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The wix has their usual dome-end bypass.

The ends of the pleats on the toyota filter are sealed with some kind of adhesive.

both came off my wife's 2023 Rav4. The toyota filter saw 5,000km before draining the factory fill, the wix saw 7,000km, which was mostly winter cold starts and extended idle time. Not much to choose between them as far as build quality goes. The Toyota filter clearly has more filtering media...

Oil change day for my wife's '23 rav4 Normally do 8,000 km, but i'm cutting the interval a bit short at 7,000 km this time on account of it was mostly all cold starts and extended idle times in -20 -40 degree weather. Out - 4.5L Mobil 1 0w16 and a wix wl10332 In - 4.5L mag1 0w16 and a wix...

Daughter is visiting for the weekend and it is oil change time for her rogue. Out-5L of pennzoil platinum 5w30 FS and a wix xp 51358 In-5L of pennzoil platinum 5w30 FS and a standard wix 51358

For most regular passenger cars being daily driven on public roads, the only thing you really need to worry about is selecting the correct viscosity and spec for your vehicle. Keep the oil clean with whatever oil change interval achieves that for your climate and driving conditions and your...

Wix. I work in a parts store that sells them and having the staff discount on them is nice. Even paying retail i'd probably still buy them. Having cut open a wix and comparing to the OE filter for my truck, the wix was the clear superior filter.

There was some here and there. Not difficult at all. 3,000 miles or five months worth of cold-starting in -20 to -40 degree mornings with 2-5 min of warm up time and leaving it running if i'm making a quick stop somewhere. Typical winter in Saskatchewan. I'm not sure if the cold starts are...

buddy runs the local quick lube and they use these filters. Nothing wrong with them as far as I can tell.

This was on my 2001 Ford Ranger 4.0L V6. Ran for 5,000km with liqui moly 0W30 special tec. Saw lots of cold starts and a lot of warm-up time. Filter was bought from the parts counter at my local ford dealer last october. Not as bad as the last motorcraft filter i had on my truck. The filter...

Its spring time and oil change time for the 4L ranger. Last oil change was 5,000km ago with lots of -35C cold starts and lots of idle time. Out: 5L liqui moly 0w30 special tec and a motorcraft fl820s In: 5l castrol edge 5w30 and a wix 51372

Pretty well any modern synthetic blend 10w30 will be great for it.

*Gm 3.6l and ford 3v 5.4l have entered the chat*

Was he specifically talking about his performance engines that he builds for customers? Or just a general statement for the average joe with a regular daily driver? Context is important.

Probably whatever his shop suggests? It wouldn't be in his best interest to suggest something that would risk his warranty coverage...