Most comprehensive/thorough oil filter tests?

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Can somebody post a link to the best executed oil filter dissections, flow/filter tests, and/or used comparisons. There's a lot out there and I'd rather not waste my time with sloppy/biased comparisons.

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Originally Posted By: 2000NWXJ
Can somebody post a link to the best executed oil filter dissections, flow/filter tests, and/or used comparisons. There's a lot out there and I'd rather not waste my time with sloppy/biased comparisons.

Thanks

Try the search function. We have a sub-forum dedicated to filters. Start on page 1.
 
There really isn't a good, all-encompassing, unbiased test. We kinda have to piece together the info we get from the manufacturers with stuff from other sources. Sometimes Amsoil will subject a batch of filter to a test but they don't always do the filters we'd like to see the most.... they do the ones that make their filters look the best. Until we can get about $25K together to do a comprehensive filter evaluation using industry-standand testing methods and equipment, we're using flashlights instead of the room lights.
 
Originally Posted By: ZeeOSix
Read this thread by river_rat:
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubb...368#Post1616368

And this is his webpage that summarized it all:
http://filtrationcomparisons.weebly.com/index.html

The SuperBusa thread is also good ... real bench test done by Purolator. Not a comparison, but shows that PureOnes do flow well:
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubb...451#Post1619451

+1 As far as general conclusions drawn based his testing, r_r's work better than anything else I've seen posted here. In fact, river_rat's conclusion that no endcap type filters like Toyota oem tend to be relatively inefficient which was unknown at that time, was later confirmed in the 2011 Amsoil ISO testing of some OEM filters including said Toyota oem. Imo, that's fairly impressive. His other results generally align with other published ISO filter test ratings.

Other dissections with some 'testing' have been posted but their results were/are not reliable because some results and conclusions are directly disputed by ISO 4548-12 testing, which is the oil filter industry test standard for efficiency.
 
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