Many vehicles can run well beyond 100,000 miles, but a major factor that will determine the life of a vehicle is how often general maintenance is performed, including oil changes.
I have a 2008 F-150 with 170,000 miles on the clock. It runs trouble-free (knock on wood), and I attribute a large part of this to doing my own oil changes at regular intervals using high-quality oil and filters.
In the video below I walk through the steps of changing the oil in my high-mileage vehicle and how choosing a premium filter can really help.
I always use full-synthetic oil on my vehicles as they provide the best performance throughout the life of the oil. With full-synthetic oil you no longer need to change your oil every 3,000 or 5,000 miles. I usually change my oil around 7,500 miles which is still under the 10,000 or 15,000 that most synthetic oils recommend.
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It’s important that your filter can also last as long as your oil, which is why I worked with FRAM filters and chose the FRAM Titanium oil filter which is rated at 20,000 miles.