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Oil filter alternatives


Gottagetone

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I have had good luck with the Wix filter, NAPA filter, and Mobil 1 filter. I don't really worry too much about it, any quality filter is fine. It really comes down to which quality filter is easiest to get where you live. I used to live near a NAPA dealer, so they were easy to get. Now I don't, so I will probably be using something else. I prefer to buy from a local source, I know the internet allows you to order anything from anywhere, often at a good price. But where is the internet when you need something that day? Support your local shop, or you may not have a local shop.

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I recall there was a member who used a filter with a sticker on the outside, but was adamant that you had to remove it before installation.

 

Again, remember to turn the filter 1 1/8 turns after the gasket makes contact ( the old "hand tight" rule DOES NOT apply here!) and be certain the old gasket comes off with the old filter.

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1 1/8 turns?  Docc, you must be stronger than Charles Atlas.  And then you have to screw that oily thing off?  Superman (or Channel Locks)

 

I can only say, I am glad I use the hose clamp   :grin:

 

Shit, my hands are smaller than Donald Trump's.  

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Put the new filter on and used a filter wrench...I must say 1 1/8 turn after contact may happen but snug up then 1 1/8 is tight.

Tighter than I would have typically gone "by feel."

 

But the poster who came up with that had a great methodology, which has made me a believer. :luigi::nerd:

 

Others are hose clamp believers. :ph34r:

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Put the new filter on and used a filter wrench...I must say 1 1/8 turn after contact may happen but snug up then 1 1/8 is tight.

 

Others are hose clamp believers. :ph34r:

 

 

Or just hosers? :grin:

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