Fleetguard LF16002

[OVERKILL]

Coming up on the 2nd oil change for the Expedition. Was going to grab some FL820S filters from Ford, but instead, I ordered some Fleetguard LF16002 filters with the synthetic glass media.

Will post some pics when they arrive.

Hopefully it will be warm enough that I can run my experimental OCI of M1 TDT 5w40 too

 

[RWEST]

Most excellent. Why 5-40, might I ask?

 

[tig1]

How many miles on the OC? Have you given any thought to M1 5-30 EP?

 

[wirelessF]

Don't forget to update how 40wt runs well in the 5.4L engine, guinea pig.

 

[OVERKILL]

Originally Posted By: RWEST
Most excellent. Why 5-40, might I ask?

1. It is Exxon-Mobil's best oil and arguably one of, if not THE best readily available HDEO on the market.

2. I have 15L of it

3. I've been using it in my 302 with fantastic success and figured I'd give it an OCI on my modular. I figure if it gets noisy or acts goofy, I'll just change it back out.

 

[OVERKILL]

Originally Posted By: tig1
How many miles on the OC? Have you given any thought to M1 5-30 EP?


Currently has 8,000Km on the fill of M1 5w20; first OCI since I bought it. Motorcraft filter.

I figure I'll run it to 10,000Km, then try the TDT.

The EP is so ridiculously expensive in Canada it isn't even funny. I could almost do TWO OCI's of the TDT for the price of 6L of EP.

 

[OVERKILL]

OK, picked up the Fleetguard filters yesterday and started the M1 5w40 OCI. Details will be in another thread.

Pics of filter:

Note the Stratapore media logo

The one filter had a piece of the metal mesh backing jutting up through the centre, so I'm going to take it back:

 

[daman]

I just came off a 7,000 mile OCI(would have gone 10,000 miles
easly) with a fleetguard Stratapore filter (LF3554),love these
filters top of the line IMO,your protected well.

 

[glenncof]

I could use these in my MC FL-820S app. I like the media also for high OCI's, 10K miles should be no problem at all.

What I don't understand is why they don't use a silicon ADBV.

 

[OVERKILL]

Perhaps the rubber valve is heavy enough that they don't need to. I remember reading comments on how heavily duty the ADBV on the Donaldson filters was, so even though it may not be silicone, it may not HAVE to be.

Also, I haven't taken one apart yet to actually take a good look at the ADBV, I will though eventually.

These things are also VERY heavy for their size.

 

[daman]

Originally Posted By: glenncof
I could use these in my MC FL-820S app. I like the media also for high OCI's, 10K miles should be no problem at all.

What I don't understand is why they don't use a silicon ADBV.

right,true...

 

[TurboLuver]

The Stratapore media seems to be very robust, this LF3894 filter had 10k miles on it in my 5.9L Cummins.

 

[OVERKILL]

VERY nice looking media!