8th Generation Honda Civic Forum - View Single Post - Changing from Honda MTF to Amsoil + Oil question

DTNguyen107 · 05-09-2008, 05:32 AM

1) I can't answer. I haven't change my MTF.

2) I semi listen to the oil life. It is based on how you drive the car. So if the oil life is going by too fast, that is telling me that I need to tone down my driving. But of course I don't even drive hard. My goal is usually try to get to 5k around 40-50%.

3) I do oil changes just about every 5-6k with mobil 1 Synthetic + mobil 1 filter. They have a deal right now. Buy mobil 1 synthetic and get free mobil 1 filter.

Mobil 1 Ext. Performance + Mobil 1 filter $27 (Advance Auto) - SlickDeals.net Forums

I won't argue with synthetic blend + OEM filter since you do 3k oil changes. Plus 10 bucks for synthetic blend and OEM filter sounds good. Some people question the quality of OEM filter. I seen threads where they open it and I see two different results. It either comes out like cheap $3 fram filters and some other cases it comes out pretty close to mobil 1 filter. But since your doing 3k oil changes, even a cheap filter would be good enough.

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DTNguyen107 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,378 iTrader: 0 / 0%	1) I can't answer. I haven't change my MTF. 2) I semi listen to the oil life. It is based on how you drive the car. So if the oil life is going by too fast, that is telling me that I need to tone down my driving. But of course I don't even drive hard. My goal is usually try to get to 5k around 40-50%. 3) I do oil changes just about every 5-6k with mobil 1 Synthetic + mobil 1 filter. They have a deal right now. Buy mobil 1 synthetic and get free mobil 1 filter. Mobil 1 Ext. Performance + Mobil 1 filter $27 (Advance Auto) - SlickDeals.net Forums I won't argue with synthetic blend + OEM filter since you do 3k oil changes. Plus 10 bucks for synthetic blend and OEM filter sounds good. Some people question the quality of OEM filter. I seen threads where they open it and I see two different results. It either comes out like cheap $3 fram filters and some other cases it comes out pretty close to mobil 1 filter. But since your doing 3k oil changes, even a cheap filter would be good enough. Last edited by DTNguyen107; 05-09-2008 at 05:33 AM.