stainless steel filters

[old farmer]

Have been reading about stainless steel mesh oil filters. Claim to have low restriction, filter to about 30 microns, and are cleanable.
I like the idea of just cleaning it reusing it. Good for the environment.
Anyone here used them?
What were your results?
Thanks.

 

[bigbird_1]

The stainless mesh filter is all that is used in gas turbine (jet) engines. They only spec the best filtration for those engines.

 

[SteveSRT8]

No, not the 'best', just very precisely filtered to a specific particle size.

I am no fan of any filter that passes particles that large.

 

[electrolover]

and the price is not very good either. the last i saw they were $90! you can get like 22 MotorCrafts filters for that.

 

[dparm]

Originally Posted By: old farmer
Have been reading about stainless steel mesh oil filters. Claim to have low restriction, filter to about 30 microns, and are cleanable.
I like the idea of just cleaning it reusing it. Good for the environment.
Anyone here used them?
What were your results?
Thanks.


A regular filter is made from recycled paper or recycled cotton fibres.

 

[tom slick]

I posted this info on SS filters awhile back.

http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubb...amp;Main=107041

 

[boxcartommie22]

stainless steel filters are an awesome filter.they have been on my vehicles for a very long time and work great!!! don't have to worry about the [censored] paper filters people use and all there problems bits of paper found in oil gallies and cams...these filters filter 100% 35u...all paper filters will let up too40-200u of dirt in the engine what do you expect from a 2-8 bucks filter.... these filters are tested at 17u...tom slick says it all!!! we also use theseon our pro mods with 80lb boost...scca uses them too..k&p makes the very best!!! i change oil and clean filter every oil change..

 

[FZ1]

No,man. I want a new filter with each oil change. I just take all the old oil and filter to Pep Boys and they recycle.

 

[ChuckBerry]

Well, recycling useful resources is good, but never using raw materials to make something is even better.

It costs a lot of energy and time to make, say, 10 oil filters, plus the time and cost recycling them, much more than it does to make a single reusable filter. Assuming that the reusable one can only be used 10 times. And even then, steel is very recyclable, and when a stainless steel filter reaches the end of its usable life, it can be remade into something else, too.

I think we Americans have gotten too used to cheap, disposable convenience.