WIX Filter - Quality?

[CB900F2]

Hey guys.. Anyone here purchased a WIX engine and cabin air filter for their Yaris?.. How did you find the quality and fit?

thanks

[aca72]

My current cabin filter is WIX. I use to have Bosch. WIX fits better than the Bosch. As for the oil filter, I haven't used them yet but you can read many positive response in BITOG.

[1stToyota]

Hey guys.. Anyone here purchased a WIX engine and cabin air filter for their Yaris?.. How did you find the quality and fit?

thanks

I like their oil filters better than their air filters. Their cabin air filters seem a little bit restrictive.

[360cubes]

WIX makes good products and are a base for several other well known brands. I've used their oil filters and for the price offer long life when used with synthetic oils.

[06vitzRS]

I use wix on my cars. Quality products.

[jay]

I'm currently running the NAPA Gold (which are apparently reboxed Wix, I don't know enough about these things to be sure) cabin and engine air filters.

The samples I have are made in South Korea. Price wise, the NAPA Golds were a tad higher than OE (not sure if this is true across Canada).

I can't do a scientific filtering quality test, but both filters are more heavily built vs. the OE Densos. Fit is perfect. At this pt, I don't have reason to doubt their quality.

[TheSilkySmooth]

Check out Federated made by hastings/baldwin (clarecor), Under 3 bucks and top construction. More filter media space in the fed/hastings due to the bypass welded onto the bottom of the core tube. Wix is great, but there aint much room for the filter after the giant wix bypass is located under the base plate.

[texkid]

Use both the oil and air filter from Wix. Love them. I might be as bold to say that the "new car" smell is still lingering.....mmmmmmhhhh.......

[YarisSedan]

Thier cabin air filters have that special technology that prevents any type of bacterial growth. So no more funky smell in the winter times when you turn on the blower motor.

[CB900F2]

Thanks everyone for your feedback....

[toad]

.....so wix is pretty good? how about purolator? my local advance auto parts has them(along with fram-which i hear aren't that good, mobil 1-pricey, and k&n-very pricey). i plan on buying some pennzoil platinum this week for an oil change and wonder if it's ok to buy a cheaper oil filter like purolator(sp?) instead of the pricey ones?

[OK Yaris]

.....so wix is pretty good? how about purolator? ?

Purolator is a good filter, as well as many others including WIX/NAPA.

I have been buying Toyota filters in a 10-pack for the Yaris(change oil every 5,000 miles with non-synthetic). I would have no issue buying Purolator or Wix, and many others, but definitely not Fram.

Mike

[TheSilkySmooth]

I want to know why Honda, Acura and Subaru are using Fram (Honeywell) to make their Service part replacement filters? I just got a filter from subaru and its made by fram! maybe the custom ones made for them are better?

[1stToyota]

I want to know why Honda, Acura and Subaru are using Fram (Honeywell) to make their Service part replacement filters? I just got a filter from subaru and its made by fram! maybe the custom ones made for them are better?

You could try Nippon or Beck/Arnley. I was on a Honda forum not long ago and Nippon tested best, so I'd imagine that they're pretty good across their entire P/N line.

[TheSilkySmooth]

Subaru has this crazy 23psi bypass valve rating that wix doesnt meet, I was gonna use the 51356 instead of the -65 since its much longer than the tiny lawn tractor filters they usually use. I have a rod knock on the subaru (bad luck!) so I'm sticking with OEM service replacement parts until I get this resolved. Right now they dont "hear' anything unusuall. I may have rod knock confirmed by an independant shop to push them into fixing it. Thanks 1st, I'll check into the Nippon:thumbsup:

[Yaris Hilton]

I haven't had to put any filters on my new Yaris, but I've used both Wix and Purolator filters for many years with complete satisfaction. I'd put a new Wix air filter in my daughter's Echo not long before trading it, in fact. It fitted perfectly.

[TheSilkySmooth]

I haven't had to put any filters on my new Yaris, but I've used both Wix and Purolator filters for many years with complete satisfaction. I'd put a new Wix air filter in my daughter's Echo not long before trading it, in fact. It fitted perfectly. Unless they fixed it in the past couple months, the purolator didnt fit correctly on my 08 yaris 3 dr. It only engaged 2 threads fully tightened and thats not enough. IMO the base plate is too far below the gasket surface. Youll see on the oem the baseplate is bumped UP towards the gasket surface instead of concave. I like purolator but this just didnt fit.

[06silveryaris]

Unless they fixed it in the past couple months, the purolator didnt fit correctly on my 08 yaris 3 dr. It only engaged 2 threads fully tightened and thats not enough. IMO the base plate is too far below the gasket surface. Youll see on the oem the baseplate is bumped UP towards the gasket surface instead of concave. I like purolator but this just didnt fit.

did you use the puralator pure one or the regular filter? I have been considerig the pure one over oem. I made the same switch with my crv( fit is perfect) since fram makes the Honda filter and they are the same price.

[1stToyota]

Unless they fixed it in the past couple months, the purolator didnt fit correctly on my 08 yaris 3 dr. It only engaged 2 threads fully tightened and thats not enough. IMO the base plate is too far below the gasket surface. Youll see on the oem the baseplate is bumped UP towards the gasket surface instead of concave. I like purolator but this just didnt fit.

I've still got 1 PureOne in stock, and I'm due an oil change by next week. I'll let my 3 Beck/Arnley oil filters sit on the shelf for the time being and use up the last PureOne (yellow, not the old blue version) and pay attention to how many turns it takes from thread start to 3/4-1 turn tight.

[TheSilkySmooth]

I've still got 1 PureOne in stock, and I'm due an oil change by next week. I'll let my 3 Beck/Arnley oil filters sit on the shelf for the time being and use up the last PureOne (yellow, not the old blue version) and pay attention to how many turns it takes from thread start to 3/4-1 turn tight. Thanks, man! I beginning to think I have a unique Yaris. I too have an 08 3 dr 5S.:smile:

[TheSilkySmooth]

I just did my 20K mi OC and used a new/leftover yzzf2 and again, It was defective and I had to take it off. Good thing I had hastings laying around. Put that on and all was good again. No oil flow through the yzzf2. T-Chain starts grinding and tappets start a shower of tappet noise. Almost sounds like and exhaust plug and fizz leak. Never had noise problems with the wix. 51394/96. Big problems wiith these asian filters - must be the paper is over resin doped or wrong sieve on the paper. Beware there are exact replica chinese copies around - even the security hologram sticker is duped.

example of fake:
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/52147843/OIL_FILTER_90915_YZZC5.html

[1stToyota]

Thanks, man! I beginning to think I have a unique Yaris. I too have an 08 3 dr 5S.:smile:

Just did my OC with some of that $3.99 Pennzoil Platinum :smile:
From thread start to hand tight, the PureOne filter was a little more than 2 3/4 turns; just shy of 3 full turns for the Amsoil Ea filter that was on there.

[toad]

Just did my OC with some of that $3.99 Pennzoil Platinum :smile:
From thread start to hand tight, the PureOne filter was a little more than 2 3/4 turns; just shy of 3 full turns for the Amsoil Ea filter that was on there.

who has the platinum on sale for $3.99 right now? i'm needing to change the other car's oil very soon. thanks!

[1stToyota]

who has the platinum on sale for $3.99 right now? i'm needing to change the other car's oil very soon. thanks!

It was O'Reilly Auto Parts, but it ended on the 14th...I posted the info about 2 weeks ago. Sorry that you missed it.

IDK for sure, but I think it was Advanced Auto, or Parts+ ?? that had a good deal on Castrol Syntec with filter ($25.00/5qts w/ K&N oil filter)

It's here somewhere, don't know how long that sale was for. Another poster posted it.

[TheSilkySmooth]

Just did my OC with some of that $3.99 Pennzoil Platinum :smile:
From thread start to hand tight, the PureOne filter was a little more than 2 3/4 turns; just shy of 3 full turns for the Amsoil Ea filter that was on there.
My car must have a short nipple on the filter bracket. Although I didnt try a pure one. How's that PP running?

[toad]

It was O'Reilly Auto Parts, but it ended on the 14th...I posted the info about 2 weeks ago. Sorry that you missed it.

IDK for sure, but I think it was Advanced Auto, or Parts+ ?? that had a good deal on Castrol Syntec with filter ($25.00/5qts w/ K&N oil filter)

It's here somewhere, don't know how long that sale was for. Another poster posted it.

yeah, that's what i get for waiting.

[1stToyota]

My car must have a short nipple on the filter bracket. Although I didnt try a pure one. How's that PP running?

I don't know if it's the PP or the PureOne, or both, but the engine is so quiet now I almost thought it was all in my head. I drove all the way home with the radio off so I could get a good listen--it is quieter during shifts and while pulling into the garage; that's when I'd notice the most noise, when clutching/revving while slowly pulling into the crowded garage. PP and PureOne is the best combo I've used so far.

[TheSilkySmooth]

Its crazy but alll these little things make a difference! I think the purolator prem + / royal purple gave the best 4000-6000 power, and the wix/motul 5-30 gave the best 1500-3500. Must have something to do with oil viscosity and flow restriction in the filter, though the bypass must be open at WOT at 5000+rpm.

[1stToyota]

Its crazy but alll these little things make a difference! I think the purolator prem + / royal purple gave the best 4000-6000 power, and the wix/motul 5-30 gave the best 1500-3500. Must have something to do with oil viscosity and flow restriction in the filter, though the bypass must be open at WOT at 5000+rpm.

Idle-3500ish is probably my operating range. Just guessing tho', don't have a tach. ENEOS 5w-30/Ultra-8 made the most noise, but still not that bad. Amsoil HP 5w-30/Wix made Amsoil Ea filter was a small improvement. Maybe it was that space wasting Wix bypass valve? Pennzoil Platinum 5w-30/PureOne made an even bigger improvement.

[toad]

Idle-3500ish is probably my operating range. Just guessing tho', don't have a tach. ENEOS 5w-30/Ultra-8 made the most noise, but still not that bad. Amsoil HP 5w-30/Wix made Amsoil Ea filter was a small improvement. Maybe it was that space wasting Wix bypass valve? Pennzoil Platinum 5w-30/PureOne made an even bigger improvement.

well, now i'm DEFINATELY glad i chose the Pennzoil Platinum. i had found an ENEOS distributor nearby(they only sold them in cases of 8 quarts?), but decided to save a few bucks based on the reviews i've read on here. like you said, it does seem to idle a little quieter(maybe it's my imagination), but mainly i made the switch because my car isn't just transportation TO my job - it IS my job! i'm getting ready to put the same thing in the wife's yaris as soon as i see a sale on it somewhere.

[Jansen]

I switched to Pennzoil Platinum and a Wix 51394 filter at the same time. I like how they put the flow rates and particle filtration information up on their website, not too many filter companies do that.

I was interested in the EA009 from AMSOIL, but couldn't find it in Toronto. Oh well, saved a couple of bucks.

[TheSilkySmooth]

I switched to Pennzoil Platinum and a Wix 51394 filter at the same time. I like how they put the flow rates and particle filtration information up on their website, not too many filter companies do that.

I was interested in the EA009 from AMSOIL, but couldn't find it in Toronto. Oh well, saved a couple of bucks.
You can use the WIX 51396 if you want a slightly longer filter with more surface area. NO worries, the 96 has the same specs for bypass, flow and beta ratio. Purolator kills the wix for flow though. If you wail on the hamster, you want the Purolator.

[1stToyota]

You can use the WIX 51396 if you want a slightly longer filter with more surface area. NO worries, the 96 has the same specs for bypass, flow and beta ratio. Purolator kills the wix for flow though. If you wail on the hamster, you want the Purolator.

I use to like WIX until I saw a cut-away of one: high quality and cool looking bypass valve, but very small filter media because of the large size of the bp valve.

[TheSilkySmooth]

I use to like WIX until I saw a cut-away of one: high quality and cool looking bypass valve, but very small filter media because of the large size of the bp valve. Agreed. I'm wondering if the NAPA "pro select" (not gold) uses a different bypass arrangement. I got one on there now - but I have a Purolaotor-made Bosch going on next. Ist you still loving the Pennzoil Platinum? I was thinking that or Mobil1 AFE 0w-30, it has a good additive package according to virgin oil analyses I read, and its on sale at wallyworld right now for about $22/5qt