Need an oil filter

[xgmad]

Who has a decent oil filter for tsi ea888.3? I would use fram ultra but not sure about the quality of their paper cartridge filters, all I can say is that the spin on filters are of excellent quality.

 

[hrv]

Go to Wal Mart...get a Fram and install it and forget about it and move on with life...Its that easy....

 

[MParr]

FCP Euro
ECS Tuning

 

[Kira]

What is a, "tsi ea888.3"?

 

[supton]

What is a, "tsi ea888.3"?

Sounds like a VW engine to my, tsi is engine type, the rest is engine code.

I’d use whatever, one oci on a crappy filter won’t grenade an engine. only if the o ring was junk could it.

 

[kschachn]

Who has a decent oil filter for tsi ea888.3? I would use fram ultra but not sure about the quality of their paper cartridge filters, all I can say is that the spin on filters are of excellent quality.

What are you unsure about exactly?

 

[jeepman3071]

What is a, "tsi ea888.3"?

VW 1.8T engine.

I like the Mann, Mahle, or Hengst filters for Euro stuff. They all seem to hold up really well. Mann is the go-to for my BMW and my sister's Jetta, but if in a pinch I've used the STP filters before in her car and they held up well.

 

[RooflessVW]

Dealer filters are inexpensive.

Mann is on RockAuto

 

[GSCJR]

I like the Mann, Mahle, or Hengst filters.

+1

 

[atikovi]

What have you BEEN using?

 

[xgmad]

What have you BEEN using?

Whatever dealer oil filter was put in the car when new, I haven't used this car much before i left and has been sitting for six months.

 

[fantastic]

Purolator w/spec sheet or Microgard from Oreilly's, Select filters at Advance Auto that are Premium Guard made.

 

[JavierH19]

Fram filters are perfectly good, don't think I've ever seen their cartridge filters be torn/split open.

 

[fantastic]

Fram filters are perfectly good, don't think I've ever seen their cartridge filters be torn/split open.

There's been at least one case here on the newer Ultra.

 

[wpod]

All that matters with an oil filter is that it doesn't fail.

 

[fantastic]

All that matters with an oil filter is that it doesn't fail.

A quality built filter to start with helps limit that chance which is probably why they're asking.

 

[JavierH19]

There's been at least one case here on the newer Ultra.

I think i remember it, believe it was a canister filter. The cartridge filters are sturdier.

 

[drtyler]

I would use Mann or Mahle for the VW.

I think i remember it, believe it was a canister filter. The cartridge filters are sturdier.

@wwilson has posted two Fram Ultra cartridge filters (made in Brazil) which have perforations/holes in the seam pleat.

There were multiple XG cartridge filters for N52/N54/N55 BMW engines where the cap came loose from the media. These were the older USA made filters.

So no pleat tearing, but there are documented failures and/or poor construction of the cartridge filters.

 

[twouvakind]

Purolator w/spec sheet or Microgard from Oreilly's, Select filters at Advance Auto that are Premium Guard made.

I looked at a MG for the above application at the store and it was made in Vietnam, I passed. RA has Hengst for $7.50.

 

[drtyler]

I looked at a MG for the above application at the store and it was made in Vietnam, I passed. RA has Hengst for $7.50.

Hengst for this application is likely made in China. At least they were a couple years ago when I was buying them.