This fits on mine with about 1/2” clearance.
Oil filters ?...
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Plenty of outright lies about Fram filters. The Ultra Fram (gold) is the top of the line on readily avail
sure, lawn mowers run ~45 lbs oil pressure. Problems are rare, but Fram filters outsell other brands so a very small percent of problems SEEMS larger.
My 2¢
Wix 51348 works as well.
Yup, I wouldn't hesitate to use Frams on any vehicle. I have a few on my vehicles and equipment right now. Most mowers have a really small oil capacity, and the cheapest filters you can buy (no-name tech filters) are still pretty much identical to the OEM filters inside. I've cut open Briggs, Kohler, Kawasaki, John Deere, etc, and they are all pretty cheap e-cores with nitrile ADBV and thin cans. The paint on the outside seems to be the only real difference and factor in price. Most manufacturers even specify to change the filter every other oil change or 100 hours. A Fram extra guard would still be plenty of filter.
A larger filter is really not going to do anything for your engine besides drain your wallet from buying more oil. The minuscule amount of oil in the larger filter won't make any difference in cooling, it might just take a few more minutes before reaching operating temp (maybe not ideal in cold temps?). Also the smallest of filters will work perfectly fine, even if you never change it, as it is very unlikely your engine will shed enough material to fill it, and if it does you have bigger problems anyway.
I service a ton of mowers every year, and usually buy the cheapest filters I can find (Fram, Supertech, AC-Delco, Napa pro, etc) since the mowers I service are usually serviced every year, and never an issue. I've cut them open and they always look brand new inside, even the one I cut from a mower that was run out of oil and blew the engine.
The added surface area of the larger filter might make a measurable difference in cooling. Heat transfer would be determined by the delta T between the ambient air and filter surface multiplied by the surface area of the filter. Double the surface area of the filter and you double the heat transfer, assuming constant oil temperature. It could make for an interesting experiment if you have the instrumentation and inclination to do so.
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Did a search and found this thread. I have a 2016 Cub Cadet EFI lawn tractor and have been using car oil filters. In searching for specific filters to use on my tractor, I saw that the bypass relief valve pressure is 8-11 psi on the OE Cub and Kohler filters for the OPE engines. The rating for car filters is 12-15 psi usually, per the specs on those. Is this a concern, or should I revert back to filters made with lower pressure rating for OPE engines?
Depending on the number of filter that crosses over or that you select (compatible thread and gasket), the bypass may well be fine. For instance a commonly used filter would be the Wix 51348 which has a published bypass spec of 8-11psi
If you're interested, Wix has a great site for looking up specs on - you can look up by vehicle or equipment application, cross reference an OE or competing filter or look up a known Wix number and get the relevant specs.
Fram synthetic endurance for $13 or the good old OCD for $5.
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I actually was able to find the Carquest oil filter I need that is the equivalent of the Wix, OE Cub Cadet and Kohler filters. However for some reason, the CQ and Wix filters are actually more than the OE CC and Kohler filters, so I just went with the Kohler. For a filter that is used for 50 hours, which for me takes years to accrue, I will just stick with whichever of those 4 can be found cheapest at the time. I have owned my Cub since 2016 when new and it only has 58 hours and 3 oil changes on it. Oil change interval is supposed to be 50 hours. I changed it a few days ago just because it was in there for 2 years at that point.
I have run some version of the 3614 on my Briggs Twin for 20 years, mostly the Purolator version because I had a bunch left over from my 97 Tacoma.
Re post #25 (heat dissipation): Would it help to paint the oil filter matte/flat black?
Radiators are black for a reason, ain't they?
Anyone remember the black "cloak of fins" you placed around oil filters?
They were made by the same company which made "Tornado Air Intake Swirlers".
Radiators are black for a reason, ain't they?
Anyone remember the black "cloak of fins" you placed around oil filters?
They were made by the same company which made "Tornado Air Intake Swirlers".
