Synthetic Oil and the Oil Filter

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

I've found Mobil 1 SuperSyn Filters at AutoZone and Purolator PureOne Filters at Advantage Auto.

I've used both and generally bounce between the two depending on which store is closer when I need one. My experience has been that the Purolator filters were cheaper...something like $5.99 and the Mobil 1 filters something like $10

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Virus-VX
- Amsoil oil filters @ $10.45 each + $5.00 shipping

- Mobil1 oil filter - $12 ... OUCH! .... and as far as I know available only at AutoZone store (but I'm not sure. Maybe even somewhere else).

- K&N Performance Gold oil filter – from $8.99 and up.

- Purolator PureONE oil filter ~ $3 - $4 and available everywhere. Per Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) tests the PureONE is the top ranked filter among all leading brands.

How often do you change your filter? Paying that much per filter doesn't seem to make any sense. Like the debate about longevity of synthetics and then changing at 3k intervals, I can't see using a super filter and changing it at normal intervals either. If you are going long periods with it, that may be another story. I would say stick with one of the cheaper but good filters because the more expensive filter won't do any better than the cheap ones in this service cycle of 3,000-5000 miles. IMHO [/QUOTE