so what do you guys think is the best?
Fram
K & N
?????????? thanks,
-Dustin.

 

oem or atkins. i have an atkins motor so i use theirs

 

OEM Mazda filters

 

I always use Mobil 1. Mechanic friend of mine uses it, so I use it.

Never really thought it mattered very much.

Cheers,
Cody

 

OEM also.

 

OEM,

avoid Fram

 

i use oem or wix

 

i got K&N but mainly cuz i had a whole bunch left over from a hook up i got. I guess OEM

Jason NYC

 

Wix. I won't touch anything else.

 

I use walmart brand..... J/K.... wix.

 

wix, never heard of it

Jason NYC

 

never heard of wix either

I use OEM

 

wix makes oems. they also make napa auto filters.

 

Anything thats not Fram. Be it WIX, OEM, ATKINS... any but Fram. Fram is a scam!!!

 

I use mobile 1 extended performance, ive heard oem are very good though dont know about other brands. Dont get fram or anything cheap unless you like putting subpar crappy parts on your car.

 

I use mobil 1

a little off subject, when i got my jspec motor it had a mazda oem oil filter on it, I dunno if I should be happy that they used an OEM filter, or be scared it has the same filter it came from the factory with.

 

I use either OEM or Nippon oil filters, dont use fram, the material is horrible and can mess up your engine possibley.

 

k mart sells Fram. k mart only sells quality products.


so i use mobil 1 too. and mobil 1 20w-50

 

Atkins or OEM

 

Atkins filters are OEM.

 

Wix does not make the Mazda OEM filters.

Tennax and Denso are the most common manufactures of the Mazda OEM filters.

But note that Mazda specs the internal filter element, not matter who makes the filter, and typically it has twice to three times the filter area of most aftermarket filters (such as Fram or Purolator that are twice or three times the size of the Mazda filter).

Of course surface area is only one part of a filter, the pass through, end plate attachment (they should not be glued cardboard as found on 90% of the Champion/Fram filters), anti-drain back, and particle retention are all other factors.

Anti drain back valves should be silicon or siliconized rubber, not ABS (as found on some Fram and Champion heavy duty filters) for best seal (Mazda OEM specs have siliconized rubber).

A while back we asked "What filter is best filter for our Mazdas?"
We decided to check out some of the filters the old fashion way - by cutting them open.

Of the ones tested (Purolator - L14622, FRAM - PH6607, AC Delco - PF1237, Motorcraft - FL816, and stock Mazda OEM under 2.0 litr filter Nippon Denso manufactured filter)

Here is what we found.
In the group, the Mazda filter was the smallest - so we figured that is would have the least amount of surface filtering area. Boy were we wrong.
The Mazda filer had almost three times the amount of filtering area as compared to the biggest filter - the FRAM.

The Mazda filter had about twice as much as the Purolator and the AC Delco.
At the time the Mazda and the FRAM were the only two to have check valves (none of the others available now - including the Fram - have check valves of any sort).

So - who needs a check valve anyway? Well what the check valve does it force the filter to work as a filter. It also keeps the filter from back flushing which can happen with any sudden drop in oil pressure. The others, if they get a little clogged, or with a sudden drop in oil pressure, the filter stops filtering and is bypassed. The check valve in the Mazda filter prevents this from happening.
So - if you are out looking for a better filter - it probably hasn't been made yet. Someone would have to work pretty had to make a better filter then the Mazda filter - and they would have to make a hell of a lot of them to even come close to the price Mazda sells theirs for.

 

WIX

 

Oem

 

OEM or Nippon (nippon = oem for mazda) I normally buy them 5 at a time for 25.00

 

Atkins!