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exactly how many miles do you do your oil change? i am just curious coz i did my oil change today and it has only been 1700 miles and the oil is really black. like pitch black. I mean I’m not expecting it to be really clean also but having that very dirty oil for only after 1700 miles makes me wonder about some stuff like if this is normal since my car has lots of miles. does the oil filter makes a difference on this. what is a good oil filter? because most of the time i just use fram or