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I've been in the midst of a "friendly" debate with my father-in-law on oil changes. After doing extensive research on this site and bitog prior to purchasing my wife's 05 EXT, I decided on going with mobil 1 on the oil. I went 8500 miles before fear kicked in and I did the oil change and I'm awaiting UOA to see if the change was overdue or premature. Father-in-law was livid that I didn't change at exactly 3000 miles. He eventually conceded, but held firm that the oil filter should at least be changed every 3k. I've searched the posts and haven't been able to find anything on this. Even if the oil can go longer, is it a good idea to swap the filter more frequently to avoid excess contaminant buildup?

Thanks in advance!!!!!

 

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I've run the mobil1 filter with the mobil1 oil. He loved pointing out that the oil was black, and was not interested in the concept of heat causing the color change and it being completely unrelated to oil life and protection qualities hahaha. Nice to know I should win the argument when the UOA comes back.