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 Early cars didn’t have oil filters. You simply ran your car for a month or 1,000 miles, then drained the oil in to a bucket or on to the ground somewhere, replaced the plug and refilled the oil. Today’s cars use an oil filter and better oils with additives to put thousands of miles between more environmentally-friendly oil changes. The right oil filter for your car is one that meets or exceeds the manufacturer’s recommendations. Each brand of oil filter may have a different part number, but all are cross-referenced in a parts book at most auto parts stores. Which brand of filter should you buy? Ask your parts supplier for a recommendation. One tip: as oil filter cartridges are made up of filter paper, the heavier the filter the better quality it probably is. Sometimes, just comparing filters side-by-side indicates which seems like it’s made with better quality materials.
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