Q: Oil filter replacement

asked by on June 04, 2017

I just got a k&n oil filter and was wondering if i still need to replace this oul filter on my next oil change due to it being expensive and high performance (I did the oil change and filter at the same time)

My car has 172000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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