Does one even need a high efficiency oil filter for the car? If an OEM filter is rated at 40um (for example) how many hundreds of thousands of miles would a high efficiency filter gain? (rated at 15um? for example)
2007-08-17 17:17:19 · 4 answers · asked by schwartr88 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Those so called "high efficiency" filters are used only when the car is brand new. As the engine is breaking in, the metals inside are seating in and falling in the oil. Those "high efficiency" filters traps most of those particles so it doesn't circulate around the engine. After the break-in period, you can just get a normal Fram oil filter.
2007-08-17 19:01:45 · answer #1 · answered by turbocivic89 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's just a marketing thing to get you to buy and pay more for "x" brand or type of filter
2007-08-18 00:31:26 · answer #2 · answered by jim 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You can stick with the OEM ones. No more and no less.
good luck.
2007-08-18 00:43:56 · answer #3 · answered by Fordman 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No
2007-08-18 00:25:58 · answer #4 · answered by Arnon 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋