Upcoming Oil Change

So I did an Amsoil "Engine Flush", drained, put the recommended 10w-30 Amsoil oil in and installed a K&N oil filter at around 52,500. My factory recommended 5,000 oil change is approaching and I want to know what some of y'alls advice is...Change everything (ie go to Mobile 1 and change the filter(what's the use in Amsoil)), just change the filter (another K&N, or something else?) or leave it for another 5,000 miles (or longer). Thanks in advance.

Drew

 

Use the search button (upper blue bar), lots of information already out there about this topic.

I'm pretty sure the majority (if not 100%) of the people always change both the oil & filter.

Others who use synthetics, will still change it at regular intervals. Others will let the intervals go longer.

 

Changing a full synthetic at 5k miles is a waste of oil, change the filter every 5k and go at least another 5-10k on the oil. As long as you aren't leaking from anywhere (i.e. contaminating it) that oil should keep its composition for 15+ thousand miles easily.

In the end its your truck, so do what you feel most comfortable with...

 

So for things like this is says to make sure engine oil is fully drained....how can you full drain it because oil is going to be dripping down cylinder calls and be "stuck" to the pan and on the parts, therefore you never really "fully" drain all the oil out.

 

Are you referring to switching to synthetics after using regular oil?

Don't worry about it - you can mix regular & synthetic oils. You don't need to get every spec of oil out. Just let it drain like you normally would.

 

No I was referring to engine cleaning detergents such as the Amsoil OP used. I know that synethic and non sythetic can be changed out and/or mixed

 

Now that I am running mobil 1, I change the filter every 5k and oil every 10k.

 

You will be fine. Draining like normal will get rid of the engine cleaner. They would not sell it if a few drops left over would harm your engine.

 

Over the road truckers run synethic's in there rigs, they do an oil analysis from what a I can remember at 20 -30 K if it comes back favorable they run that oil 80K + and just change out the filter. So save your money boys.

 

Have you ever done an analysis?

 

I bought a K&N and I'm just going to change it right at 5,000. Then the next 5,000 I'll change the filter again and drain the oil.