best oil filter?

[emas]

So what is the current opinion on the best oil filter for a v6?

 

[Blee1099]

Without a doubt one of the best are Motorcraft FL-1A

 

[emas]

Without a doubt one of the best are Motorcraft FL-1A

you kidding?

 

[Blee1099]

you kidding?

Nope the FL-1A are actually good compared to other brands like Fram. Fram are garbage. Mobil-1 are supposedly really good too. I typically only get Motorcraft filter cause I've actually opened up other competitor's filters with a saw and wasn't impressed.

 

[celly]

Amsoil EA filters look pretty sweet. I'm placing an order for one shortly. Rated to one year/25,000 miles.

 

[Rick]

I just picked up a NAPA Gold filter today. It's supposed to be pretty good from reviews I've read.

 

[Explorer#2]

I use K&N

 

[aldive]

Amsoil EA filters look pretty sweet. I'm placing an order for one shortly. Rated to one year/25,000 miles.

This extended use oil filter is a high quality product. I have used it since it hit the market.

This filter has allowed me to have excellent UOA results up to 20k miles with no oil change

I shall continue to use it.

 

[BrooklynBay]

One friend of mine wouldn't use anything other than Hastings, or the Mobil 1 type with some sort of synthetic fluid in them. The Hastings have a small check valve built into them. I've looked inside other brands, and other companies make filters with a check valve besides them.

 

[spindlecone]

WIX and K&N gold

 

[BrooklynBay]

This extended use oil filter is a high quality product. I have used it since it hit the market.

This filter has allowed me to have excellent UOA results up to 20k miles with no oil change

I shall continue to use it.

AlDive, how many times have you replaced it on your vehicle? Even if the filter is rated for a long period of time, how do you know if the oil still has the same viscosity if it is old? It may appear clean, but does it still lubricate the same as it did a few thousand miles ago? I don't have to worry about old oil on my vehicle, since I have to add 2 quarts a month. If I would use this filter, I probably would never have to replace it ever again.

 

[Ford_Racing_Guy]

Lots of good oil filters out there.

Just do some research and pick the one that like the most.


Motorcraft is definitely a good quality filter, I'm a big fan of Purolator which makes the Motorcrafts.

 

[aldive]

AlDive, how many times have you replaced it on your vehicle? Even if the filter is rated for a long period of time, how do you know if the oil still has the same viscosity if it is old? It may appear clean, but does it still lubricate the same as it did a few thousand miles ago? I don't have to worry about old oil on my vehicle, since I have to add 2 quarts a month. If I would use this filter, I probably would never have to replace it ever again.

Its simple; I know the oil is good by using Used Oil Analysis ( UOA ).

Take a look at the latest at http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1371634#post1371634 post # 32.

I have about 118k miles on mine and have never added a single drop of oil between changes,

 

[BrooklynBay]

So Aldive, when do you plan on changing that filter? Whenever you do, cut it open and post a picture of the inside of it. I'm sure that it has to have some buildup of debris after all of this time. Does your oil always look clear? How come your engine never needs to have oil added? There is always some small seepage on the piston rings, or on other seals besides heat build up.

 

[aldive]

So Aldive, when do you plan on changing that filter? Whenever you do, cut it open and post a picture of the inside of it. I'm sure that it has to have some buildup of debris after all of this time. Does your oil always look clear? How come your engine never needs to have oil added? There is always some small seepage on the piston rings, or on other seals besides heat build up.

I base my filter changes on UOA data. I shall test my oil in another 5k milrs.

Amsoil says the filter is good for 25k om conventional use; I should be able to longer since I use bypass filtration.

From Amsoil: AMSOIL EaO Filters are guaranteed for 25,000 miles or one year, whichever comes first, when used in conjunction with AMSOIL Synthetic Motor Oil in gasoline and diesel vehicles in normal service. They are guaranteed for 15,000 miles for severe service. This coincides with the AMSOIL 25,000-mile/one year motor oil drain interval, adding even more convenience for motorists by consolidating routine maintenance.

 

[BrooklynBay]

Since most of my driving is basically stop, and go (maybe stop, and stop during rush hour), and going to Philadelphia a few times a year to see my inlaws, I usually average about 4,000 miles a year. Since I'm always adding oil, I don't change the filter much. Lack of time, and cold weather also contribute to this as well.

 

[BrooklynBay]

Does this filter use an internal check valve? How does the bypass filtration system work? Does it let oil just flow without filtration if the filter gets blocked, or does it go through a separator filter? Is this done manually, or automatically?

 

[aldive]

How does the bypass filtration system work? Does it let oil just flow without filtration if the filter gets blocked, or does it go through a separator filter? Is this done manually, or automatically?

Detroit tell us that the dirt that does the most harm and causes the most wear in an engine is from 5 microns ( a micron is one millionth of a meter ) up to 20 microns in size. If you could remove this dirt from your oil system, you should be able to virtually eliminate wear. While the majority of full flow filters on the market only remove particles as small as 20 to 40 microns. An Amsoil Bypass Oil Filter will remove dirt particles as small as 1/10th of a micron. This system not only provides unrivaled filtration but also adds more than a quart of oil capacity.

All of your oil passes through the full flow filter and then a very small percent of the oil is "bled off" and passed through your "By-Pass Oil Filter" filters a small amount of the oil at any one time, however, in five minutes, at 45 MPH, ALL of the oil will have gone through the By-Pass Oil Filter. It is just like you're getting a fresh oil change every five minutes of Driving.

All of the filtration is completely automatic.

Bypass oil filtration is simply the best way to filter your oil.

 

[rookieshooter]

1 micron = 1 000 000th of a metre [its proper French spelling] or,
approximately, 0.00003937 inches;



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A micron is 1 millionth of a meter, 10-6 or 10-3 of a millimeter. Very tiny.
It is abbreviated with the greek letter for M, or the mu.


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The wavelength of red light is a little
shorter than a micron. The smallest atoms are about two Ångstroms in
diameter. An Ångstrom is 1/10,000 of a micron.

Aldive, I found the above on Google. I just don't understand how that filter can clean down to 1/10 of a micron. Or 1/10 of 0.00003937 inches. You would have to add another 0 to that. The wave length of red light according to the above is a little shorter then one micron. How can oil even penetrate somthing that small. What filter media do they use? I have Gortex clothes that do not let water droplets in but let water vapor out because of the small holes in the membrane. I'm not doughting you and I may just use an Amsoil filter. If it is truly that small then it would surly catch particles that you could not even see with the naked eye I would believe. With that said it would make sense to me that after a very short time that it would clog up and render itself useless. I used micron readings and filtration when I was in the HVAC business. It woud seem to me that a filter media that small would have to be so large in surface area as not to clog up so fast that the size alone would make it not practicle in that situation. Correct me if I'm wrong. I would really like to see an independant study on that bypass filter.

 

[Skibum1989]

If I remeber correctly some taxi cab company used bypass filtration w/ amsoil, welded the drain plugs shut and saw very little wear after quite awhile.

At any rate the UOA data al posts proves that the oil can still be clean at very long change intervals.