Made my way to Walmart this morning to purchase some oil and found myself examining the Mobil 1 oil filters. They seemed very high quality, so I placed 2 in the cart lol. The $11 filter seemed like a better deal than the rusty champ labs Fram Endurance at $12. What does Bitog currently think of these?
What is the consensus on Mobil 1 filters?
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I've used them many times and never had an issue. One is currently in my wife's BMW X3. I've never cut one of their spin on filters open and I have no idea what the filtering efficiency is. That's a lot of words to say I like them but have no hard data on them.
If they are the new Highline Warren supplied Mobil filters then they are better constructed than the ones made under Mann+Hummel. Do the center tubes have holes? If so, they are the new version. The efficiency is the same as the old version by M+H, which is 99% @ 30u (it's printed on the box).
Yeah, metal core with holes. Solid can too, feels heavy duty. Made in S. Korea
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i seen photos plastered on here of the new Mobil filters they look identical to a Pentius XL internally. i would say a solid filter.
Seem like a fine filter. However, I’d inspect one before purchasing. I found large amounts of glue in a couple that I looked at.
https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/new-mobil-1-108-a-made-in-vietnam-c-p.394380/post-7353505
https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/new-mobil-1-108-a-made-in-vietnam-c-p.394380/post-7353505
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The new ones with a punched core are well built and high quality.
After find out the Mobil 1 efficiency, Carquest premium or Autozone STP XL is a better choice.
Not all Walmart in my area stock them. Stores that do, charge exorbitant prices as does AAP. Otherwise, I would consider them a very good filter according our BITOG members who post cut open pictures and the YouTube videos that I've watched who cut them open.
I bought one at O'Reilly for our motorhome with the V10 Ford 6.8. Got it home and put some oil in it and tried to install it. The threads were not all the way to the top so it would never start threading on. Wife was going to WalMart next morning since we were going camping. I picked up one there and it went right on. The base plate was made different on the failed one and looked like the Motorcraft with the oval holes. The kind that worked had the horseshoe shaped holes in the plate. Somebody screwed up. I took the new filter back to O'Reilly and showed them the old filter I took off and the new one I bought there and they exchanged it with no problem. The one they replaced it with had the horseshoe shaped holes in the plate.
Sounds like it was the old Mann+Hummel version of the Mobil filter.
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They’re cheaper at Rural King in my area. They look like good filters.
