One gallon of used oil can potentially pollute a million gallons of water. One million gallons of water is the equivalent of water consumption for 50 people over the course of one year. Reducing the amount of oil used in your automobile will drastically reduce oil consumption and waste. So the question is how to reduce oil consumption for your vehicle without harming your vehicle.
Traditionally oil changes have been recommended for vehicles after 3,000 miles. Depending on how you drive and the climates you drive you in, you may need to change your oil every 3,000 miles. You can now increase the distance required for oil changes by 5 - 10 times by implementing advanced oil filtering that is available today at an affordable price.
Truck companies have been implementing auxiliary oil filtering systems for decades, with huge savings on oil and oil waste and their big rig trucks can run up to 50,000 miles without an oil change.
How it works is some of the oil is diverted to a dedicated filter that removes dirt particles right down to the size of 3-5 microns. Your regular oil filter will only trap dirt down to 25 microns in size. Overtime all of your oil will have passed through the fine filter, leaving you with super clean oil that last a lot longer.
This may sound expensive to add to your vehicle, but the technology is now available as a spin on filter, like the one you currently have on your vehicle at a cost slightly above traditional oil filters. The small extra cost will save you a ton on oil and your reduction of oil waste will help the environment. If could reduce 4 oil changes a year to only one oil change a year.
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