New Cavalier
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New Cavalier
We bought my wife a new '03 Cavalier today, we have owned two other Cav's and they have been good cars. Best news is that owners manual states 10w30 o.k for temp's over 0 F so I will be using Chevron 10w30 except for coldest months, then 5w30 Chevron. The oil filter is a bit wierd, it's a cartridge that goes inside a permanent case, but looks pretty easy to change.
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I've heard of a few other new vehicles that are coming equiped with cartridge style oil filters. I wonder what the reasoning is for that? It's sort of a throw-back to the 50's when vehicles didn't have a spin-on full-flow filter. Instead they had a cartridge or cannister style bypass filter mounted on the firewall.
The only vehicles I ever had with a cartridge style filter was a '53 Chevy 1-1/2 ton flatbed and a '70 Mercedez 220 Diesel.
Enjoy the new Cavalier, sounds like a great car. The only GM car I had was a '79 Olds 88. The family called it the 'tuna boat', LOL! It was a real 'land yacht'! It was quiet, plush and comfy. The trunk was huge! It was big enough to carry the baby's playpen over to grandma's and even held a good sized Christmas tree!
Scott
The only vehicles I ever had with a cartridge style filter was a '53 Chevy 1-1/2 ton flatbed and a '70 Mercedez 220 Diesel.
Enjoy the new Cavalier, sounds like a great car. The only GM car I had was a '79 Olds 88. The family called it the 'tuna boat', LOL! It was a real 'land yacht'! It was quiet, plush and comfy. The trunk was huge! It was big enough to carry the baby's playpen over to grandma's and even held a good sized Christmas tree!
Scott
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BMW has an insert type filter and I love it, much cleaner to change than most spin-ons. My '65 Impala and '66 Dodge van also had them, but mounted in such a way that changing was messy. They were full-flow, not bypass.
Insert filters allow more filtering area than most spin-on cans and the bypass and anti-drainback systems are more robust and permanently built into the housing. Yes, old ideas become new again!
Jim
Insert filters allow more filtering area than most spin-on cans and the bypass and anti-drainback systems are more robust and permanently built into the housing. Yes, old ideas become new again!
Jim
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