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Oil filter K&N or STP
Personally i use these:
Oil filter is a 204-1 so for £8 it's worth buying K&N
And as for oil i use Shell Ultra 4T 10W40 (Fully synthetic). I use this in all my bikes as i find it really enduring and reasonably priced if you know where to look.
Pros: enduring, reasonably priced
Part number: 204-1
I go for K&N. No complaints. Also, they have that nut on the end, so you can wrench it off.
Pros: no complaints
I am running an STP filter on it.
I've been running Castrol 5w40 in my cars for years. Started in my '99 Beetle 2.0 and now my 1.8T GTI. I use the K&N filter but I get the one for the Passat since its larger.
Pros: larger filter, good performance
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Been doing it myself with full synthetic and k&n performance filters every 3k ever since.
Pros: full synthetic, performance filters
Vehicle:
Nissan
Mileage: 3000 km
K&N filters are beefier, my old VRs filters used to come out looking like that. The only filter that would withstand the vr and keep its shape was the k & n
Pros: beefier, keeps its shape
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
I use K&N oil filters sometimes, a little cheaper than oem but they are quality.
Pros: quality, a little cheaper
I ran K&N oil cone filter on a LT1 motor for 3 years in FL and now for 5 years on my 1.8t. Never any problems whatsoever.
Pros: no problems whatsoever
Put some normal oil and an STP filter in it. Got it all back together, runs great. Ran around the block, noticed the oil light flashed when over 2500 RPM . Back in the drive way, let it cool down. This morning, put motor flush in, idle it for 5 minutes per instructions, and drained the oil and changed the filter. Looking at the filter, it seems collapsed. It doesn't seem horribly clogged - there is a bit of silt in the crevices, but that was expected. Is it just because of the cheap filter?
Cons: filter collapsed, oil light flashed
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
K&N filter is not as good as OE and just about expensive.
Cons: not as good as OE, expensive
Vehicle:
Mazda
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