Not all Oil filters were created equal!

[BioHazard]

ive just paid £12.50 for a genuine toyota oil filter.fecking ripoff.

why i gave you a filter the other month

[surfenstein]

When you think about it though, it's actually not. You buy a good quality filter from a Factors and it will cost roughly the same. Plus, what is more detrimental to your engines well being other than the lubricant? Very few things can have such a catastrophic effect as dodgy lubrication can. It's a mere pittance for that peace of mind and reliability. You get back what you put in.

yea but when you take into account i change my oil and filter every 4000 k

[surfenstein]

why i gave you a filter the other month

that you did,pity it dont fit though,i damaged the old filter getting it off,so thats why i had a panic on and had to get a genuine filter.

[MattF]

Mahle sucks ......thats cos they are the buggers making me unemployed ........ But they make genunine filters for alot of the major manufactures

I was wondering if I'd be berated for mentioning them. I thought I'd slipped through unnoticed.

I checked up on the filters yonks ago with regards to the specifics of most manufacturers. They supply most of the upper band vehicle manufacturers too, don't they? Just about the only manufacturer who never rebadges other filters as their own, either, if I remember correctly?

[BioHazard]

I was wondering if I'd be berated for mentioning them. I thought I'd slipped through unnoticed.

I checked up on the filters yonks ago with regards to the specifics of most manufacturers. They supply most of the upper band vehicle manufacturers too, don't they? Just about the only manufacturer who never rebadges other filters as their own, either, if I remember correctly?

no comment .......... i got 2 sets a year ..........FREE


but alas no more

[surfenstein]

I was wondering if I'd be berated for mentioning them. I thought I'd slipped through unnoticed.

I checked up on the filters yonks ago with regards to the specifics of most manufacturers. They supply most of the upper band vehicle manufacturers too, don't they? Just about the only manufacturer who never rebadges other filters as their own, either, if I remember correctly?

talking about filters mr F.have you sorted that little filter project of yours yet.??

[BioHazard]

that you did,pity it dont fit though,i damaged the old filter getting it off,so thats why i had a panic on and had to get a genuine filter.

thought 2.4 and 2.8 were the same

[MattF]

yea but when you take into account i change my oil and filter every 4000 k

Every three to five for me too, so I'm in the same boat. Just trying to resist doing 3K changes at the moment and leaving it until 5K instead. Doubt I'll manage to resist though. I still wouldn't consider cutting corners on the filter though. As Apache mentioned in that thread in General, oil is fairly irrelevant if it is changed frequently, but the filter is a totally different beast.

[surfenstein]

thought 2.4 and 2.8 were the same

ah right.NO apparently we have the early engines with the smaller thread all the later engines have the larger thread.

[MattF]

talking about filters mr F.have you sorted that little filter project of yours yet.??

Erm, well, not quite..........

[BioHazard]

ah right.NO apparently we have the early engines with the smaller thread all the later engines have the larger thread.

Ah a OC67 like the first gen then

[MattF]

no comment .......... i got 2 sets a year ..........FREE


but alas no more

Ah, that's a bugger. Two sets per year was a nice perk.

[surfenstein]

Every three to five for me too, so I'm in the same boat. Just trying to resist doing 3K changes at the moment and leaving it until 5K instead. Doubt I'll manage to resist though. I still wouldn't consider cutting corners on the filter though. As Apache mentioned in that thread in General, oil is fairly irrelevant if it is changed frequently, but the filter is a totally different beast.

well to be honest i discovered some additive,its fecking brill stuff,its made by a firm called lucas,and remarkably its called oil additive.what a difference its made to the old girl,purrs like a kitten,did i mention she has done 300,000 k.

[surfenstein]

Erm, well, not quite..........

,damn you like hanging things out dont cha.

[MattF]

Ah a OC67 like the first gen then

Does that mean there'll a better chance of getting a remote filter adaptor plate for the 1st gen then? The standard 2nd gen size was never covered. What thread size is the 1st gen?