Oil Filters. Where is the oil filter you use made does it make a difference look on bottom of box last two well known makes are
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coolcort,
Dec 22, 8:19pm
Where is the oil filter you use made does it make a difference , look on bottom of box last two well known makes are Indonesia and China i have used would be interesting to cut open old ones to see how well they stack up of both makes, your experiences may be interesting to .
00quattro00,
Dec 22, 8:25pm
I only use geuine filters for my cars (audi and vw) they are only $28
afer_daily,
Dec 22, 8:40pm
yes but where are they made !
suplyuparts,
Dec 22, 8:47pm
Just get a factory one.Doesnt matter where they are made.Some are made in Nz,aussie,china.world.
meathead_timaru,
Dec 22, 9:14pm
Where they're made doesn't matter. The specification they're made to matters.
Many years ago when replacing oil filters was a messy job, no spin off jobbies available then, the quality of the filter was paramount, as they were replaced every second or third oil change. These days when they give you a filter with the oil, eg current Magnatec deal at Repco,, just put a new one on each time. Now I may be wrong but my assumption is that no reputable auto supplier would provide oil filters that would fail or damage your engine in less than 15,000 km.
thejazzpianoma,
Dec 23, 7:06am
Me to, sure some others might be just as good but some things are not worth the hassle/research for the minimal payoff.
Besides, it would be hard to get cheaper/easier given I usually have all my other service items coming in a box anyway, so no extra freight.
panicky,
Dec 23, 7:06am
who makes them in NZ!
bellky,
Dec 23, 7:12am
Ryco.
panicky,
Dec 23, 7:16am
Not made here anymore, haven't been for a few years now.
elect70,
Dec 23, 7:57am
Wonder why spin on filters are cheaper thanopenones, perhapscause you cant see whats inside the spin on can !
bellky,
Dec 23, 7:58am
Didn't say they were - was just talking to OP about what filters I use is all.
bill-robinson,
Dec 23, 8:03am
I see message clarity is not high on your list of desires then!
bellky,
Dec 23, 8:11am
^The above message is for the retards amongst us.
trdbzr,
Dec 23, 8:16am
K&N make very good oil filters, their High Performance ones are on par with Mobil 1, Purolator Pure One and Amsoil oil filters.
gammelvind,
Dec 23, 8:16am
Relax Bellky, have a merry christmas and relax.
carclan,
Dec 23, 8:26am
Who cares, so long as they are genuine and come over the dealers counter, they are not going to sell anything with their name on it if it is of a poor standard
the-lada-dude,
Dec 23, 8:26am
best oil filter is one that is getting fairly close to blocked with junk,
ally-oop,
Dec 23, 8:37am
When you buy chinese products you fund communism and likely our eventual demise-not to mention the happy quality.
ally-oop,
Dec 23, 8:37am
When you buy chinese products you fund communism and likely our eventual demise-not to mention the crappy quality.
nukhelenc,
Dec 23, 1:40pm
I see your out retarding the rest of the message board with ya garbage. Shame on you
bellky,
Dec 23, 1:41pm
You're along way from your cooking class helen.
cuda.340,
Dec 23, 2:06pm
probably because K&N is a Mobil 1, maybe you should have read the link posted earlier.
chris.f,
Dec 23, 4:47pm
This is the case for air filters but not oil filters. Oil filters are rated on efficiency and capacity. Efficiency is the % of particles of a certain micron size that are trapped in the filter media, and the capacity is the amount (usually in grams) of contaminants the filter can remove and hold before becoming restricted . That's my take on filtration anyway. Running a filter that is reaching capacity has no effect on it's ability to extract contaminants better - unlike air filters, but that's another story.
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