whats with the baby oil filter?
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Originally Posted by Jodoolin
Apparently Mazda has changed the OEM filter. Since '90 when I bought my na coup new the OEM can was rather small. Recently bought one for my vert at a Mazda dealer. They came out with the same style and lettering (JEYO 14 302 9A) which is about 1/3 again larger. They had some small cans in stock but were only getting the larger ones when they ordered them.
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Originally Posted by inflatablepets
I've been using purolators. on my car. On my Ford truck I use Motorcrafts, which are purolators. I guess i ought to go oem on them. I always have done that. It's just the local part stores don't have Mazda ones.
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Ive cut open a mobil one and a purolator pure one. The pure ones internals are slightly nicer except for the bypass valve which is soem kinda high density particle board as oposed to the metal and rubber seal on the mobil one. Mobil filter had alot of excess epoxy oozed up around where the element meets the endcaps. Pure one had more plets and a metal reinforcment connecting the two endcaps. I have a K&N i will cut open after 1k miles, i looks good from the outside though, except its not synthetic media. I'll probably get a stock mazda filter next and cut it open to see how it compares to the 3 big premium filter makers. Arnt the stock ones paper media?
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Originally Posted by Icemark
The Mazda filter has about twice as much filter area as the Purolator and the AC Delco versions.
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I plan to now. I take your words very seriously. I will order a few. I guess the Purolators were just a convienence issue. I refuse to pay the prices for the K&N.
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K& N is high just like the synthetic oil BUT I always take better car of my cars then anyone I know to the point that my wife hates me sometimes BUT...
my cars always run as good as possible and run longer than most. When I do sell the new owners get a solid car in good shape. MY 7 is probably the worst shape of all my cars I have owned but that is just till I can get it painted.
I dont mind spending too much on parts no and then but not all the time. I will not buy another K& N but I needed something "right then" so I did. I will have MAZDA filter for the next time.
Mike
my cars always run as good as possible and run longer than most. When I do sell the new owners get a solid car in good shape. MY 7 is probably the worst shape of all my cars I have owned but that is just till I can get it painted.
I dont mind spending too much on parts no and then but not all the time. I will not buy another K& N but I needed something "right then" so I did. I will have MAZDA filter for the next time.
Mike
Mostly on subject, but I use the Mobile 1 filters. Yes, they are expensive. But my oil is always clean. It has never been very dark. just a little more than new oil, even when i waited too long for the oil change. I ahve tried many other filters, and there isn't anther one that did this well.
Originally Posted by Icemark
probably old stock. They have not been blue in the USA for more than 10 years.
i got it new from a dealership though...
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Originally Posted by coldfire
are you serious? that's interesting...
i got it new from a dealership though...
i got it new from a dealership though...
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