Napa oil filter (gold)
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I agree with you Oldvetter. I think you want a happy medium; flow but at the same time not so much at the expense of crappy filteration. I found a site that sells WIX filters for $4.11 a piece. I've heard Baldwin also makes a good filter and they run about $7 a piece.
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Let's see, besides my 98 C5, I have owned a Dodge Dart, 2 Impala Converts, 2 Camaros (Z28's), 3 Chevy Trucks, a Chevy Citation, a Chevy Corsica (over 217K miles that had like new compression when I got rid of it) a Mazda 6, a Ford Escape, a Ford Mustang, a VW Scirocco, and probably a few more that do not come to mind. I have always purchased filters that happen to be on sale. Many times Fram and more often than not, the Walmart brand made by Champion. I have never had an oil related issue with any car that I have purchased new and taken care of. I really think that more is made of "crappy" Fram filters than what is warranted. The one car that I have had oil issues with is a 97 Saturn SC1, which I purchased at 123K. I recently rebuilt its motor because of the 45 mpg it gets on the highway.
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Hey guys, my apologies to all. I posted the wrong site, I have now corrected that. The correct site is www.fleetfilter.com Sorry for the mis-information.
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And I still say that in 12 years of building turbocharged cars I've yet to have a turbo bearing failure using them as a result of poor filtration.
I'd be glad to hear your personal or first-hand experiences that differ though.
If Chevy's bearings are more prone to microscopic particles then turbo bearings operating @ 100K rpms, they have some design issues.
I'd be glad to hear your personal or first-hand experiences that differ though.
If Chevy's bearings are more prone to microscopic particles then turbo bearings operating @ 100K rpms, they have some design issues.
I am not just talking out of my butt. Fram filters are INFERIOR end of story.
check the link for a comparison.
http://people.msoe.edu/~yoderw/oilfi...lterstudy.html
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Just because nothing failed doesn't mean you had a good oil filter.
I am not just talking out of my butt. Fram filters are INFERIOR end of story.
check the link for a comparison.
http://people.msoe.edu/~yoderw/oilfi...lterstudy.html
I am not just talking out of my butt. Fram filters are INFERIOR end of story.
check the link for a comparison.
http://people.msoe.edu/~yoderw/oilfi...lterstudy.html
This is exactly what I was talking about.
The "End Of Story" is actually: "Use decent oil and change it regularly" then the techno-babble and aero-space, nuclear, electron-microscope testing means that much less.
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#30
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My coworker worked for Wix, and he seemed to think that the Wix filters were quite good. I don't have a Corvette (yet) but I've seen a lot of good reports on Champion Labs filters (Mobil1, K&N, Bosch, STP). According to some used filter analyses, the issue with Fram's is the fact that the filter element/binding agents can begin to dissolve prior to to the time it is changed (can't remember if it was a 3000 mile interval or what)..
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The NAPA Gold and the WIX filters are the same. I just switched to them. I was using DELCO Gold, but switched to get more flow, and I did, my oil pressure increased. That price is not bad for a premium oil filter. You can use the standard GM oil filter, they tested them for 200,000 miles engine life (changing them of course).
I use NAPA filters.
They even use the same part number .... NAPA 1515 (Ford) is a Wix 515, just drop the first number.
But really any filter is fine because if you change your oil at regular intervals, like ever 3000 miles or so, any filter should be fine.
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