Originally Posted By: LeakySeals
After I watched this video of a Toyota OE foam, I would say pass entirely.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cloYFhPwsHc
Yea I know, I have seen Toyota Oil Filters cut open and they look Terrible. However I wonder what Toyota has to say why they make there oil filter like that?
Perhaps its good??? Perhaps the DIRT and SLUDGE is in the the filter media where it belongs?
Perhaps the filter media is made to suck up as much dirt as it can and thats why the oil filter is suppose to be changed frequently.
I mean think about it????
If the oil filter is DIRTY and full of sludge then that is DIRT and SLUDGE that is no longer in your Engine or colleting in the bottom of your oil pan.
I know some people thave Toyota Supras with 35 PSI Turbos and some with 2 Turbos on them and I ask them what oil filter do you use? and I would say do you use K&N or Fram Ultra or Royal Purple, and they ALL told me NO.. They use Toyota Dealer Oil Filters.... They said a car company as good as Toyota the tech made the oil filter that way for a reason.
Makes you say Hmmmm dont it?
Think about it?
Id rather have the DIRT and SLUDGE in the Filter and not in the Engine.
So who knows.
Unless you get a brand 2 new Toyotas and run 1 with the Dealer oil filter and 2nd remove the dealer filter and put on say a FRAM TOUGH GAURD and drive for 5000 miles and cut them open and see...
If the Tough Gaurd is nice and clean and the Toyota is FULL of DIRT and SLUDGE then that would mean the Toyota Filter did its Job...
Think about it.