Non-OEM air and oil filters for '92 Q?

[kdkrone]

Who makes good-to-excellent quality air and oil filters for our vehicles?

ThanksKen K

[Skibane]

The Mobil 1 brand of oil filters (actually made by Champion Labs) are excellent.

AC Delco makes a pretty decent air filter - So do Wix and Purolator.

Stay away from Fram anything!

Note that Joe's prices at InfinitiPartsUSA for genuine Nissan OEM filters aren't much higher than you normally pay for the garden-variety filter brands at your local Pep Boys/Auto Zone/Kragen's/Advance/etc.

[Jesda]

The Purolator filter I tried was not very good. Didnt seal properly at all, though the filter element itself looked decent.Since Nissan air filters are the same price, you might as well go OEM.

[maxnix]

OEM for air and fuel and cabin.

M1 for engine.

All available for killer prices from Joe.

[PopPop]

Who makes good-to-excellent quality air and oil filters for our vehicles?

ThanksKen K

These are my top 3 in order!Hastings=(LF385) Oem direct fit $7.00 Full Flow Has Anti Drain back ValveK&N Perf Gold Nice filtration System $10.00Denso( First time Fit) Also nice oil filter $9.00

I have used all 3 off and on if U have owned and taken care of your car since new then use what's worked for you this long! All depends on what type of oil and detergent's you use and if it's Synthetic or Non-Synthetic U use!You can loose with Hastings!

[kdkrone]

I have been using OEM for the past 103K miles, but I am not always near a dealer and don't always think in advance in order to order from Joe at infintipartsusa.

The question came up because we just purchased a used Camry for my daughter and my wife said to take it to our local quick oil change place. I told her I would prefer waiting until I could give them an OEM filter and she said that she didn't think it was that big a deal. It seems to be an issue of little scientific research (quality of the filtration, consistent pressure, etc. such as would be done by, say, consumer reports). There are a couple of websites that claim to have done some research but who knows??? What had started me on using OEM filters was when I had problems with a 73 Celica and it turns out that the oil filter was very critical to that engine and those who did not use Toyota filters tended to have problems related to poor lubrication...

Ken K

[qship96]

dont forget the excellent PURE-ONE oil filter for those without a 15208-60uoo stash!

[Skibane]

To further muddy the waters, an interesting comparison of oil filters for MOPAR vehicles...

[maxnix]

Probably OEM for the Camry. Be aware that V6 had very bad sludging problems in the heads if OCI prolonged.

I have found that the quicky lube places use inferior low cost filters and lubricants so they can adveritse their low price. If you bring your own or specify them, it costs more that a dealer. Find a technican who is familiar with your vehicle so they can alert you to abnormalities when it is on the rack.
Modified by maxnix at 10:19 PM 11/26/2006

[RBYoshioka]

Hi!

For those of us who are uninitiated...what is the matter with FRAM filters? I know that you said to stay away from them, but could you provide me with a simple reason, so that I can make an informed decision when it comes time for my next filter change?

Thanks,

Robert B. [email protected]

[Defiant]

For reasons I've never seen confirmed, but are bandied about on the internaweb continually, FRAM filters are the hideous boogiemen in the closet of automotive accessories. I've been at this for hard against forty years, and have yet to have any first-hand, or meet anyone who has had an issue with FRAM, or any other filter. But then, my wrenching reaches back to days that engines with no filtering (VWs, Chevrolet pickups) were not uncommon, and the vaunted toilet-paper-roll filter was. I've seen one filter fail, when a friend blew a Motorcraft oil filter off the remote mount of a Mangusta. It was caused by a cocked and seized bypass valve.

Ah, but Pennzoil will dissolve the aluminum parts of your engine, too. So they say.

WIX have an excellent reputation for filtering.

Another thing not considered by the worldwide motoring public is that a "dirty" filter does a better job of filtering than a new one, which is why your owner's manual says to change it at every other oil change. But these are the folks who don't think about how much of their oil is going through the bypass instead of the filter during regular duty.

Once oil has anything large enough in it for a filter to remove, the engine's done for anyhow.

[maxnix]

For those of us who are uninitiated...what is the matter with FRAM filters?

Try a search on Google for automotive oil filter tests.

Fram is consistently in the bottom 10% of any test due to cheap materials and method of manufacturing. There are some posts linking to such articles on this board, but it has been awhile.

Severe (urban driving cycle) shcedule mandates oil and filter cahnge every 3,750 miles.

[Q45tech]

For the last 80 oil changes [311,000 miles ] I've used nothing but Nissan oil/air filters except for 3 Mobil 1 oil filter [emergency on the raod oil changes]..................some oil changes were done every 6 weeks and were ether Mobil 1 syn or Valvoline conventional 10w30.

I bought my filters by the case and always had spares on the road while traveling out of state.

Oil changes can make up for filters if you change the oil frequently enough!