Oil filter question, cause my local store stops carring them.

[silver bullit]

Oil filter question, cause my auto parts place stops carrying the oil filter for the 4g63. I heard on here that a 3000 gt or Mazda miata oil filter will work on our cars. I also heard on this site people relocating the oil filter to allow more clearance between the exhaust downpipe.

I know i heard both on this site but when i search i find nothing regarding this. Does anyone know about this?

 

[SlowSpyder]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/GENU...012QQitemZ220135561313QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
a 10 pack of oil flters for $50.30 MZ690116 is the low clearance filter.

If you dont want to buy a 10 pack www.mitsubishiparts.com has 03-up lanevo filters for $4.14 plus shipping with a minimum order of $9.99

Or you can use any filters that have a 20mmx1.5mm thread which is honda, mazda and mitsubishi (be careful because there are some filter from honda, mazda and mitsubishi that wont fit. For instance oil filters for the nt 420a wont fit because it has a 3/4" 16 thread.)

 

[CanadianTSi]

I bought 12 from the dealership and the price worked out to 3 something a piece...Canadian

 

[Defiant]

Criminy, you're not in the wilderness. Go to a different store.

 

[RedTurboEclipse]

Criminy, you're not in the wilderness. Go to a different store.

Seriously. Even Walmart carries filters for our cars.

 

[silver bullit]

I dont want cheap ass stuff for my car walmart is crap, and all the stores carry parts for trucks, and v8's.

 

[Defiant]

I dont want cheap ass stuff for my car walmart is crap, and all the stores carry parts for trucks, and v8's.

Is that so? And tell, pray, what company makes Wal*Mart's filters?

 

[RedTurboEclipse]

I dont want cheap ass stuff for my car walmart is crap, and all the stores carry parts for trucks, and v8's.

Yea, I'm waiting to know the answer to the question Defiant has presented to you.

 

[spooln4fun]

Well I have been running with supertech oil and filter in my car and have no problem at all


super tech made by walmart

 

[silver bullit]

Fram and supertech are made by the same company, they both use a cardboard based element to filter the oil, i like proven stuff ie Mobil one.

The main reason i dont use them is cause the filter can only filter a certain amount, cause of its cardboard based filter,

I blew a turbo and put ,metal in the oil the mobil one filter caught it all even after 500 miles
the fram and supertech did not make 100 before it destroyed the filter and kept circulating the metal in the oil.

I also have had a few other cars blow head gaskits and the filter would filter out most of the dried powered coolant in the oil.

I like stuff that is proven, like ebay stuff that only sells cheap is good for price thats all, no one ever says that the product is wonderful.

 

[JWoodley]

Pretty sure WalMart has several different brands of filters in stock. I know for a fact they have FRAM, Mobil 1, etc.

Anyone have the size difference in the GST/GSX filter and the EVO? I'm going to be installing a 3" 02 housing and it's gonna be a tight fit.

 

[silver bullit]

No they only carry fram low garde stuff and supertech and some dollar store brand, thats it.

 

[spaceball]

does anyone have the link to that oil filter lab test from a while back. i seem to remember the oh-so-expensive miblie one filters ranking at the bottom of the barrel along with fram. most filters were about the same with the exception that some have the anti-drain back valve and some dont. the only filters that stood out by far as the best were oem and purolator so those are the ones i use. if one of those is not availible i get the cheapest one w/ an anti drain back valve. i was wasting money buying mobile one filters before that.

 

[RedTurboEclipse]

I've been running supertech oil and filter on my beater 95 gsx. It has 128k original miles. I'm currently waiting for it to result in what happened with your experience. I try and try and try oil change after oil change, but the filter and oil just always seems to come out normal. What am I doing wrong?!?

 

[snox135]

It's no big secret that Fram oil filters are not great oil filters. While they do "work" many people have had problems with them. They are no where near the best filters out there. But you want to run them by all means go ahead.

 

[Defiant]

does anyone have the link to that oil filter lab test from a while back.

http://web.archive.org/web/20040706081105/http://www.scuderiaciriani.com/rx7/oil_filter_study/

Trouble is, in part, that you don't know who made a given filter. Like so much of the modern world, things are built to bid- a contract is put out to filter manufacturing companies to bid on, and best price wins. You may well wind up with a FRAM (ohmigod! Ohmigod!) regardless who's name is painted on the can.

And despite how often they're talked-down, there's nothing wrong with a FRAM filter.

 

[snox135]

Yes, jobs are contracted out, but that does not change the manufacturing specifications of a product. If you buy filter x it will be made with the same filtering media all the time, unless the parent company changes there design. Most companies are well set up with who makes there products and do not like to change them around all the time.

 

[Spoolin4Ever]

fram is pretty lame; lot's of valve train noise on startup, even when the car hasn't sat long.

Once I used a fram, forgot to put oil on the seal. Well it sealed fine, but when I removed the filter, the seal was stuck to the oil filter housing. I did not notice. I put on the new filter, and started the car. My oil drained right out of it. My bad for not putting a little oil on the seal; I ALWAYS DO NOW. However, maybe if they glued the seal on there better, it wouldn't have come off?

Supertech is pretty good for the price...no it's not made by fram, it's made by champion labs, or it was anyway...they have been redesigned about a year ago. Puralator is good. OEM is good.

Walmart DOES carry Mobil one filters now, they used to only have fram and supertech (here).

 

[Defiant]

fram is pretty lame; lot's of valve train noise on startup, even when the car hasn't sat long.

I'd not had that issue. I've seen many, many threads here about filter X vs filter Y and HLA noise differences, and I remain skeptical of the filter having that much, or possibly any, effect. It doesn't make mechanical sense.

Once I used a fram, forgot to put oil on the seal. Well it sealed fine, but when I removed the filter, the seal was stuck to the oil filter housing. I did not notice. I put on the new filter, and started the car. My oil drained right out of it. My bad for not putting a little oil on the seal; I ALWAYS DO NOW. However, maybe if they glued the seal on there better, it wouldn't have come off?

The seals aren't glued, they're held by the crimp between the inner face and the outer can. Since no oil is applied to that side, it will by happenstance and design stick to the filter instead of to the lubricated side. But lubricating the seal is not only to prevent it sticking to the mount; it also lets it slide as the filter is tightened-down. However, your mistaken procedure can hardly be used as evidence of shortcoming by the manufacturer.
The reason there are so many horror stories about FRAM being a "bad" filter probably comes from there being twenty more times of their filters in the marketplace than any three other manufacturers combined.

Supertech is pretty good for the price...no it's not made by fram, it's made by champion labs, or it was anyway...they have been redesigned about a year ago. Puralator is good. OEM is good.

I'm still of the belief that WIX are the best, from all the tales I've heard, and all the real-world places I've worked where I saw them used. You don't much want to skimp on hardware when you're on a ship a thousand miles from a dock.

 

[No_Skillz]

Call me old and stubborn, but Purolator Pure One filter is all that I will ever use.

 

[Defiant]

Call me old and stubborn, but Purolator Pure One filter is all that I will ever use.

And that isn't a bad thing- if you're aware that your choice is established by stubbornness. But keep aware to the swirling waters of this world's economic seas. I don't even know what continent Purolator's manufacturing plant is on this week; scary part is, the products coming out of China are usually from brand-new tooling and manufactured from the most modern products. It's scaring the living crap out of the American manufacturers who aren't profiting from it- which is why stupid news stories about leaded paint get so effing much air time.