Lately there's been alot of Honda filter talk so I decided to add my 2 cents.A customer of mine recently purchased a 02 Honda Civic with the non-Vtec 1.7L engine and I'll start doing oil changes on it.He wants 3000 mile OCI and a fairly good filter thats not too costly.I'll start him on Castrol GTX 5W-20 for oil and have choosen a Baldwin 1402 and a Napa Silver ProSelect 21356 for comparison.To tell you the truth the Napa Silver looks pretty good.Made in Gastonia N.C.,has a baseplate by-pass (which I found surprising)and seems a top-notch filter from what I can see.The Napa silver cost me $6.89 Can and the Baldwin was $9.10 Can...a Napa Gold would be $12 or so..this guy comes to me right on time for oil changes,every time...so I think that using the Napa Silver and Castrol oil changes at 3000k would be the best cost/protection factor for him...any bad comments about the Silvers?
Napa Silver for a 02 Honda..
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A MotorCraft FL822 might be a good alternative IF you can find it.
Seems like the non ford MC's don't tend to be as available.
Seems like the non ford MC's don't tend to be as available.
The Napa Silver filter for my 01 Accord (model **334) is made in Great Britain. It resembles
the English made AC47 that I used to use on my fathers Pontiac over 10 years ago. This is the AC filter that Consumer Reports said had similar filtering but much more capacity than USA made AC's. Does anybody Know who manufactures these filters in the UK and are they any good.
the English made AC47 that I used to use on my fathers Pontiac over 10 years ago. This is the AC filter that Consumer Reports said had similar filtering but much more capacity than USA made AC's. Does anybody Know who manufactures these filters in the UK and are they any good.
Oh, I'm sure you'll get plenty of negative comments about "silvers" since they don't use a silicon ADB. But, not from me. I've used "silvers" on my Hyundai V6 and found them to be perfectly up to my 3,000 mile OCIs. I have no doubts "silvers" could easily go the distance for OEM "normal service" OCIs, too. The biggest problem WIX has with the "silvers" is image - they're not sexy enough because they're not marked in gold paint...
He use to have a 93 Honda with the 1.5L engine and the oil filters were different...like the AC Delco model PF47...now the newer engines' take a smaller type of filter.What bugs me is that with all the Japanese engineering know-how they couldn't put the filer in a harder place to service
Toyota is just as bad...the newer CR-V's are getting fire's started after oil changes due to improper tightening of the oil filter...PUT IT SOMEWHERE BETTER...
I'll use the silvers.Thanx.
Well I just did the job and put on the Baldwin (B1402),will use the Napa silver next time.I can see where the dirty oil from removing the filter goes right by the drivers' side output shaft seal and might be mistaken for a seal leak on that part if the dirty oil from the oil filter removal isn't cleaned up...it's also a fire concern from the exhaust if not tightened up properly(and the filter I took off was not on very snug,Honda filter)...somebody wasn't thinking when they decided to put the oil filter there...there's lots of room for an oversized filter so I'll look into a bigger Baldwin for him...if it's cheaper...if not I'll buy Napa Silvers.The Castrol 5W-20 oil stinks IMO...smells very strong...hard to describe...like 3 times a normal oil smell
I'm not thrilled with the oil filter location on my '03 Honda Accord either. It is very close the the front right lower A-arm and seems to just be begging to take a rock hit.
I sure like where Volvo put the filter on our '96 850. Right near the oil drain plug, vertical, threads up. Easy to change and easy to prefill.
John
I sure like where Volvo put the filter on our '96 850. Right near the oil drain plug, vertical, threads up. Easy to change and easy to prefill.
John
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