I just performed the first oil change on my new car (2 weeks old and 1000miles on the clock). The car ia a Vauxhall Insignia (basically a Buick Regal) and has half a Duramax 3.0 in it, a 1.5 3 cylinder diesel making 122bhp. It's specified for a 0w20 Dexos D oil as per the Duramax 3.0 however it uses a different filter.
Unfortunatley, as the engine is so new over here I'm unable to get a filter from the aftermarket. The only place I could get a filter was Vauxhall themselves who stung me for £44.06 (about $60).
The Vauxhall/Opel part number is 55515474 and when googled it brings up a few GM sites selling an oil filter for less than $5. Does anyone know if these are likely to be the same filter? If so it's probably more cost effective for me to order a handful from the US and get them shipped over. If they are, then what cars/engines are they fitted to in the US? As I could get them via Rock Auto as I've ordered from them in the past.
I did wonder if the weird bypass/stem thing could be replaced with a suitable nipple and a screw-on canister oil filter be used instead.
Unfortunatley, as the engine is so new over here I'm unable to get a filter from the aftermarket. The only place I could get a filter was Vauxhall themselves who stung me for £44.06 (about $60).
The Vauxhall/Opel part number is 55515474 and when googled it brings up a few GM sites selling an oil filter for less than $5. Does anyone know if these are likely to be the same filter? If so it's probably more cost effective for me to order a handful from the US and get them shipped over. If they are, then what cars/engines are they fitted to in the US? As I could get them via Rock Auto as I've ordered from them in the past.
I did wonder if the weird bypass/stem thing could be replaced with a suitable nipple and a screw-on canister oil filter be used instead.
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