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Friday, March 28, 2014

A Sheep in Oil Filters' clothing

    The oil filter is another place where myth seems to rule and fact goes floating by unnoticed. In a world of quick-in, quick-out, fast-food-style oil changes, the quality of the oil and filter are overlooked routinely.  Good oil filters can drastically increase engine life, crap filters can ruin your engine quickly.  I have seen low-cost filters actually come apart and ruin an engine immediately after an oil change, I have seen cheap filters whose back-flow valve does not work properly so the oil and dirt drain back out of the filter and pump, and I have dealt with filters that simply do not filter- they leave crud to circulate through the engine unchecked.