Oil & Fuel john deere oil filters?????????

[whitearrow]

whatsup fellas?its been a while since i was on here but i need to know something that i bet you gents can help me with.i need to change the oil on my jd 5203 and want to use the best oil filter that i can.who makes jd oil filters?are they better than say a purolator oil filter?i made up my mind to use rotella t 5w-40 synthetic but just don't know what filter to go with.i use and like purolator oil filters in all my other machines but none of them are diesel.so what should i do fellas.is the deere oil filters the best or what?
thanks,
whitearrow->>>------------------>

 

[beenthere]

The Deere are the best for my money (investment).

 

[bp fick]

An OEM branded filter was actually manufactured by someone else and painted for your tractor company.


But, by buying the OEM filter, you can be assured it meets your manufacturers specs. A high quality oil filter from NAPA or cross referenced by Wix would no doubt be fine, but are the savings all that substantial? You only use one a year.

 

[bullsram]

I can tell you that the Napa brand oil and hydralic filters are more expensive than Deere brand . I just did my 100 hr service and need to get a wrench that would fit my hydralic filter and Nape has them so I used it to size the wrench and the parts man told me the filter was $40 bucks when I paid $30 for the oem and the oil filter was $12. I would buy the oem.... Bull

 

[RWEST]

We've never had a problem using OEM, WIX/NAPA, Purolator, or Fram (although a lot of guys don't like them!!) filters on a wide variety of equipment, both gas and diesel. We do use more NAPA than anything else, but that's 'cause the NAPA guy is just down the road, and he stocks pretty much everything we need.

Seriously, I'd worry more about cost/availability than the name on the piece.

If you have the OEM filter number, the Purolator guy can cross it for you, or you can go to their site and cross it yourself.

 

[MessickFarmEqu]

Fleetguard OEM's most agricultural filters.

 

[megotatractor]

So those who use JD oil filters no matter what are also using Ford filters for their Fords, and Chevy filters for their Chevy's? In which case there would be no competition to keep the prices in check.

 

[Spudland_Dave]

So those who use JD oil filters no matter what are also using Ford filters for their Fords, and Chevy filters for their Chevy's? In which case there would be no competition to keep the prices in check.

Yep...JD Filters in my Deere's, AC Delco's in the 2 GMC trucks, Honda filters on her car.
The reason I buy those brands is because they arent just because I know they work, not to mention they are cheaper then a Napa Gold (Wix)...IF the OEM filters get more expensive, then I'll shop around....

 

[AKfish]

Fleetguard OEM's most agricultural filters.

Yup... my JD dealer sells both. If he's out of stock for the OEM filter's - he'll walk across the aisle and grab a Fleetguard from the shelf.

Funny thing, though. The Fleetguard costs more than the JD filters... And the NAPA Gold is even more!

AKfish

 

[deere5105]

An OEM branded filter was actually manufactured by someone else and painted for your tractor company.


But, by buying the OEM filter, you can be assured it meets your manufacturers specs. A high quality oil filter from NAPA or cross referenced by Wix would no doubt be fine, but are the savings all that substantial? You only use one a year.

Same thoughts I had on it. Not so sure that the filters are that much better, or any for that fact, but for one a year I just get what Deere recommends for my machine. I use the Deere oil too and just go with what is in the manual.