Update about the sludge in oil filter

You must be a lot of fun at social gatherings

 

You sound like you're "belittling" me.



Ed

 

I do mine every 5k but I do a lot of short trips daily and long trips on weekends, which usually involve a lot of dirt. Plus the supercharger creates a lot of heat and also tends to richen the fuel mixture which can affect the oil. Otherwise I'd probably push the synthetic interval to 7k or whatever they typically recommend.

 

Look, if you're going to shoot down people's posts that they most likely found using Google in the first place, at least offer up some insight as to how or recommend something based on your own experience since it seems you have more experience in this than most of us replying in this thread. Quoting people and simply saying they're wrong or the methods they posted are 'worthless' doesn't exactly help.

 

Do you put 5,000 miles a year on your truck. I would like to go every 5,000 between oil changes but I would go though 2 winters and summers before I got to 5,000.

 

Oh no lol I put a lot more than that, but my daily commute Mon-Fri is typically only 5 miles maybe 10 max, city driving.

 

We’re going to look back in 2050 and laugh regarding oil changes, belts, hoses, transmissions, air filters, incandescent light bulbs, etc. on internal combustion vehicles.

Electric cars, trucks and SUV’s will be commonplace soon. The experts claim auto part stores and quick oil change companies are going the way of the Do-Do bird.

Companies need to have visionaries in leadership roles to avoid disappearing like Blockbuster and being ahead of the curve.

 

Isn't that about the time known lithium reserves are due to dry up?

 

The experts say we are right around the corner from a battery breakthrough. We will see...

 

That doesn’t look like sludge, it looks like agglomerated soot that got caught by media.
GDI has a side effect.

 

Indeed...
Think the grid can handle all those recharging vehicles?

 

So you looked into the area where crap is supposed to accumulate and acted surprised to find something? This is where spin-ons had the advantage. People couldn't see what was inside them

 

A lot people do dealer only oil changes and never had that sludge you had so it's still a mystery .

 

3 oil change pages and no mention of Royal Purple? C'mon, people pick up the pace.

 

My next door neighbors have a '12 Camry with 180k on the clock. The last 2 years it's been driven hard by there college age son. Nothing but 10k OCs since new with SuperTech 0w-20 and Fram TG filter. I know that because I've done many of the OCs with his supplied product.

Car runs smooth and uses no oil in between changes.

 

I've always wanted to run an oil filter magnet like this one....

$15 Universal Oil Filter Magnet Protect Our Performance Engine Fits: Most Cars and Trucks

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B016H588VE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8

The sludge and prtentially metal is better in the oil filter than getting run through the engine

But would it help with sludge?

 

Wally World oil for the win!

 

I find that sludge shit in my catch can all the time but never in the bottom of my oil filter as of yet in 40k miles.