Which Oil Filter, MANN or WIX?

[jtanguay]

FYI Amsoil EA oil filters are available for our cars.

i'm quite interested in the amsoil EA filters... supposedly they're very efficient and take out more crap from the oil than any other full flow filter...

[somepunk22]

i'm quite interested in the amsoil EA filters... supposedly they're very efficient and take out more crap from the oil than any other full flow filter...

Took me a little while to find this thread, but sounds pretty good.

As informational, I just completed particle count testing of my engine oil for both an OEM Toyota filter and Amsoil AeO oil filter: same vehicle, 1550 miles each filter, 160,000 miles total on the vehicle. The results were astounding, especially for a hard core NON Amsoil person with Mobil stamped on my forehead: however, the numbers are simply phenomenal.....

OEM oil filter Amsoil EaO oil filter
>4 microns 1817 particles/ML 128 particles/ML
>6 microns 990 particles/ml 70 particles/ml
>14 microns 168 particles/ml 12 particles/ml
>25 microns 34 particles/ml 2 particles/ml
>50 microns 3 particles/ml 0 particles/ml

The OEM yielded an ISO cleanliness of 18/17/15 (good), while the Amsoil EaO filter returned an ISO cleanliness of 14/13/11 (Pristine!). As a lube engineer, one is most pleased in reducing ISO codes one or two levels. One ISO code reduction cuts abrasive particles in half. A reduction of 4 is, well, superb... Over a 93% reduction in abrasive oil contaminants by just changing the full flow oil filter.

Thus my used engine oil for my Toyota Sequoia is actually *cleaner than the oil I put in the engine out of the quart bottle!* Rather an outstanding achievement and quite a statement....

The problem is: no EaO filter currently available for the TDI.. Cards and letters to Amsoil I think would be in order... Amsoil dealers, please weigh in.
George Morrison, STLE CLS
(NOT an Amsoil dealer, never have been, no affiliation whatsoever)

http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=169991&highlight=oil+filter[/quote]

[subsonic]

Has anyone here had any experience using a 2 stage filter system?  The full flow with the oil filter housing adapter to allow the use of a bypass filter.  I think the bypass is usually around 2-micron rated.
It is suppossed to work just great.  Just wondering.

[burn_your_money]

Does anyone know the micron ratings on any of these?

[dieselsnowmobile]

WIX states that its oil filters filter down to 10-12 micron.  But on the 51191 oil filter page, it says Nominal Micron Rating is 25.   As far as the others, I have no idea.

[jtanguay]

Has anyone here had any experience using a 2 stage filter system?  The full flow with the oil filter housing adapter to allow the use of a bypass filter.  I think the bypass is usually around 2-micron rated.
It is suppossed to work just great.  Just wondering.

i have the fs-2500 filter (www.fs2500.com) and will be installing it on the m-TDI

[mansvw]

MANN

[Zulfiqar]

filters in preference

Donaldson (endurance)
Donaldson (regular white)
Baldwin
MANN
CLEAN

I goto a heavy diesel shop and cross reference the MANN W940 part number. Its also used in Land Rover 300Tdi engines.

[jtanguay]

http://www.amsoil.com/storefront/detail.aspx?ID=10610

i'm definitely going with the amsoil EA filters.

just need to make sure i can buy them here, and not have to pay stupid customs charges for having them shipped over...

around $20 for a filter that lasts approx 25'000km is a damn good deal if you ask me!!!

[somepunk22]

filters in preference

Donaldson (endurance)
Donaldson (regular white)
Baldwin
MANN
CLEAN

I goto a heavy diesel shop and cross reference the MANN W940 part number. Its also used in Land Rover 300Tdi engines.

I believe Donaldson also makes the Amsoil Ea filters FYI.[/quote]

[Zulfiqar]

really - wouldnt know because we dont get amsoil filters here in Pakistan.