You are at least partly right--Southwest Research it was.
Maybe I've got Mad Cow disease.
Maybe I've got Mad Cow disease.
BITOG Oil Filter Test
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please... don't bring my ex-wife into this..
Just kidding...
Just kidding...
This is a crying shame. Filterguy was actually going to produce some useful data for a change and the test subject just wandered off. (Chill Filterguy, just ribbin' ya' a bit)
here's his PM..don't know where he went. he buys E-core at Wally World is what his first pm said.:
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Member # 7015 posted September 08, 2005 11:05 PM
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well the enigne has 80,000 on rebuild, i rebuilt it myself the oil gets changed every 3,000 miles or 2 months . i have used only diesel oil 15w40. i use mobil delvac 1300 15w40. it is a 1975 ford f 150 with a 7.0 liter 428
ford390gashog
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Member # 7015 posted September 08, 2005 11:05 PM
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well the enigne has 80,000 on rebuild, i rebuilt it myself the oil gets changed every 3,000 miles or 2 months . i have used only diesel oil 15w40. i use mobil delvac 1300 15w40. it is a 1975 ford f 150 with a 7.0 liter 428
He has not been on the board since 10/22/05
Here's a suggestion for the test that may knock out a couple birds with one stone. Find someone with a fairly large engine that uses the new, and popular, dink size filters that is also equipped with an OLM. The LSx/LMx series of engines come to mind. One would see how a dink filter holds up in a 325-364 CID engine for an OLM prescribed period of time/miles. Perform the same analysis FilterGuy did on his 2003 Taurus. I'm guessing this would limit the choice to a E-core. But if a SuperTech Ecore passes the test acceptably, for $2 and some change, just think how many people would sleep soundly at night knowing they're protecting their engine and saving some money in the process. A second SuperTech Ecore with just a UOA/w particle count would demonstrate whether there is consistency. Other filters could be tested with just a UOA/particle count in a similar fashion. The tester would have to agree to use only one type/brand oil to constrain this variable. Comments?
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Not bad. Although FG's one available free test wouldn't have to be limited to an Ecore (up to M1 should work at Champ) that would set a good "baseline" for comparative data. You would then have cheap ..on up.
So who do we know that drives a lot of miles in a vehicle with a GM LSx/LMx under the hood? Or maybe there's some other combination of vehicle/filter that would suffice?
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