DavesTractor
Elite Member
It certainy isn't Mahindras job to make sure all aftermarket filters are adequate, in fact that is unreasonable. And even if I could grant that it is reasonable, and I won't, you used a filter that even the aftermarket did not specify for a Mahindra. So to make this Mahindra's fault, they need to be responsible for you buying an aftermarket filter for which not even the aftermarket supplier suggested the application. You just can't get there from here.
That tractor is built in Japan by Mitsubishi and I can assure you the OEM filters are very good. And while expensive, so are most filters for tractors.
It is irriitating that tractor filters are so expensive, and so I can appreciate the concept of getting something else that is equivalent for less money. But the aftermarket isn't strong for tractor filters until there is adequate volume. Why would Wix or Napa or Baldwin do all the testing just to sell a relative handful of filters a year? Remember that for every 1 tractor sold in the USA, there are about 80 cars sold. So the best aftermarkect coverage for filters is going to be the most common models with the most common filters.
As to why the #3 cylinder is the first to go, it is because the intake air sweeps into that area first allowing most of the dirt to go into that cylinder, although the center cylinder will have damage also, and to a lesser extent the front cylinder.
I also search the internet for nuggets of wisdom, and can totally understand. What you did was reasonable, but you probably did not realize the high consequence of a fllter being wrong or failing. You saved a few bucks on a filter, but it sounds like it cost you an engine. But your post has a lot of value in warning others to make certain they get the proper filters.
I'm sorry for the problem and understand the frustration, but I think directing your frustration at Mahindra doesn't make much sense.
That tractor is built in Japan by Mitsubishi and I can assure you the OEM filters are very good. And while expensive, so are most filters for tractors.
It is irriitating that tractor filters are so expensive, and so I can appreciate the concept of getting something else that is equivalent for less money. But the aftermarket isn't strong for tractor filters until there is adequate volume. Why would Wix or Napa or Baldwin do all the testing just to sell a relative handful of filters a year? Remember that for every 1 tractor sold in the USA, there are about 80 cars sold. So the best aftermarkect coverage for filters is going to be the most common models with the most common filters.
As to why the #3 cylinder is the first to go, it is because the intake air sweeps into that area first allowing most of the dirt to go into that cylinder, although the center cylinder will have damage also, and to a lesser extent the front cylinder.
I also search the internet for nuggets of wisdom, and can totally understand. What you did was reasonable, but you probably did not realize the high consequence of a fllter being wrong or failing. You saved a few bucks on a filter, but it sounds like it cost you an engine. But your post has a lot of value in warning others to make certain they get the proper filters.
I'm sorry for the problem and understand the frustration, but I think directing your frustration at Mahindra doesn't make much sense.
