Aftermarket Oil Filters
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05-03-2006, 07:34
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Aftermarket Oil Filters
Buy the Cat filter, oil and fuel.
The oil filter is a thicker steel, rolled at the top onto a die-cast threaded-manifold, o-ring seal, quality stuff, and about $7/ea. if I remember correctly. Buy a box and you'll be fine. For fuel, Cat changed the fuel filter to the 2micron years ago so that it is a polishing filter and the Racor can be a 10micron or 20micron, not sure that the aftermarket ever made the same changes. I trust the Cat parts, cheap compared to internal failure prices. Fram used to have a good reputation, lots changed. Last I heard they had the highest internal failure rate of major-brand filters. Wix is good stuff, but they make high-line mid-line and value-line filters, depends on who's name is on the box. The Goodwrench and Mobil- 1 (both Wix) are excellent filters for example. Filters are cheap, failures aren't. OEM is almost always a good bet. - Jeff Miller in Holland, MI --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "birdshill123" > > George: One of my friends was a Hastings/Baldwin rep. For fun he would > use his filter cutter and we would compare various makes. Fram is the > cheapest junk on the market. I also remember doing a weight comparison > on Duramax filters. The Wix, Hastings and A/C were all similar. The > Purolator and Fram were 40 % lighter. The can was just too thin. Not > good on a diesel that hs very high oil pressure. There have been others > reporting that the cans on their filters burst. I think it was on the > 5.9 250 hp. I will get some Wix for the Cat and compare to the oem. > > Bruce 1988 FC35 > |
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