Originally Posted by Windfall
All the oil filters have a bypass valve and once the filter media is plugged from those long drain intervals, the pressure differential opens that valve and unfiltered oil is what is lubricating your engine. That carbon black color in my drain oil is coming from somewhere and it darn sure doesn't look like it did when I put in the new oil. Use a white catch pan the next time you change your oil instead of the black one and then look at the crap that your oil filter is missing.


Even the cheap filters would last longer than 2000 miles. If you use a quality oil and a quality filter you can easily do 5000 mile OCIs

If your oil filter is plugged after 2000 miles you have big problems