Re: Oil Filter

["William M. Moss" <bill.moss@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The original filter appears to be a Mahle OC91.
The Mann, a popular filter for Mercedes, Volvo and Bimmers is MW712.

None of these are sufficient savings over the stock to warrant the purchase 
unless you buy local at list price for the beemer. A case (10) of OC91's 
can be found for $115, not a savings if you mail order sufficient numbers 
to beat the shipping cost from VA (Hammersley).

I was more interested in finding a better filter, one like the pure-1 that 
uses an additional layer to improve small particle filtration, that uses 
silicon rubber as the seal for the internal valves and one that has a 
higher surface area of filtration than stock. The Pure-1 would be nice, the 
mobil-1 better. However, I will not use a filter that is simply cross 
referenced or looks the same. There are too many variables involved and I 
no longer have access to facilities to properly test an oil filter in an 
engine simulator or the actual engine.

The Bosch, if made in the US, is probably a Champions Lab, which means it 
could be anything from OK to excellent.


At 12:21 06/17/2006, you wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I just purchased some Bosch filters from eBay:
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-R-Oilhead-K-BOSCH-OIL-FILTERS-x-6-pc_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ35617QQitemZ4649596020QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
>
>They ended up being about $7.50 each for six.  He seems to always have 
>them for sale.  What do you think?
>
>John Van Deren
>Montpelier, VT
>94 RS
>
>William M. Moss wrote:
>
>>It was just a point of information. I thought the Beemer filter was up to 
>>around $16 (The last batch I bought from Hammersley were $10 each). I'm 
>>actually trying to find out if Mobil-1 has an actual listing for the bike 
>>(not a cross reference) since these appear to be the best filters out 
>>there and are under $10 in my area.
>>
>>At 11:10 06/17/2006, you wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>>In the quest for something other than the expensive Beemer original (??
>>>>Mahle or Mann ??) filter, I found this one. Never heard of the brand but it
>>>>is listed for the bike and is not a cross reference.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Some DATA to consider.
>>>
>>>The filter you pointed to is $8.95 CAD, which is $8.03 US
>>>
>>>Hammersley sells OEM filters for $11.62 US, and if you buy the less
>>>expensive one, you net a savings of $3.59 US.
>>>
>>>If you change your oil 4 times/year, you will save $14.36 US.
>>>
>>>
>>>Wayne Woodruff
>>>http://www.2zars.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
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