Re: filters

Posted by NC Wayne on April 08, 2005 at 18:36:08 from (205.188.117.66):

In Reply to: filters posted by Leo B on April 08, 2005 at 17:46:36:

Don't believe the hype about OEM filters being better than all the others. In fact most of them are being made for the various OEM's by Fram, WIX, etc. I work on construction equipment for a living and all of my vehicles as well as the majority of my customers are all running NAPA filters which are made mainly by WIX. I've got a friend that went into a filter plant several years back. He said the filters came off the actual assembly part of the line and then went for their markings. Coming out of that part of the line he then said you could see the breaks in the line where they changed colors because they were being marked/painted differently and marketed under several different names. All that said, I have yet to see a piece of equipment suffer a lube related problem that could be attributed to the brand of filter the customer was running. Over the years I've cut open just about every brand out there from NAPA to AutoZone to WIX to whatever, and have yet to see one name brand that really looked all that different than another. Heck we still do alot of work on the old Detroit and Murphy diesels. The Murphys use sock type filters exclusively and the older Detroits use the socks while the newer ones have spin ons or pleated cartridge types. None of the sock types even have a micron rating like most spin ons do. This tells me if the micron rating was all that important to the life of an engine then these engines that I see that have run for 30 plus years without problems should have been dead long ago. The main thing you need to worry about is running a quality lubricant, beyond that as long as you have run some type of filter and keep it serviced properly your machine will last as long as the guy spending 4 times as much to run the OEM named filters. One last for instance and I'll leave it with you. Just got done rebuilding a 3306 for a man. He uses NAPA filters on all of his equipment along with what I consider to be one of the best oils on the market. After running for twelve years, til electrolosis necessitated this rebuild, the crank checked at standard and did not need to be turned undersize. This is nearly unheard of for an engine running under the conditions it does and for that length of time. That leads me back to what I said before, a good oil along with good service practices make more difference than the name on the filter.........Just my .02

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