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Perfect 115gr brass case 9mm is only $6.94 plus $0.10/box ammo tax and 9.25% sales tax here. This morning at my Walmart they had 15 cases left with no limit after I bought 5.

Originally Posted By: hatt If you're clogging up paper filters with dirt and engine parts I suggest you make sure your AAA is up to date. So what if syn filters hold more if you don't need it. I had/have a lot of dirt in my engine. I started to use a paper filter with around twice the capacity...

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Do they sell oversize ones there? I need a big one for my engine. The smaller sizes don't work as well, and some brands tear.

It had about 3k miles on it and was installed in early January 2014. I used rotella 15-40 motor oil. I decided to change because of the filter tear scare. This filter has no tears and looked fine other than the wide spacing at the glued pleat. Date code is F10E03G1 , October 2013. I replaced...

Originally Posted By: Sam2000 Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR Nobody can convince me of paying any amount for a defective oil filter with teared media after some use, I refuse to use it even if it's free. My Lexus FCI is 1 year up to 16-18k miles, various name brand filters includes P1 PL20195...

I have a dirty engine. The oil pickup screen can't filter the smaller particles. I am glad my orange can filters the small dirt instead of allowing it to flow through the engine. I'll never buy another Purolator, it isn't worth $0.50 to have to worry about a tear that the company refuses to...

Originally Posted By: bepperb Still the best value filter, IMO. IMO, the best value filter is orange, costs a few cents more, and doesn't have a history of failure. If you're going to put a tearolator on your car why bother with a filter at all?

I think it looks good.

Originally Posted By: bvance554 Originally Posted By: MarkM66 Originally Posted By: bvance554 The car has over 200k miles on it and you feel the need to run kerosene through it, and scrape sludge off the valve covers with a screw driver and a shop vac? What exactly is it that you are trying to...

I've pictures of engine with much more sludge than this one. I cleaned a lot of the junk out and over this oil change interval of 2k plus another at 5k I think most of the garbage will be gone. I've been cutting the filters open, so if the next two filters are completely full I definitely won't...

Before you start throwing away money, consider renting a pressure tester from autozone. Clip it on to the radiator cap and it should indicate whether your vehicle has a head gasket problem.

Originally Posted By: bvance554 The car has over 200k miles on it and you feel the need to run kerosene through it, and scrape sludge off the valve covers with a screw driver and a shop vac? What exactly is it that you are trying to accomplish? My personal opinion is that sludge is dangerous...

Originally Posted By: wallyuwl That engine has been neglected. Run some short intervals with a high detergent oil like PU. Or you can go a little longer even, but change the filter half way. We had a 2003 Vibe with the same engine. I don't remember the name of it exactly, but there is a really...

Originally Posted By: 71Chevyguy I don't think it looks that bad considering the mileage on it. While it is def not a clean engine, all of the moving parts look decent. Using good quality fresh oil at reasonable intervals would clean that up over time. I had a 3800 once that was way worse, it...