Cut Open my PureOne (pics)....

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drewski59

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I was bored, so I just cut open my used Purolator PureOne oil filter! :bigups



Looks really nice, with nice filter media and construction, as were my expectations.

This is after 3k/7 months of Mobil 1 5W-30, BTW...



Enjoy!



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Why are you wearing gloves? Nothing like oil on bare skin :p.



I might have to buy some of those filters. I believe they came highly recommended on the Bobistheoilguy forums.
 
Quickstrike said:
Why are you wearing gloves? Nothing like oil on bare skin :p.



I might have to buy some of those filters. I believe they came highly recommended on the Bobistheoilguy forums.
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I posted this same thread over there, right before this one! :woot2:



And as for the Baldwin, they're pretty much the same as Hastings, which I currently have on my car. After the next oil change, I'll cut that one open also to compare. :2thumbs:



Haven't gotten around to trying a WIX yet, maybe if they go on sale...according to BITOG, they have less filtering capacity but better flow than the PureOne...but here the WIX are $2 more, and I can't justify that really, with Purolators just being so darn good!
 
I think the baldwin/hastings are supposed to have a little better flow and a little less filtering.



What car did you have that filter on?
 
I use amsoil in my car with their EA oil filters. They say it's rated for 15K for my supercharged beast or 25K for a light duty vehicle. I'm really not afraid to go a year with the same fill of amsoil, but i'll be sending in an oil analysis just to make sure with the new car.



Purolator makes excellent fuel filters as well. A lot of guys on my car club forum picked up a couple MPG switching over. They have excelent flow characteristics.
 
The next time you guys get a chance to go to your local NAPA, see if they offer a NAPA Racing filter for your car. The Racing filters are a much higher grade filter over and above their Gold filters. They have much higher flow rates (you can see this by looking at the 25% larger passage way ports), and the construction of the actual filter housing is a much thicker gauge metal too. These things are downright awesome, and they weren't priced bad either.



I used to buy Ford Racing filters for my supercharged mustang, but they were getting quite expensive, then one day someone recommended the NAPA Racing filter, which ended up being identical to the Ford Racing filter, but at half the price, and I never looked back.
 
gmblack3a said:
I think the baldwin/hastings are supposed to have a little better flow and a little less filtering.



What car did you have that filter on?
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The Baldwin/Hastings filters are supposedly the best crafted(read: built well) out there, with Purolator coming in second, and WIX right behind that. Just craftsmenship, not flow or filtration ability. BITOG seems to think the PureOne probably has less flow...



BTW, this came off my 02 PT Cruiser:)



JDookie, aren't all of the NAPA filters made by WIX??
 
drewski59 said:
BITOG seems to think the PureOne probably has less flow...
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I'm running the PureOne in a couple cars right now and the high pressure drop (lower flow) has me a little nervous. Did they ever test one of the new Mobil 1 filters (older Mobil1 had a little less filtration/little better flow than the PureOne in one of those tests)?







victory said:
Purolator makes excellent fuel filters as well. A lot of guys on my car club forum picked up a couple MPG switching over. They have excelent flow characteristics.
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How does the flow characteristics of a fuel filter increase MPG? If it flowed more, you would use more gas...IF the gas usage was controlled by the fuel filter, which is isn't. In a modern car, fuel is pumped electrically up to the fuel rail, and any excess is continually recirculated to the tank...so theoretically if the filter had less resistance it would take less electricity to run the fuel pump...but if you use that logic, you would be able to tell you were getting better gas mileage with the radio off, etc.



Now if you said that your club buddies had clogged fuel filters, and replaced them, or did a back-to-back track run at WOT with the Purolator fuel filter against another, that I might believe (clogged/restrictive fuel filter not allowing the maximum fuel flow the engine is capable of burning), but I have never experienced a performance change from a fuel filter in 30 years of changing them.
 
JDookie said:
I have no clue. Is that good or bad??
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It's a good thing, as WIX makes very good filters, just like Purolator, I'm just thinking you should check the price of a "WIX" labeled filter compared to that NAPA racing one.



Chances are they'll be the same filter, so you should just get whichever one is cheaper :hifive:
 
Awesome tip. Thanks!!



Unfortunately, my mustang was a Hurricane Katrina victim, and I now have to completely rebuild it from the ground up.....again, so I won't be buying an oil filter like that for a while, but will definitely keep it in mind and pass along that info.



Thank you!
 
drewski59 said:
It's a good thing, as WIX makes very good filters, just like Purolator, I'm just thinking you should check the price of a "WIX" labeled filter compared to that NAPA racing one.



Chances are they'll be the same filter, so you should just get whichever one is cheaper :hifive:
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Yes the Napa filters are made by WIX the numbers are alost identical. as for the Baldwin you must cut one open. the thing is bult like a damm tank. check out the filter results on BITOG. here is a link to who makes what filters and another link with some pics of them cut open here. for the Fram users out there uhhhhh let the pics speak for themself.





http://theoildrop.server101.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=002456



http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oilfilterstudy.html#b2





http://www.lesabret.com/filters/filter.html
 
Setec Astronomy said:
How does the flow characteristics of a fuel filter increase MPG?
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Better flow means higher, more consistent pressure on the other side of the filter. Higher, more consistent pressure means the fuel atomizes better at the injectors which means more power and less gas since big droplets don't burn as efficiently.
 
victory said:
Better flow means higher, more consistent pressure on the other side of the filter. Higher, more consistent pressure means the fuel atomizes better at the injectors which means more power and less gas since big droplets don't burn as efficiently.
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Objective test results? Comparison tests of power/MPG among different filter brands? DOT/EPA maintenance recommendations? Cuz the pressure at the fuel rail is usually controlled by the fuel pressure regulator, not the filter or the pump.
 
I'm hoping the PureOne filters work good; I have 4 new PureOnes for my RSX as well as 2 OEMs, so I'm set for a while :) .

I got lucky and a very nice member on CRSX gave me the filters as well as a case of oil and his owner's manual after he hit a deer and totalled his RSX on the Parkway. We need more people like him in this world :bigups
 
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