Best filter for max engine life
03-12-2006, 04:01 PM
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I looked up the cost of a mobile ep oil filters on AutoZone for the 22re motor and found that they run about $11.00 each in my area. Got on good ol’ ebay and found a guy who sells mobile ep filters in 6 packs for 35.99, which amounts to a little over $5.00 for each filter. Pretty good deal in my opinion. I'm going to buy a 6 pack and see how these filters perform. Maybe it'll get rid of my timing chain noise on start-ups. M1-204 is the filter for 22r/re motors.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/6-Pak...spagenameZWDVW
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/6-Pak...spagenameZWDVW
03-12-2006, 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by CoedNaked
That's part of the equation from some of the reading I've done as far as I understand. But the other issue is the oil maintaining it's lubrication properties, and it's viscoscity. For instance some guys who run synthetic oil, just change oil filters at what would be considered a normal oil change interval (for "dino" oil), and then top up lost oil from the filter change and run the oil twice as long as normally would be done. The top up helps (say around half a liter to a liter) freshen the oil up. This also helps keep particulate out of equation, by removing the dirty filter, and since synthetic oil seems to hold it's properities and viscoscity a little better, it shouldn't be an issue.
Personally though, for my truck, I run synthetic and I just treat it like regular oil. Call me anal, call me quirky, call me potentially throwing good oil away, but that's just me I guess.
Personally though, for my truck, I run synthetic and I just treat it like regular oil. Call me anal, call me quirky, call me potentially throwing good oil away, but that's just me I guess.
I put on about 7k per year on each vehicle. Not a lot of miles.
I just changed the OEM oil filters last weekend as it's been 6 months (3k miles since the last oil change) and the T100 oil was substantially darker than the 4runner. The T100 has 110k miles and is a 95 compared to the 4runner having 67k miles and being a 99.
I'm a little concerned with the darker oil on the T100. The 4runner oil is barely darkened compared to the fresh color from a new bottle.
I'll try the Mobile 1 filter or Amsoil filter on the T100 at my next interval and see what the difference is.
03-12-2006, 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by 84sr5yoty
I looked up the cost of a mobile ep oil filters on AutoZone for the 22re motor and found that they run about $11.00 each in my area. Got on good ol’ ebay and found a guy who sells mobile ep filters in 6 packs for 35.99, which amounts to a little over $5.00 for each filter. Pretty good deal in my opinion. I'm going to buy a 6 pack and see how these filters perform. Maybe it'll get rid of my timing chain noise on start-ups. M1-204 is the filter for 22r/re motors.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/6-Pak...spagenameZWDVW
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/6-Pak...spagenameZWDVW
03-12-2006, 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by mach4
I tried running Mobile 1 longer on both of my trucks this year.
I put on about 7k per year on each vehicle. Not a lot of miles.
I just changed the OEM oil filters last weekend as it's been 6 months (3k miles since the last oil change) and the T100 oil was substantially darker than the 4runner. The T100 has 110k miles and is a 95 compared to the 4runner having 67k miles and being a 99.
I'm a little concerned with the darker oil on the T100. The 4runner oil is barely darkened compared to the fresh color from a new bottle.
I'll try the Mobile 1 filter or Amsoil filter on the T100 at my next interval and see what the difference is.
I put on about 7k per year on each vehicle. Not a lot of miles.
I just changed the OEM oil filters last weekend as it's been 6 months (3k miles since the last oil change) and the T100 oil was substantially darker than the 4runner. The T100 has 110k miles and is a 95 compared to the 4runner having 67k miles and being a 99.
I'm a little concerned with the darker oil on the T100. The 4runner oil is barely darkened compared to the fresh color from a new bottle.
I'll try the Mobile 1 filter or Amsoil filter on the T100 at my next interval and see what the difference is.
http://www.amsoil.com/StoreFront/eaa.aspx
03-12-2006, 08:05 PM
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yota4me, thanks for the pointers.
The auto-rex treatment seems like a very good idea.
The T100 was on dino castrol gtx prior to me purchasing it a couple of years ago. This truck is in very good condition and lightly used at about 10k miles per year. This is an eye opener for me to see the effects of dino oil over the long run.
The auto-rex treatment seems like a very good idea.
The T100 was on dino castrol gtx prior to me purchasing it a couple of years ago. This truck is in very good condition and lightly used at about 10k miles per year. This is an eye opener for me to see the effects of dino oil over the long run.
03-21-2006, 09:35 AM
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Interesting/informative air filter comparison test (Trueflow vs. paper vs. gauze):
http://truckworldtv.tenmagazines.com...lid=863&sid=88
The Trueflow looks like an improvement over paper air filters. However, Amsoil claims the Amsoil EA air filter is 5 times more efficient than a paper filter at .8 microns. .8 vs. 3 microns (for Trueflow?)--so it looks to me like the Amsoil EA air filter would be the most efficient. I'd go with Amsoil EA air filter if/when available.
http://truckworldtv.tenmagazines.com...lid=863&sid=88
The Trueflow looks like an improvement over paper air filters. However, Amsoil claims the Amsoil EA air filter is 5 times more efficient than a paper filter at .8 microns. .8 vs. 3 microns (for Trueflow?)--so it looks to me like the Amsoil EA air filter would be the most efficient. I'd go with Amsoil EA air filter if/when available.
03-22-2006, 07:09 PM
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Not available for 1985 22re. Check here for other year models:
http://www.amsoil.com/scripts/runisa...msoiloaf:index
http://www.amsoil.com/scripts/runisa...msoiloaf:index
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