Oil Filters

[CCO]

Been readin' about these over the last few weeks and came to discover that Mobil 1, K&N Gold and Wix are the more popular filters on the market.

Yes even over the OEM Delco units which may have questionable construction.

Main source of info is 'Bob Is The Oil Guy'.

What do you guys use?
C.

 

[MADDOX]

I use Fram XG3506 for synthetic oil

 

[Manny@Dasilva]

I always use the K&N Gold

 

[88blackz51]

I use frame extra guard, sure grip, on all my cars. I find them cheap and reliable, not to mention easier to remove since they give you something to grip onto.

 

[Manny@Dasilva]

I use frame extra guard, sure grip, on all my cars. I find them cheap and reliable, not to mention easier to remove since they give you something to grip onto.

Ah yes , one of the reasons I use the the K&N is the 1" nut on the bottem , easiest filter to install and take off

 

[Riley P]

Hey Manny, I heard the nut hangs below the frame on the car and could be the first thing to hit something if the car bottoms out on anything or catches debris. Any insight on this? I realize that if you're bottoming out your car, you probably have bigger issues but I just thought I would ask as I have a K&N on my car right now too.

 

[Manny@Dasilva]

Not true at all . It sits flush with the bottom of the pan . I will post a picture later .

 

[CCO]

Hey Manny, I heard the nut hangs below the frame on the car and could be the first thing to hit something if the car bottoms out on anything or catches debris. Any insight on this? I realize that if you're bottoming out your car, you probably have bigger issues but I just thought I would ask as I have a K&N on my car right now too.

LOL, Riley, that's a way of life for me....

C.

 

[Riley P]

Good enough for me! I will stick with the K&N!

As for the nut below the frame Colin....possibly a doctor could help out with that before it gets bottomed out on something it shouldn't hit. HA!

 

[CCO]

Good enough for me! I will stick with the K&N!

As for the nut below the frame Colin....possibly a doctor could help out with that before it gets bottomed out on something it shouldn't hit. HA!

LOL, Doctor? His chassis is older than mine.

 

[Manny@Dasilva]

The picture

Ok as promised here is a picture .

This my personal vette , and as you can see the nut is not even visable .

Colin , not pun intended

 

[Duff]

Nice

Manny - I cant even see the filter.... are you showing off yer clean rear end !

Very Nice..... wish I had a hoist like that so I could clean mine up.... no problems with the way your nuts are hangin from what I can see

 

[Manny@Dasilva]

Manny - I cant even see the filter.... are you showing off yer clean rear end !

Very Nice..... wish I had a hoist like that so I could clean mine up.... no problems with the way your nuts are hangin from what I can see

A clean rear and proper hanging nuts will get you far in life

 

[CCO]

A clean rear and proper hanging nuts will get you far in life

Touche!. I couldn't agree more

C.

 

[Elf]

Nuts a side I use K&N ,Mobil 1 ,or GM .I change my oil at 50%-60% .

 

[New C5er]

hockey pucks??

How come the hockey pucks on your hoist are not visible, or are they deeper hidden underneath?

 

[stefanis01]

Anyone ever use these filters ACDelco UPF48r Ultra Gold filters
Rob

 

[New C5er]

Have read awhile back that the K&N is the top rated filter of all for cleaning or filtering the contaminants from the oil.

 

[Riley P]

Never used the AC Delco filters but I am sure they are fine. For all the people who say the nut hangs below the engine on the K&N Filters, I wonder who have actually checked? If Manny says it's ok, I am more than happy with it!

 

[Pyro]

mark one down for WIX here. I doubt there's a problem with any of the mentioned filters as long as regular oil change intervals are being followed and it would be a matter of preference.

I have an oil filter clamp so the nut on the k&n isn't a big deal for me and between wix k&n and mobil 1 filters. all are readily available to me but wix is the cheapest in price so that's the one i go with