ToolManRick
Silver Member
SAE does test filters and oil and assign ratings for those products. Otherwise we'd still have toilet paper roll filters. Remember those? As quoted from the Fram website:
<font color="blue"> </font> "The Society of Automotive Engineers approved an industry standard test called the “Single Pass Efficiency Test” (SPE) to measure a filter's ability to remove contaminants from the engine’s system. The SPE Test is one of the industry standards for evaluating and comparing oil filter performance, and measures a filter's ability to remove less than 20 micron-sized particles of dirt the first time through.
The FRAM Extra Guard filter performs at 96.2% efficiency in the single-pass efficiency tests."
<font color="black"> </font> That sounds pretty clear to me. I use Fram filters, but I'm not partial. In fact I have had a Fram fail due to leakage around the crimp between the end and the can. Nobody's perfect.
It does stand to reason that the finer the element the more back pressure and less oil delivered to the bearing points. I would say it's a toss-up as to how fine a filter you want to put on your vehicles. Check the rating on the filter box. Once a 10 micron filter gets enough back pressure it will go into bypass mode and filter nothing.
I was happy to find one that fit my Y380T engine. I may try a different brand later on now that I have a number I can cross over.
<font color="blue"> </font> "The Society of Automotive Engineers approved an industry standard test called the “Single Pass Efficiency Test” (SPE) to measure a filter's ability to remove contaminants from the engine’s system. The SPE Test is one of the industry standards for evaluating and comparing oil filter performance, and measures a filter's ability to remove less than 20 micron-sized particles of dirt the first time through.
The FRAM Extra Guard filter performs at 96.2% efficiency in the single-pass efficiency tests."
<font color="black"> </font> That sounds pretty clear to me. I use Fram filters, but I'm not partial. In fact I have had a Fram fail due to leakage around the crimp between the end and the can. Nobody's perfect.
It does stand to reason that the finer the element the more back pressure and less oil delivered to the bearing points. I would say it's a toss-up as to how fine a filter you want to put on your vehicles. Check the rating on the filter box. Once a 10 micron filter gets enough back pressure it will go into bypass mode and filter nothing.
I was happy to find one that fit my Y380T engine. I may try a different brand later on now that I have a number I can cross over.