reply of "every Subaru" struck me as odd, what in this day of replaceable conveniences and over-zealous liability attorneys just waiting for Big Car to make even a single misstep.  If I were a vehicle mfg I wouldn't want the liability of a regularly serviced part so maintenance intensive as an oiled element air filter.  That is, except on some dedicated performance models where the owners would likely know how to care for them properly.  So I looked.  I found lots of stuff on the web about Subaru air filters.  I only found a few references to an oil-element filter.  Very few.  So I challenge your assertion that every Subaru has an oiled element air filter.  From what I can see all but one or two performance models have a garden variety replaceable paper element.

Brad

oh, we got our wires crossed. that's an oiled filter, it's still disposable. and it looks like the turbos take dry filters. so not all, anymore. after i got my K&N i kinda stopped looking at subaru filters, don't really have any need for them anymore.

[zahc]

My neighbors in OH ran a farm and fleet maintenance business and they cut apart all the different filters. The conclusion was that WIX is the best, but that Napa Gold is probably the same thing as WIX.

[MillCreek]

My neighbors in OH ran a farm and fleet maintenance business and they cut apart all the different filters. The conclusion was that WIX is the best, but that Napa Gold is probably the same thing as WIX.

Lots of discussion about this very thing on the maxi-scooter and motorcycle boards with a lot of people coming to the same conclusion. I use a Napa Gold filter on my Aprilia maxi-scooter along with Castrol synthetic. When I do the next change/filter on the Suzuki DR, I will do the same.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

isn't it one of those deals where the same plant makes filters for several different brands?  like washers, dryers and such?