Oil Filter Maintenance!

January 4, 2023

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As your engine runs, contaminates get into the oil. Oil sludge can also start to build up. Fortunately, motor oil contains detergents that clean the engine and gather up contaminates. The oil circulates through the oil filter where contaminates and harmful sludge are caught. An oil filter can eventually get clogged up so much that oil cannot flow freely through the filter material, which can cause malfunctions in the engine that can lead to your check engine light coming on. However, there is a valve that opens in the oil filter allowing oil to bypass the filter material. This keeps your engine lubricated, but dirty oil is circulating through the system.

We provide oil change services at 5,000k and 8,000k intervals and we have different quality levels of oil filters to match the oil change interval.

You can talk with your DOWNTOWN AUTOMOTIVE service advisor about your oil change intervals and how to choose the right oil for your needs to make sure that your new oil filter is compatible with the performance of your oil.

Photo Credit: AMS Oil

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