Best Oil Filter

drftking · Post by **drftking** » March 1st, 2005, 4:16 pm

What is the Best oil filter for our cars. Easy Question.
THX

Tunes67 · Post by **Tunes67** » March 1st, 2005, 4:53 pm

I bet there is a wide variety of responses to this one

For me.. I run Napa Gold oil filters or K&N Oil Filters (prefer Napa Gold but if I cant find one the K&N will do)

Tunes67

RodbeyBur · Post by **RodbeyBur** » March 1st, 2005, 5:14 pm

I believe if you change your oil regularly before it starts breaking down you don't have to worry about it.

Easier to take the car to a shop and pay 10-15 bucks for an oil change than messing around with it at home and having to take the oil back for disposal.

To answer the question:
Summer Time: NAPA GOLD, KN, PUROLATOR are all good
Winter Time: Pay the 15 bucks.

tatsu · Post by **tatsu** » March 1st, 2005, 5:23 pm

The ultimate, particularly for our vehicles where clean oil is so critical, would be the CM oil filters. They filter down to 8 microns with very high flow, and use a replaceable filtration element.

They are expensive, however - $95 for the filter kit (which includes the machined aluminum filter housing, a filter element and an O-ring kit), then $11 each for replacement filter elements, and $6 if you have to replace the O-rings. After the initial purchase, they work out to be comparable in cost to a higher-end replaceable oil filter (like the K&N), but offer better performance.

93-Spec-Edn · Post by **93-Spec-Edn** » March 1st, 2005, 6:46 pm

I have found mazda filters to be $1 cdn more than fram. I therefore use a mazda filter because it also has a drain back valve incase there is a clog in the filter. IMO this is the best.

mitmaks · Post by **mitmaks** » March 1st, 2005, 9:03 pm

ive just bought some Bosch filter, DO NOT use fram, pennzoil use at least napa silver

lakersfan1 · Post by **lakersfan1** » March 1st, 2005, 9:36 pm

Use whatever Purolator you can afford.

papa roached · Post by **papa roached** » March 1st, 2005, 9:43 pm

Purolator PureONE baby!