looking for larger capacity Oil filter
Burning Brakes
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From: Houston Texas
The stock size is IMHO fine.
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If you just want to run it in the garage, not driving it on the street, a truck filter will do. It will extend below the oil pan so no driving lest it get ripped off the engine.
Look up a Chevy truck of same model year as your car and you should be all set.
I'd recommend a FilterMag or similar magnet on the filter to assist in catching ferrous throwoff metal.
Look up a Chevy truck of same model year as your car and you should be all set.
I'd recommend a FilterMag or similar magnet on the filter to assist in catching ferrous throwoff metal.
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If done using a high-quality filter with low-micron filtration media, it's probably the right thing to do. At worst, it accomplishes nothing. At best, it protects the engine during initial break-in. Can't possibly hurt.
All engines, no matter how precisely built, throw off more metal during break-in and it would not hurt to take steps to manage it. New rings riding a freshly honed cylinder wall will kick off iron in relatively large quantities, for example. You want that out of the oil.
I use a big-$$ synthetic media filter like K&N, Mobil-1, or more recently a Royal Purple filter sized for truck applications and place my FilterMag on its casing, crank the engine and let it run while verifying no leaks or other issues exist. Run the engine up to temp at ~2000 RPM (gotta love EFILive for bidirectional PCM control) and then let it idle for a bit at operating temp. Shut down, change the filter back to the normal car application (still a big-$$ piece) and put the FilterMag back on, then drive it normally for the rest of the 500mi break-in. Oil & filter change after that, then it's business as usual.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Silver Spring MD
I used a Caddy filter for one time in my C5 about 1 inch longer
It has the same thread size as the C5 but is longer. But I worried about hitting something on the road. Would suggest you use a regular filter and then change it after say 10 hours driving.
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From: Oak Hill Virginia
Regular filter should be fine. If you're really concerned put one of these on it: http://www.shopfiltermag.com/
I have a friend that swears by these.
I have a friend that swears by these.