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I'm driving an '88 Escort with 480,000+ miles (original non rebuilt engine) as my daily driver and have used all types of oil filters, Motocraft, AC, SuperTech, Car & Driver, Fram, Castrol, Mighty, Penski, Purolator and maybe some others. My usual oil change intervals is 3,000-4,000 miles and changing the filter every other oil change for about the last 300,000 miles. Even with that many miles on the car it's only using a quart of oil about every 1,000-1,200 miles. At the last oil change the car had been driven over the usual amount of miles on the last 2 oil changes and the filter had been on for about 15,000 miles. I cut the filter open to see what was in it and it wasn't even near 25% blocked. I'll continue to use whatever I happen to catch on sale. Right now I've probably got 40-50 oil filters on hand that will fit my '88, '97, and '02 Escorts. Most of them have been bought either when someone was going to quit carrying oil filters or at flea markets and yard sales for $.50-$1.00 each.
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