Let's Talk 5.0 Oil Filters

[MountaineerGreen]

Back when I bought my Torque Monster Headers, Bob (Rcpasq) very kindly included a nice, bigger oil filter. It is a Wix 551087. He posted the information here:

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=129236

I went to my local NAPA store to buy one of these filters, but found it to be 3x higher than a FL820S. They were $13 each if I bought a case of 12.

So, that led me to Google the Wix part number and I found these two pages.

This one is an excellent page showing pictures of disassembled filters and has technical specifications for the filters:

http://home.mindspring.com/~ed_white/id7.html

This one shows part numbers for Wix alternatives:

http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/334087-larger-oil-filters-to-replace-the-motorcraft-fl820s.html

I have a local source for Baldwin filters, I am going to check the price of the Baldwin B281. There is a Carquest nearby if the baldwin one is too expensive.

The extra filtration of the longer filter would be nice, but not at the 3x price.

Does anybody use alternative filters?

 

[rwenzing]

I'm happy with the factory FL820S and regular oil changes.