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Old 12-31-2007, 02:17 PM   #5 (permalink)
trebuchet03
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Originally Posted by DifferentPointofView View Post
wait.. why are you wanting to replace a reusable filter with one that fills up landfills and needs to be bought over and over.. and over...
From digging around on BITOG - I consistently found that people with reusable filters that do oil analysis had more silica in their oil (more than any anti foam package). I rank filtration effectiveness above performance, FE and only slightly above cost

Then, autospeed has an article (somewhere) where they flow tested filters... The incredibly dirty filter didn't have any difference in flow compared to the new one

I personally don't change my filter until it falls apart - when I do replace them. I pull the rubber off and recycle both bits
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