MOBIL 1 MA5370

[ET16]

I bought a few of these for my Saab 9-5 and put one in yesterday. I was surprised how flimsy the filter was. I won't buy more. A Motorcraft FL 400s seems much more substantial by comparison. I expected better from a Mobil 1.

 

[tig1]

Define "flimsy".

 

[ET16]

"Flimsy" for me is when I start to worry about the integrity of the can when I'm hand tightening it.

 

[Garak]

I have come across that in years past. I never used an M1 filter yet. Was that the situation you found?

 

[ET16]

I made a mistake; the filter is a MOBIL 1 MO195. The filter in the heading is the air filter I bought at the same time.

 

[bullwinkle]

I don't think that's a Mobil "1" filter-it looks like an Ecore?

 

[Rand]

That's not a mobil 1 filter.

That's an aftermarket replacement for a mobil filter.

I see it being made by "killer filter" on amazon?

M1 filters are black and have models such as

m1-104

 

[flatlandtacoma]

Mobil 1 filters are built like a tank. I hope you didn't pay anywhere close to Mobil 1 price for that $2 jobber filter.

 

[53' Stude]

Check out the M1-102 filter that member 285south posted after I cut it open for him

 

[kschachn]

Originally Posted By: Rand
That's not a mobil 1 filter.

That's an aftermarket replacement for a mobil filter.

I see it being made by "killer filter" on amazon?

M1 filters are black and have models such as

m1-104


Lmao and they cost more than a real Mobil 1 filter, at least on Amazon!

Deceptive advertising at a minimum. If it were me, I'd remove it at once and install a real name brand filter - Mobil 1 or anything else besides a "killer filter".

 

[ET16]

I got it a Rockauto. As far as I understood it was an old part number.

Here's a link:

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=7089512

 

[tnt31]

RockAuto may show it as a Mobil 1 filter but it appears the filter itself just indicates it is a Mobil filter.

 

[Bud_One]

I'd say go with your plan of using the Motorcraft FL-400S - that's a great filter especially for the price.

 

[ET16]

Originally Posted By: tnt31
RockAuto may show it as a Mobil 1 filter but it appears the filter itself just indicates it is a Mobil filter.


This seems right. I'll contact them.

 

[goodtimes]

That must be a Mobil installer filter not a Mobil M1 filter. Rock Auto gets into a lot of suppliers warehouses it seems. I think this is possibly right, other companies have installer filters.

 

[ET16]

It's a very average filter. I'm only going 3k miles on it.

 

[SirTanon]

Well, isn't that special. Definitely deceptive listing there.

I agree with previous comments - the FL400s is an awesome filter.

 

[njohnson]

Originally Posted By: tnt31
RockAuto may show it as a Mobil 1 filter but it appears the filter itself just indicates it is a Mobil filter.


RockAuto needs to fix this description. They used the description for the Mobil 1 Extended Performance Oil Filters, but, then attached it to these filters.

These are NOT the same filters! Mobil 1 filters are painted black, and built stout. Nothing "flimsy" about them.