Patman
Staff member
I was wondering if you guys have seen any evidence at all that having a premium oil filter (that filters 98% of particles 10 microns or larger) works any better at lowering engine wear than a regular OEM filter (which typically filters out 98% of particles 25-30 microns or larger)
Maybe once I've established a trend with the oil analysis results on my car, I will try one of the intervals with a premium filter so I can compare it to my previous results (I currently am using an OEM AC Delco filter on my car)
In the past with other cars I have owned I have always gone for the higher priced filters, I've used everything from the AC Delco Ultraguard Gold, Mobil 1, PureONE and the K&N Performance Gold (this is what is on my wife's car right now, and her car has always run one of these last four filters only) But due to having to do oil changes about every two months now because of my aftermarket warranty, I didn't want to spend $17 for an oil filter, compared to $3 for the OEM. (These prices are in Canadian spacebucks)
I was also wondering if perhaps having such a fine filter might actually mask the oil analysis results? For instance, if one oil doesn't have as good antiwear properties, but the finer oil filter is picking up the smaller particles, how would we know if the oil is really doing a good job or not, since with the finer filters the oil should theoretically be a lot cleaner.
Maybe once I've established a trend with the oil analysis results on my car, I will try one of the intervals with a premium filter so I can compare it to my previous results (I currently am using an OEM AC Delco filter on my car)
In the past with other cars I have owned I have always gone for the higher priced filters, I've used everything from the AC Delco Ultraguard Gold, Mobil 1, PureONE and the K&N Performance Gold (this is what is on my wife's car right now, and her car has always run one of these last four filters only) But due to having to do oil changes about every two months now because of my aftermarket warranty, I didn't want to spend $17 for an oil filter, compared to $3 for the OEM. (These prices are in Canadian spacebucks)
I was also wondering if perhaps having such a fine filter might actually mask the oil analysis results? For instance, if one oil doesn't have as good antiwear properties, but the finer oil filter is picking up the smaller particles, how would we know if the oil is really doing a good job or not, since with the finer filters the oil should theoretically be a lot cleaner.