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The most interesting air filter systems for engines I've seen are on ... combines (as in wheat farming). A rotating self cleaning chaff screen over the intake, followed by a vortex dust separator, followed by the filter element container. Inside is a very large paper filter element, and inside...

This is all kind of funny ... My 1st car, 65 chevy impala, had a canister filter. To change the filter you unbolted the whole thing, cleaned out the canister, removed the old gasket with a wooden cuticle stick, and bolted it all back together with a new element and gasket. The element had...

If you make a filter with a closed end bypass, you can stick in a bigger filter element for the same size can vs. an open end bypass design. Cut open a few dozen and it becomes real obvious. On a big/long can it's not that much of a difference, but on 'tiny' filters like on a Honda it's pretty...

Ok, this was an interesting note from Wix. What kind of media would you use for a filter designed for extended (6 to 12k) drains? (Relative to this "19" micron media for automotive 3 to 5k drains). I have never really had it explained to me what EXACTLY would go into a filter made specifically...

I have a 2000 Odyssey w a 3.5VTEC that has never burned a drop, but I don't know about your type of engine. In my experience quite a few OHC engines that burn too much oil are victims of malfunctioning pcv valves. I would really check out the PCV system on your engine. I don't have a Prelude...

A Delco PF-53 for ~$3.50 at autozone works just great for my 16hp Kohler ... ~$7 cheaper than the Kohler part.

From reading quite a few posts over time, I think I've noticed that 10w-30 oil doesn't get talked about much. 5w-20, 0w-30, 15w-40, 20w-50, whatever but it seems 10w-30 is just soooo booring that most people have forgotten about it. I've always thought that for summer service in the US 10w-30...

Look at the data sheets for the Mobil Drive clean 5w-30s and Mobil 1 5w-30. If this link works they are here: http://www.mobil.com/USA-English/Lubes/Product_Information/Automotive_Engine_Oils_Collection.asp How much difference do you see between straight dino and the synthetic blend? My eyes...

I called Chevron-Texaco 2-3 months ago. I guess the front desk people were out, after some rings and phone transfers I got an actual trib engineer who seemed to really know what he was talking about. He said the latest issue of Texaco-Havoline uses the same base oil as the Chevron Supreme, but...

I put the keys and the cleaned drain plug in the same place. If I grab the keys when I go to start it and the plug's still there, I know somethings goofy. I'm really prone to distractions.

The car makers could tell you to use 0w-5 oil, and when you balk, say "You can't prove to us that this oil causes any kind of accelerated wear or engine damage". They would be right, even when my engine wore out at 95k miles how could I prove it was the oil. As long as there aren't too many...

I have noticed the Chevron Supreme (dino) oil at Walmart is not being restocked on the shelves here in southern Indiana (Lou Ky. area). Anyone else see this?

I don't like the extended drain idea for 1 reason: The amount of particle contaminants in the oil that are not filtered out keep going up and up as you drive. The dispersants in the oil suspend them, but unless you have a low/sub micron bypass filter they stay in the oil being pumped through...

After cutting open a bunch of filters for combines, tractors, trucks, and cars, I would say that nobody makes a more solidly constructed filter than Baldwin. My 1st choice for farm equipment and my own personal vehicles. Baldwin customer service is head and shoulders above anyone else I've...