Napa Gold Oil and fuel filters

[carroll7645]

I was always under the impression that Fleetguard had the best filters, does your information say that Baldwin proves to be better? Or am I reading that wrong?

[MikeyB]

Originally Posted by carroll7645

I was always under the impression that Fleetguard had the best filters, does your information say that Baldwin proves to be better? Or am I reading that wrong?

You're reading it correctly.

Many of us are using the Baldwin PF7977 for that reason.

MikeyB

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[EquipmentUser]

Originally Posted by surfram

3585 fuel filter- 10 microns
3585XE fuel filter- 7 microns
7620 oil filter- 20 microns
7620XE oil filter- 14 microns
2846 air filter- 675cfm

Napa Gold/Wix filters are high quality.

So are the XE's the gold filters and the other just the standard ones I assume?

Do you know if they are cellulose or stratapore, doesn't really matter, looks like there better than the mopars that are 35 micron.

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[ccoop769]

Baldwin makes the best fuel filters as i always thought. That looks like some accurate comparison above. u can always buy a 2 micron kit for cheap

[dieselbeef]

I LIKE THE STRATOPORES. CUMMINS OEM . THEYRE CHEAPER THAN THE NAPA EVEN. oops on the caps sorry...anyways theyre easy to get and baldwins are expensive

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[dakram]

I was told by my local amsoil dealer that amsoil will not sell the wixs fuel filters. He told me that they are breaking down. has anyone else heard this?

[surfram]

Originally Posted by EquipmentUser

So are the XE's the gold filters and the other just the standard ones I assume?

Do you know if they are cellulose or stratapore, doesn't really matter, looks like there better than the mopars that are 35 micron.

They are all "Napa Gold". The XE filters are higher efficiency( glass media?). The non-XE filters have standard cellulose media. I buy mine in bulk from fleetfilter.com.

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Last edited by surfram : 04-02-2008 at 10:38 AM.

[surfram]

Originally Posted by dakram

I was told by my local amsoil dealer that amsoil will not sell the wixs fuel filters. He told me that they are breaking down. has anyone else heard this?

Pure BS. I have been running all (fuel,oil,air) Napa Gold/Wix filters for years.

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[Mopar1973Man]

Originally Posted by BZ2500

Why stay away from fram???

While your at it you might want to stay away from Mopar filters too.. Some of them are made by FRAM...



Shocking huh?!?!

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[DBLR]

Don't know if they still do but at one time Fleetguard made the oil and fuel filters that Mopar uses on the CTD.

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[Mopar1973Man]

Originally Posted by DBLR

Don't know if they still do but at one time Fleetguard made the oil and fuel filters that Mopar uses on the CTD.

That is true fleetguard does... But this is a notice for other mopar filter users...

Remember Dodge Dealer don't like FRAM filters...

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[ah64id]

Originally Posted by surfram

3585 fuel filter- 10 microns
3585XE fuel filter- 7 microns
7620 oil filter- 20 microns
7620XE oil filter- 14 microns
2846 air filter- 675cfm

Napa Gold/Wix filters are high quality.

Those are all nominal ratings, which means only 50% efficiency... not that great.

Originally Posted by DBLR

The Fleetguard FS18000E is absolute at 7 microns (96% efficient at 5 microns) has a 14 gr. dirt holding capacity

Baldwin PF7977 is nominal at 1-2 microns and absolute at 5 microns, has a 24gr dirt holding capacity.

Donaldson lists P550785 is absolute at 10 microns.

The WIX 33585XE is nominal at 7 microns. 33585 is nominal at 10 microns

Absolute is 98.7% efficiency and nominal is 50% efficiency.

Yep, and the OEM requirment for the HPCR fuel filters is 7 microns absolute... which means the only two that meet it are OEM and Baldwin (actually exceeds it)

Originally Posted by EquipmentUser

So are the XE's the gold filters and the other just the standard ones I assume?

Do you know if they are cellulose or stratapore, doesn't really matter, looks like there better than the mopars that are 35 micron.

The Mopar are 35 absolute, so not better.. The stratapore are 25 microns absolute, Amsoil are 15 absolute (they are the best)

Originally Posted by dakram

I was told by my local amsoil dealer that amsoil will not sell the wixs fuel filters. He told me that they are breaking down. has anyone else heard this?

They still show them on the website, but they don't meet OEM specs... They also sell Donaldson filters, they too don't meet OEM specs.

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