My dad changed his oil in his truck the other day and put on a bigger oil filter than stock. He read on some forums that he could do that. He always says the more oil you can put in a car, the better. So my question is can I put a bigger oil filter on my LS1 Camaro and if so what size? Also, is it normal for a v8 to burn some oil and how much?

 

Just use the filter you are supposed to. And our engines burn oil because of the PCV system. You can convert to the LS6 style system, do a catch can, or a breather to solve that.

 

I put a higher capacity oil filter (longer) on my LS1 once, but it stuck down more (lower than the oil pan) and I was afraid it might get whacked by road debris, so I went back to the standard filter. The extra 1/4 quart is probably not much of a difference.

The LS engines tend to use a little oil, especially if you have a few miles on them.

 

Fixed^^^^ and yeah the bigger filter is an AC/Delco PF61.

 

Yeah I guess I'm just a little too positive lol

 

Ok, thanks for the info guys! So it is normal for it to burn oil? I have really low milage though. I'll try what you guys recommend. Also, about how much should it burn? I think I'm burning anywhere from a half a quart to 2 quarts between oil changes. I don't drive it hard either.

 

Why would you put a filter that hangs below the oil pan? or anything else to hang down in a car like ours? Mine burnd and leaked 5w30 synthetc. GMMP very smart, they design this car for PAN, WINDAGE TRAY, [lower], OIL PICK UP TUBE, and PUMP placement. Change one, change allllll Wanarace918ht

 

i always use castrol syntec with the smaller AC Delco PF46 filter. was a pain in the *** to take off..lol!! been thinking of using the K & N filter.

 

Wix 51522,just switch since i ran out of my stockpile of the "quality" acdelco tall filters(PF59)

 

I didn't think about the oil filter hanging lower. I'm not going to put a bigger one on since it does. I was just worried about it burning oil, that's not normal for other cars. I just wanted to make sure there was nothing wrong with it.

 

+2 for the catch can

 

That's not a bad thing

OP My 5.3 burns about a qt. every 3k. It has 197k on it now and has been this way the last 6 years no change. It is a piston slap motor. My non PS 5.7 used NONE when I bought it but now uses 1/2 to 1 qt every 3k depending how I drive. It started as soon as H/C went on so I am sure it is pcv related. Your ok just keep an eye on it and don't run it low...

 

Same here, it does hang below on my C5.

 

I always use the longer filter on my car and a full 6 qts. I like the K&N HP2006 filter personally.

 

Alright glad to know it's normal for it to burn oil. I used to have a 97' v6 Firebird with engine problems that was burning about 3 qts of oil between oil changes and it made me worry. Thanks for the help!

 

I use this as well and im about to be at 170k. I do not use any oil between oil changes, except the few drops off the rear main.

 

H/C burned about 1 quart the first 568 miles. Pcv Issue...Blew a rod at 569 miles DONT LET IT GET LOW!!! Go with Oil filters that were made for the car. You could put a longer one and hit it in a road bump and rip the oil filter into two and you wont even know it. BYE BYE MOTOR!!

 

Its the change intervals that matter the most. Basically if the oil is changed often the filter goes for the RIDE.

 

I use the oem sized k&n filter on mine with full syn mobil 1 5w30, i run 5k miles or less on oil changes, burning about half a qt every 3k miles.

 

more oil in an engine is never better.
a trick i used to to on my SBF is use 1 quart less oil which causes less oil slowing the crank shaft which gave some seat of pants hp.

and over filiing your engine will also cause lots of air bubbles from the crank shaft whipping it