2011 Chrysler Town & Country Owner Manual - Page 485

482 MAINTAINING YOUR VEHICLE starting and vehicle fuel economy. Your engine oil filler the engine oil. Engine oil is an engineered product and its cap also shows the recommended engine oil viscosity for performance may be impaired by supplemental additives. your vehicle. For information on engine oil filler cap location, refer to Disposing Of Used Engine Oil And Oil Filters "Engine Compartment" in "Maintaining Your Vehicle" Care should be taken in disposing of used engine oil and oil filters from your vehicle. Used oil and oil filters, for further information. indiscriminately discarded, can present a problem to the Lubricants that do not have both the engine oil certificaenvironment. Contact your authorized dealer, service tion mark and the correct SAE viscosity grade number, station, or governmental agency for advice on how and should not be used. where used oil and oil filters can be safely discarded in Synthetic Engine Oils your area. You may use synthetic engine oils provided the recomEngine Oil Filter mended oil quality requirements are met, and the recomThe engine oil filter should be replaced with a new filter mended maintenance intervals for oil and filter changes at every engine oil change. are followed. Engine Oil Filter Selection Materials Added To Engine Oil The manufacturer's engines have a full-flow type oil The manufacturer strongly recommends against the adfilter. Use a filter of this type for replacement. The quality dition of any additives (other than leak detection dyes) to of replacement filters varies considerably. Only high