[Cut Open] Honda 15400-PLM-A02, (4,863 Miles)
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Looks great Robert. What went back in and on?
Thank You
Thank You
Wow 205,000 miles on the vehicle? Looks great was that on a Honda Accord?
Very good Robert. Thank You
And, egads ! a paper filter to boot !
Shouldn't that be a woven fine platinum wire and Appaloosa tail hair media ? !
If you look at the [million] mile articles occaisonally posted you will find that nothing fancy oil filters were used.I know the efficiencies aren't great on some of these oem filters but you can't kill an Acura/Honda anyways.
We’ve moved on to alpaca fibers. Get with the times.
They were also over the road and piled on huge highway miles. These were no city dwellers.
The D15B8 SOHC 4 in my wife's 1991 civic was the worst quality and most problematic engine I ever serviced - if you ignored the lump my friends wife's Renault Alliance,I know the efficiencies aren't great on some of these oem filters but you can't kill an Acura/Honda anyways.
In fuel filter sized filters canisters, I'll take flow over efficiency - I deem the media surface area to be inadequate.
I can't keep up with this newfangled tech anymore
So that's basically a Fram Tough Guard? Thanks!
I bought a bunch and am usint them on Honda/Acuras I service. Just like the old days...
I bought a bunch and am usint them on Honda/Acuras I service. Just like the old days...
Yeah, I can assume size matters in the design of an oil filter. The small size filters need less efficiency to keep flow. However, This has somewhat gone out the window when an oil filter has premium media/depth construction. They can have both good loading & flow.
Yes to a point. The P gasket on the base of the Honda part is worth its weight in gold.
No Weeping or leaks ... Ever.
An oft repeated but not exactly correct statement.
I suppose how incorrect depends on ones definition of "basically". The A02 has a metal seam clamp and although it looks the same the media is reported by Jay - Formally of Fram as different and lower efficiency , his ballpark number and Amsoils test agreed on within a few percent.
It should be noted that this is basically a 20,000 mile filter as cars like the 2005 Civic call for 10,000 mile changes and the filter is changed every other OCI.
Thanks. I use the MityVac for 5K OCIs and generally swap the filter every 2nd or sometimes 3rd service.
I take care of about 10 cars beyond my own. Mostly Honda/Acura, Toyota/Lexus, Chev PU and Nissan.
And the occasional Jeep GC Turbo Diesel and others.
