Oil Filter Concerns

[remcafee]

i have proof in the form of experience, cars coming in the dealership that have been maintained with aftermarket parts compared to oem just have more issues, plain and simple, a good example is i had a tacoma with a fram filter and they came in with drivability and intermittent misfires concern, oh hey, take a wild guess, the camshaft gear strainer was clogged full of debris that the oil filter was clearly ignoring, pulled apart that oil filter and the actual filter wasnt even retaining its round structure, it was "folded" so to say inside the filter housing, total garbage parts that could quite literally ruin your engine.

[mitch9521]

Originally Posted by remcafee

i have proof in the form of experience, cars coming in the dealership that have been maintained with aftermarket parts compared to oem just have more issues, plain and simple, a good example is i had a tacoma with a fram filter and they came in with drivability and intermittent misfires concern, oh hey, take a wild guess, the camshaft gear strainer was clogged full of debris that the oil filter was clearly ignoring, pulled apart that oil filter and the actual filter wasnt even retaining its round structure, it was "folded" so to say inside the filter housing, total garbage parts that could quite literally ruin your engine.

This is why OEM or quality aftermarket filters only.

I usually run Bosch filters or Wix if I can't get my hands on an OEM Denso filter for whatever reason.

[Compeer]

Originally Posted by remcafee

i have proof in the form of experience, cars coming in the dealership that have been maintained with aftermarket parts compared to oem just have more issues, plain and simple, a good example is i had a tacoma with a fram filter and they came in with drivability and intermittent misfires concern, oh hey, take a wild guess, the camshaft gear strainer was clogged full of debris that the oil filter was clearly ignoring, pulled apart that oil filter and the actual filter wasnt even retaining its round structure, it was "folded" so to say inside the filter housing, total garbage parts that could quite literally ruin your engine.

I did an apprenticeship in automotive parts and every year we cut open all the brands we could sources oil filters of the same part number.

As a result i will only install Ryco or Wix filters on my cars with a preference to Ryco. They always had by far the best quality filter spring and internal can design. Frams were ALWAYs the worst with them often being rusty inside as new...mmm rust particles on the filtered side of your filter flowing into your engine!

Wix and ryco were always pretty much on par. Everything else is rubbish as far as aftermarket filters go.

I watched a thing on air filters and wix and ryco won for air filters as well with the most particles removed, I'd say this is also true of their fuel filters.