Engine/Transmission (1998.5 - 2002) $2.50 Purolator oil fliters at PepBoys till 2/28

[aconnors]

FYI, PepBoys is running a coupon special on Purolator oil filters 2 for $5. pepboys.com

 

[aconnors]

here is a link for the coupon



http://pepboys.crossmediaservices.c...genumber=1&rapid=47299&listingid=-2098298921&

 

[Bob Wagner]

is purolator any better than fram? I would stick with the best

 

[RustyJC]

I'm sorry, but this boggles my mind. Pay $5,000+ for a Cummins engine and then quibble over the price of an oil filter. Fleetguard Stratopore for me.



JMHO



Rusty

 

[RobertBolinger]

Originally posted by RustyJC

I'm sorry, but this boggles my mind. Pay $5,000+ for a Cummins engine and then quibble over the price of an oil filter. Fleetguard Stratopore for me.



JMHO



Rusty

Ditto...

 

[jerrethomas]

i wouldn't buy a fram if they cost a nickel. i have seen many bad things happen to equipment that has had fram engine and hydraulic filters on. i am a fleetguard person myself also. when it comes to maintence, if you go cheep, it's gonna cost more later on. that's how i see it.

 

[RustyJC]

Originally posted by jerrethomas

When it comes to maintence, if you go cheep, it's gonna cost more later on. that's how i see it.

In my industry (we manufacture engines and compressors for the oil and gas industry), we have a saying:



Good maintenance costs money. Poor maintenance costs MORE money.



Rusty

 

[aconnors]

Relax.

1)Purolator is not Fram.

2)Don't shoot the messenger.

3)Any data on how much better the paper/celloulose Fleetguard is Vs the Purolator?

 

[RustyJC]

Originally posted by aconnors

Relax.

I'm perfectly relaxed. It's your truck, your engine and your money.



Rusty

 

[RobertBolinger]

While I'm planning on using Fleetguard Stratopore , Purolater is on the TSB of "blessed" DC filters:

http://dodgeram.info/tsb/2001/09-004-01.htm

Fram is not, and interestingly enough neither is Wix or Baldwin (both good filters).

 

[GLeishman]

Stick with the Fleetguard Stratopore

I have a 2003 HO and have changed the oil twice (9400 miles) getting ready for number 3 soon. The oil just starts to go a little black right before I change it. I use the Fleetguard Stratopore. Is it because I use that filter? I think so, I put around 3k miles for every 6 months, it might be that. Stick with the recommended filter, don't try and save a few bucks.

 

[JR2]

List of aproved filters...



Part Number Manufacturer

05016547AC Mopar

LF3894 Fleetguard Stratopore

LF3552 Fleetguard Microglass

LF3949 Fleetguard Cellulose

3937695 Cummins Cellulose

FL896 MotorCraft Cellulose

L45335 Purolator Cellulose

PF1070 AC Delco Cellulose



Looks like the Purolator is on the list so its okay to run.



I too would go with a fleetguard if it where my truck, but you all can do what ever you think is right. .

 

[Dobrien]

I found this site some time back. If nothing else, it's interesting study of oil filters. http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oilfilterstudy.html



P. S. I'd NEVER use a Fram oil filter. I quit using them many years ago. Purolator has always been a good one for me as well as a few other brands.

 

[dieselshu]

Filters...

Funny thing about filters... . even though all have different names 99% of the time they are made by the same company, just slightly different specs. Example I have worked on Detroit 6v-92, 71, 53's etc, we bought the filters for the local detroit dealer or the federal stock system(military) we recieved a bulletin that Fram had revised there specs on there oil and fuel filters to smaller micron rating, the revision came from detroit, who buys the filters from fram and has them painted with there color and logo and sells them as a detroit diesel product.



I am sure they are all comparable in someway, but to determine which is the best has to be done by specs, ie; micron, pressure, flow, etc... . in the case of Fram they had a bad batch of filters that the internal adhesion problems that caused pieces of the filter media to break free and clog oil jackets in the engine. I am sure they have corrected the issue but you never know if they got every filter out there.

The safest bet is to use a filter recommend by the manufacture.



Just my 2 cents



Dave

 

[aconnors]

Again FYI, don't shoot the messenger. From the Purolator website. A history lesson.



Over the years, Purolator was first with many other oil filtration innovations.





The First "Full Flow" Filtration System - Prior to 1943 oil filters only filtered about 10 percent of the oil flowing through the engine. This system was called a bypass system. However, during 1943 Purolator developed the first "Full Flow" filter that was capable of filtering 100 percent of the engine's motor oil. This led to the Full Flow lubrication system that is in use on today's automobiles.



Micronic Paper Filter Element - Three years later, in 1946, Purolator, in association with Chrysler Corporation, patented the first "pleated paper" oil filter. This is a technology that is still being used in the construction of oil filters today. Prior to this time, the filter's media was made from a cotton waste material.





First Block-Mounted Oil Filter - In 1948, Purolator developed the first Original Equipment "block mounted" oil filter. This was an important milestone in the filter industry because now the oil filter had become a standard part of the automobile engine. Earlier oil filters were typically mounted on the firewall somewhere underneath the hood of the vehicle.







First Spin-On Oil Filter - It was also Purolator who developed the first "spin-on" oil filter in 1955. Earlier filters were of the cartridge type design that had to be placed into some type of housing or canister.



In the 1960's and 70's Purolator developed filtration products for:



Transmission Fluids

Power Steering Fluids

Hydraulics

Coolants

Crankcase Emissions, and other liquids and gasses

 

[RobertBolinger]

aconnors, I'll bet you did not count on all this with your original information only post

 

[B.G. Smith]

Originally posted by aconnors

FYI, PepBoys is running a coupon special on Purolator oil filters 2 for $5. pepboys.com

I have been using the Purolator for several years. I paid less for my truck too and it seems to be OK. bg

 

[jerrethomas]

not really on the subject of Purolator filters, but where i work they buy hastings(i think that's how you spell it) filters. they seem to be "ok". but the hastings rep came by the shop and told us that caterpillar just signed a 10 million dollar contract with them. don't quote me on the dollar amount but i do know that a contrat was signed between the two and for hastings to proivde cat with filters.

 

[fyrescott]

Here is some info to chew on. A friend seized his motor not to long ago. Cummins West in Sacramento performed the tear down because Dodge would not touch the truck due to the Banks kit. The results of the tear down found that the rather so called quality oil filter came apart and clogged the lubrication of the cylinders. . Bye Bye motor. The filter company bought the motor. And no it was not Fleetguard. Cummins West said that they have seen this before with cheap filters. Recommendations... ... . Fleetguard.

 

[aconnors]

Opinions... No data yet. (filtration efficiency Purolator Vs Fleetguard)

The Purolator runs $8. 99 normal price and is same price area as Fleetguard. ie not a "cheap" filter normally. The coupon did not descriminate and allowed one the option to get a substantial discount. If I had posted a coupon for Fleetguard would some consider it a "cheap" filter? Just asking...