Who is this Car51 guy I'm impressed!!!

[The_German]

I want to work on getting valvetrain pics, oil filter cleanly cut open to inspect and photograph, with a oil sample sent to CAT for UOA's for my clients that are interested and love Car51's stuff he already posted.

From what I can tell Wix and Fram Ultra, and OEM seems to be the only filters I will be trusting thanks to his submissions.

And this louvre thing that is happening... I don't think I feel comfortable with louvres at all I will have to keep an eye on Wix it seems but researching it now off this site.

Thanks Car51 !!!

 

[53' Stude]

That would be me. Yes, I enjoy cutting oil filters open. FRAM ultra, wix, and Baldwin and few others are all I trust

MC filters I don't 100% trust as if the MC FL-400S I have on the Camry looks good; I'll keep using them. If not, I'll use Tough Guard and ultra's

 

[BAJA_05]

Hes a good ole boy from Pennsylvania who has a good taste in beer also!!!

Hope all is well with you car51/buddy.



Ken

 

[The_German]

Thanks guys I am going to keep an eye on Baldwin but oddly can't find them easy in my area.

Does Baldwin have a good silicone ADBV for their jobber filters?

I only put filters on clients cars up here that are of the absolute finest I can get. No exceptions.

I seem to be looking at a very short list at this point, I may have to just stick to Ultras for the time being but would love to learn more about Baldwin I don't have much experience with them beyond the name.

Edit: I have absoluetly no problems using Honda blue cans either I guess that will be a route I'll return to by default. IIRC they are Honeywells with cardboard endcaps with Silicone ADBV but haven't looked into that to be a fact anymore.

 

[53' Stude]

Baldwins use nitrile ADBV. I like them myself but also love the tough guards and ultras

Thorromig: hope you are well sir

. GO STEELERS!

 

[The_German]

Thanks Car51, my decision from your advice is Ultras and OEM Honda.

Wix has me thinking my time is running out with them as a source in the future. Louvers. Mexico. China. Wix i'm really SMH.

Getting tons of work done for a Sunday thanks man!

 

[Triple_Se7en]

Originally Posted By: car51
Baldwins use nitrile ADBV. I like them myself but also love the tough guards and ultras

Thorromig: hope you are well sir

. GO STEELERS!


Both of my Baldwins purchased 3-4 years ago produced start-up clatter from day-1.
Never will I use Baldwin again.

 

[SatinSilver]

I'm wondering if it would be ok to run the TG filter for 15k miles/less than a year on filter time wise? Esp since the Ultra can easily handle 20k miles and is rated for 15k. The TG is rated for 10k miles. Have a good day gentlemen!

 

[53' Stude]

SatinSilver: I was kinda disappointed in the TG 3614 I ran with EDGE 5w20 for 8,400 miles in the Focus. I guess the winter weather could have been partly the cause for the wavy pleats. I'd stick to 10k with a tough guard

 

[cb_13]

Originally Posted By: car51
Baldwins use nitrile ADBV. I like them myself but also love the tough guards and ultras

Thorromig: hope you are well sir

. GO STEELERS!


No go CHIEFS!!

I do wish I could upload images to this site from an Apple device. I don't even take pics of the filters I cut open anymore since I can't share them here. Other than this site no one else is gonna care lol

 

[SatinSilver]

Yes, they all seem to have wavy pleats which isn't confidence inspiring. But at least no tears. I guess to be exact it would be 13,500 on the filter.

 

[The_German]

If anyone has a contact at Wix in Gastonia PM me I am going to get some answers on this louver thing they are doing.

I'll post to a new thread.

 

[CrAlt]

Originally Posted By: cb_13
Originally Posted By: car51
Baldwins use nitrile ADBV. I like them myself but also love the tough guards and ultras

Thorromig: hope you are well sir

. GO STEELERS!


No go CHIEFS!!

I do wish I could upload images to this site from an Apple device. I don't even take pics of the filters I cut open anymore since I can't share them here. Other than this site no one else is gonna care lol


Why can't you upload from iThings? It seems to work for me? If it's a size issues there are tons of apps out there that let you resize the photos quickly.

 

[cb_13]

I'm not really sure. Everything seems to work then the pic just never shows up. I was able to add them from my old PC.

 

[cb_13]

Double post

 

[Garak]

He does us all a great service here.

 

[DBMaster]

And, he even read my wordy posts about spirits with interest. Nice guy.

 

[53' Stude]

Thanks for the good words gentlemen. I try my best. I learned a lot from folks like garak and SR5 And shannow too

 

[bbhero]

Hope you are good son. You really do a great job on here. Absolutely stupendous.

 

[53' Stude]

I try captain