Oil Filter

gmansrt10 · #1 02-25-2006, 11:52 PM

What oil filters do you guys trust. Does anyone buy mopar oil filters? K&N? I havent really heard to much bad about Fram but I was wondering if there is a better one out there.

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dustyloins · #2 02-26-2006, 12:23 AM

According to most tests I've seen, Fram was one of the worst filters.....shoddy construction was the biggest problem. K&N, Mobil 1, and NAPA Gold all got good ratings.....it all depends on which tests you want to believe and who you want to listen to. I personally go by the smallest particle the filter can handle and the winner there is K&N at 10 microns vs 15 microns for Fram....K&N filters have a higher burst strength than Fram as well, according to my latest issue of my Summit Racing catalog.....

Dusty

BadStratRT · #3 02-26-2006, 02:23 AM

i use mitsubishi filters...or valvoline...

dustyloins · #4 02-26-2006, 03:32 AM

If you want to go crazy on oil filter protection, get a TigerMag's FilterMag...they have Neodymium magnets that take particles as small as 2 microns and lock them against the wall of your filter. They just snap on the outside of your oil filter housing......

Dusty

SeaOfRed · #5 03-20-2006, 01:44 AM

Hello everyone. This is my first time here and I was looking at some old post. When I came up on this one, I had some input.
I worked for a filter manufacturer for 7 years and many....I mean many filter brans are made by a few companies and with very small differences between them. When you look for a filter inspect several brans. If the date code on the top of the filter is the same buy the cheeper one. The company I worked for had a pretty expensive filter but ran purolator and fram down the same line only changing the color and lable only. Their were other companies we made, so many that I can't remember them all. Thier were also some that we made but didn't lable for that company to put it's own lable on. All I'm sayin is inspect the filter..gasket, seam, and inside the filter for the element date code. If they all look the same they most likley are. You could also buy one and cut it open and see for your self. When I started thier I was blown away by the number of companies we made. Just some food for thaught. Good Luck

TomStratRT · #6 03-20-2006, 08:22 AM

I just did my first oil change yesterday (on THIS car) and used a Duralast Gold filter. That was $6 and the Mobil 1 was like $12. The car came with a Napa filter. And I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to change the oil on the Strat compared to my old ZX2.

breezeman504 · #7 03-20-2006, 01:57 PM

i have a 98 plymoth breeze 2.0 sohc i used KandN i think it did well concidering i did paper routes with it. I love my breeze and i wana build it up!

gMatt82 · #8 03-28-2006, 06:51 AM

I'm currently using K&N oil filter and the filtermag hand in hand...just for longevity terms...that's my goal...

I can say this...I had a standard fram filter running on my 95 neon, I recently upgraded with the K&N filter, and I noticed from start up the difference in how the oil flowed, however, that could be a placebo affect, I did notice something different...just my two cents for ya'll...

if you want to have last like my intentions...i got the filtermag, think about it... for me, 50 after S&H, I get something that is going to do something no other filter does...attract metal out of the oil... yes, metal will be filtered through pass through of the filter media, but only one thing can get it out 10x's better, and that's a magnet...it only makes sense to me...Chrysler has used it in their transmissions pans, at least in my 95 neon it had it...don't know all the vehicles, so if they are going to use there, why not on your regular oil? it's worth the money now....I bought it with my left over money from my modifications I was working on, heh....I had to say something...I am stoked about it...

BadStratRT · #9 03-28-2006, 01:53 PM

im not even sure what youre talking about with this filtermag?

TomStratRT · #10 03-29-2006, 12:53 AM

The filter mags are magnets that you attach to the oil filter to pull metal flakes from the oil. The thing is, most (if not all) stock oil pans already come with magnets in the base of them to do the same thing (my Escort did). It would probably be more needed and effective on higher mileage engines or those that go longer between oil changes. I know other people that have bought them for piece of mind. Whatever floats your boat... [:'(]