good and bad filters and Fuchs oil

Don't know about filters, but I use Fuchs Titan Race Pro S (formerly known as Silkolene Pro S) in my FTO and Fuchs GT1 Longlife in my Golf PD diesel. They're both fully synthetic, but seem to do the job so would expect their semi-synth is decent too.

Thanks for your comment.

It is for a Yaris and aiming to change at 5K so not too demanding anyway. Have gone for this oil

I see someone describing MAHLE as OEM in a thread elsewhere so am trying them.

genuine toyota filters are not expensive.

from?

your local Toyota dealer.

I have found that with VW - the dealer oil & filters are very competitive, but any dealer means either a lot of foresight or a long journey - so buying online is usually my choice. I wonder why the major makes don't have online shops for parts. I see genuine Toyota filters on Ebay but they are over twice the price of the Mahle ones and I don't know the correct part number anyway. Do you know of a good site for getting equivalent parts numbers?

try:

Thanks - it may be of future use - but the filters are over twice the price compared with a two-pack of the Mahle ones.

Seeing how much money you'll be pouring into it in the form of petrol between services, a few extra quid to pay for a genuine part that could have a real impact on the longevity of your engine seems like a good investment to me.

Tim

is it worth a once a year saving of three pounds?

I'd agree with spending more for better parts, but have no reason to believe the 'genuine' filter would be better than the Mahle one. Have you? - and if so would you apply this logic to other parts?

The saving is much more than that as this decision needs to be made about most parts used. A 50% saving is not to be sneezed at surely.

If you are that hard up you would do better to change your oil and filter every other year but use top quality oil and genuine filters. Shell Helix and genuine filters and it will top 300,000. Mission critical things are always worth buying top quality.

When you drill down to a part, click on '????' and it gives you a full alternative parts list. For example, oil filter for a Mitsubishi:

bookmarked for next time - thanks.

I used Mahle oil/air filters on my BMWs for *years*. They were always supplied by Eurocarparts as OEM type.

Fuchs/Silkolene. good stuff. I'd use it. Check out Morris' Lubricants though. They often have some good offers on, especially for the 'unusual' grades.

JB

I've long reckoned that oil changes are the last thing to economise on and aim to use a good oil and change more frequently than recommended. The engine of my first Renault Five was still running sweetly, used no noticeable amount of oil and had never been opened in 260K miles (1100 petrol). I used min spec oil bought on price for that.

the frequency of oil change is best dictated by your pattern of use rather than rigidly by time or mileage.

reassuring to know

Putting in the car reg at

Site bookmarked anyway, thanks.