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Originally Posted By: sayjac Originally Posted By: RF Overlord Originally Posted By: sayjac Never seen an "Autolite" oil filter. Although the OP spelled it "Autolight", there was indeed an "Autolite" filter. I saw them in Wally's a few years ago. They were made by the company that made FRAM at...

This is all very good feed back. One thing I will say though I see a lot of posts here that differentiate Ecore filters from non-ecore filters of the same brand. I that's probably a designation that will work for guys who get on bobistheoilguy.com. But I know that the guys I have in mind for...

Thanks, all. Very good feed back so far. Yeah I expected to have some debate about the low end/avoid category, especially Fram. All the filters that I put there were based on basically on poor construction. Especially the Fram of which I've heard multiple stories of them coming apart mid OCI...

Originally Posted By: chevyboy14 Motorcraft is only acceptable? I thought they were pretty good? I think they used to be a modified Pure 1 but then something changed recently. Maybe they should go in the "Good" category though, I'm not sure on that one.

I think some of these are filters that aren't available at the local stores here...or I could have missed them I suppose...I don't know all of their inventory. But feel free to list stuff i've missed and where you would rank it. We might as well make the list as complete as possible.

Originally Posted By: OilNerd I agree with your rankings, but I'd relabel the "Not Recommended" section "Low-End", "Economy", or something similar, as they'll still do the job for reasonable OCI's. Yeah good point, i'll probably go with "low-end" or something like that. Originally Posted By...

I'm working on a filter recommendations for some friends. I've put together a basic list of filters that are readily available in my area. It's possible that there could be some filter missing but but I've gotten everything that I can recall seeing in the local stores and even checked a couple...

Originally Posted By: EricF stp's are made by champion labs.. anything's better than a fram. I know that's true of the frame oil filters but it was my understanding that their air filters are actually pretty good.

Thanks all, just wanted to get the community opinion before putting it in.

Anybody familiar with the stp air filter? Picked one up today at Auto-zone. Was planning to pick up the Fram air filter but they weren't in stock. I noticed the stp filters had the same part numbers as the Frams so I'm wondering if it's the same filter re-branded. Thoughts?

Well I've considered that it might be nice to be able to put all-seasons on during the transition weeks. But often I usually end up having the winter tires on during the surprise cold events. As far as the wear goes the car is driven in a low mileage situation, rarely more that 6 to 8 thousand...

It's time for new tires on my prism. I have a set of Blizzak tires for winter use. So I'm trying to decide if I should stick with all season tires for summer use or switch to a summer tire. Thoughts or recommendations?

Yes I can confirm that it's an older synpower. It's from about two years ago, maybe three. He and I loaded up on synthetic at a buy one get one free sale two or three years ago.

Well I decided I should install a mechanical oil pressure gauge to get a better picture of what is going on. It turns out that the dash gauge is serverly inaccurate when the engine is hot. At engine start when hot pressure comes up instantly on the mechanical gauge but can take as much as 40...

Sorry guys I forgot to mention that his driving is about 60% short city trips 40% long highway. Also this run included one can of BG MOA added to the oil. And this is one of many intervals in a row using Valvoline Syn Power, not sure why this one doesn't have the typical sodium levels but I'm...

Make/Model: Toyota Matrix Year: 2005 Miles on Unit: 84,768 Miles on oil: 8,058 Months on oil: 9 Filter: Wix (Changed at 4,000) A friend of mine recently sent in this sample. The only problem indicated is the silicon. My fried read somewhere that there is a problem with the gasket on the intake...

I've used it quite a bit. Seems to be a good oil. Here's my UOA: https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/posts/1662007/

I sept on an air bed for about 6 or 7 months after I graduated from college. Had to pump it up a little bit every once in a while. Over all it was not bad. Not sure what kind it was but I got it Walmart.

Yeah I usually try to hit the threads with a rag before installing the filter. A friend of mine actually takes a copper wire and runs it around the threads before installing. He says he sometimes gets a few shavings out that way.

O'Reilly is having a pretty good sale on their in house oil. I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on the quality of it. I only found one UOA. https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/oreilly-10w-30-2-654-miles-2000-tundra-v-8.88990/ It looks pretty good in this analysis but this is...