Someone on a Camry site asked about the quality of different oil filters. I thought that it would benefit all to see these studies.
These studies will amaze you.....
TOYOTA was rated INFERIOR, So, its NOT true that you get what you pay for.
Rich
Someone on a Camry site asked about the quality of different oil filters. I thought that it would benefit all to see these studies.
These studies will amaze you.....
TOYOTA was rated INFERIOR, So, its NOT true that you get what you pay for.
Rich
Unfortunately, these studies you quote are 5-10 years old (except for the last link), and I would not put too much faith in the them anymore for picking a specific product. The last study (see link above) gives the following recommendations:
Oil filter Recommendations for the Honda Prelude (should apply to other vehicles also, but the author only looked at filters available for this vehicle):
Is it likely that Toyota would try to save a few cents/unit on oil filter quality when weighing that against the potential cost of having engines fail?
I doubt it
Ron
Every time Consumer Reports has rated Toyota filters, they have said Toyota Owners have it made. They are the best filters you can get. So, I don't know what report you read (yet...I'll look later) but take a look at the display in a Toyota parts dept. They look good to me...
These are interesting links. Toyota engines are more family oriented than racing oriented so there is less discussion on it. People should do more filter studies.
Purolator does make some of toyota's filters but the bulk comes from south Asia. The cost is low and probably explains the inferior filtration rating. I use Purolator PureOne with a multipass efficiency of 98%
If you can get a Toyota filter made by Purolator it's ok, then you might as well get a Pure> Someone on a Camry site asked about the quality of different oil filters. I
I'm pretty sure those "studies" were done by an Amsoil connected person.
I use Toyota filters on my Toyota, because they're $3 at my local dealer, including a plug gasket. On my other vehicles, I use Purolator filters that cost $7-8. The Toyota filters are built as good or better than the retail store brands, and even come with the gasket pre-lubed and the filter opening shinkwrapped against dust contamination.
I have no doubt that the Toyota filters have sufficient quality filter media, as Toyota would have to eat a lot of problems on dealer-serviced cars.
FWIW, my local Subaru and Jeep dealerships use aftermarket filters (Wix and NAPA(WIX)) on in-house oil changes.
Amsoil has some good products, but the multi-level marketing business model puts many hands in the end user's pocket before the product is sold.
You can still find Purolator filters? I haven't seen them in this area for about 20 years! Where do you get them?
I don't know where you are, but in Kentucky you can get them at Meijer (a X-mart type store) and also at Auto Zone. Pep Boys also carries them, as well as their own store-branded ProLine filters that are just repackaged Purolators.
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