If your tractor is new you had better find out if using other than original equipment products will affect your warranty.Your warranty is very important if you have problems in the future.My Kubota Dealer informed me that I must use Genuine Kubota Parts or risk voiding my Warranty.Now that I'm out of Warranty I use Napa filters.I think all manufacturers use the same standards for manufacturing filters and all can cross reference them for you.Food for thought? :thumbsup: Scotty
Oft stated. Almost entirely fabricated. No way. Now, if and it is a big if, a non OEM filter is the cause of the issue, sure, Kubota will deny. But, if it is reputable filter maker, their own warranty kicks in. Wix, Hastings, etc all have an engine replacement warranty should their product prove to be the culprit.
Might not be as easy, might be easier to get a settlement from Wix or another maker. Not the point.
The internet would be flooded with horror stories of Wix, FleetGuard, Baldwin/Hastings failures. Why isn't there? Because the incidents of such failures are statistically so rare as to be inconsequential.
An OEM is not allowed, by law, to make such a requirement. Your dealer/salesman ought to know better. Shame on him for making the statement, unless you interpreted his statement in this fashion.
How many GM cars rolling around have Delco filters on them? How many Chryslers have Mopar filters? How many Hondas have a Honda filter on them?
Darn few.
I like OEM filters, oil and other products, please don't misunderstand. But, this kind of propaganda is flat wrong. Dealers can and should sell their filters on their merit, not on baloney and fear tactics.