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The Car Care Nut (CarCareNut/ChrisFix) recommends following the vehicle manufacturer’s interval but also these practical points:
- Use the correct oil grade and a reputable brand.
- Change the oil and oil filter together every oil change.
- For older cars or heavy use, consider shorter intervals (e.g., 3,000–5,000 miles) or use higher-quality synthetic oil per manufacturer guidance.
- After long storage, change the oil and filter before regular driving if the car sat many months.
- Check oil level and condition before starting an engine that's been stored; if oil looks milky or contaminated, do a drain and fresh fill.
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If you want to trust a content creator making nonsense up for clicks go for it.
Change the oil and the filter early good idea. No filter change is not recommended. You did not HELP anything.
He's not necessarily wrong though. Air filters and oil filters are not the same. Change the oil filter with the oil. It's cheap insurance.
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You're certainly free to do as you choose. But just consider this...oil filters might become more efficient at filtering as you use it if you have an unusually dirty operating engine & the filter fills with debris which eventually restricts oil flow. If your oil is that contaminated then there is a bigger issue to investigate. Be careful believing that oil filters become more efficient the longer they are used. The recent The Motor Oil Geek video talking about not changing the oil filter might be the wrong advice. The expert he spoke to shown in the video was speaking about AIR filters...not necessarily oil filters. They are both filters of course but one filters a liquid that is recirculated in a closed system versus the other that filters air in a relatively open system. Both types of filters will eventually become saturated & need replacement. The thing is that you'll not know when the oil filter bypass valve is opening due to restriction & that allows unfiltered oil to pass back into the system. With the air filter you might notice decreased engine performance & a maintence notification because the intake air is too restricted. Best to be proactive & replace the filters rather than taking them to the end of their usable service life.
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I appreciate it, but again, I’ll trust Lake’s advice because he’s literally a lubrication expert, not just a random YouTuber. I didn’t do early oil changes at all on my last two vehicles and they are still running like new 10 years later. I’m going to change this oil filter at 5K miles, which is much sooner than Toyota’s recommended 10K mile service interval. All good.
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If your oil filter has so much debris in it at 1 or 2 thousand miles that it triggers the by pass then you have serious problems. It will let you know very quickly when it grenades.
Given that following the oil geek’s recommendation calls for an oil filter change at the 3000 mile mark (after 2 earlier drain/fills w/no filter), 2-8k earlier than Toyota calls for a filter change, this is very much giving grumpy Internet forum user vibes. To imply that it is somehow damaging relative to manufacturer recommendations is hilarious.
his procedure is:
- oil only at 500
- oil only at 1500
- oil and filter at 3k, and every 5k after (modifying based on UOAs)
Manufacturer recommendations is:
- oil and filter at 5/10k
OK, a delta of 500, 1500, and 3000, not total mileage 500/1500/3000 (wasn't sure if the miles specified in the UOAs were absolute or relative). In any case, filter is changed at or before the recommended interval so the whole "you'll clog your filter and cause bypass" thing has the same likelihood of occurring as if you follow the manufacturer recommendation.
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