HELP! Gear Oil change on a sedan

[CASTREX]

My car has 5K miles. This is my second change, I did the first one at 1K miles with regular oil. Went with Amsoil full syntetic. No magnetic plug. 0w-30 for the engine and 75w-90 for the tranny. You can feel de difference right away!

[blacksan]

Originally Posted by CASTREX

My car has 5K miles. Went with Amsoil full syntetic. 0w-30 for the engine and 75w-90 for the tranny. You can feel de difference right away!

Yes, yes, I am also a firm believer in Amsoil!!! The only thing I would have done diffrently is gone with 5W-30 in your part of the world. I can't imagine it gets cold enough to take advantage of the 0W-30. What brand of filter do you use?

[CASTREX]

Yep is hot around here. maybe will change to 5w-30 in 6 or 7 months when I change it again.
Used a WIX filter.

[blacksan]

Originally Posted by CASTREX

Yep is hot around here. maybe will change to 5w-30 in 6 or 7 months when I change it again.
Used a WIX filter.

I also use the Wix. As a matter of fact the NAPA Gold series filter is made by Wix and a tad bit cheaper in my area. How many miles do you plan on running before changing oil again?

[CASTREX]

I'm thinking 10K miles per change. I know I know that I can keep it longer... but change it at 10k will help me sleep better.

[blacksan]

Originally Posted by CASTREX

I'm thinking 10K miles per change. I know I know that I can keep it longer... but change it at 10k will help me sleep better.

My family used Amsoil in heavy equipment for years. We just pulled filters and toped off. When that maintenance was performed we also sent of oil sample. With that method oil was only changed once a year.

I really do believe that a new (quality) filter twice a year along with top off your oil you could easily drive your car the average 15K each year with only one oil change. Now, if you wanted to get real fancy and do a double filter setup once each year for filter & oil would be no big deal.