Topic: The best brand of oil and filters for a yota?

[jimbo74]

I ran the k&n one once and decided it was a waste of money, I saw no imporvment using it

the k&n is a good filter... but there are a lot of otehr good filters out there for cheaper... i get my ford motorcraft fl1a at walmart for $3.77 each..... hell, the mobil 1 filters are top notch, and are $9.99 .... but k&n wants liek 13 for theirs... no thanks.....

[KDXSR5]

NAPA Gold (Wix)= around $3... and it is considered to be one of the best (at least in my book)

[94MtnYote [OP]]

 I just pulled a Wix off my truck for the second oil change, the oil was kinda dirty since the motor is sorta breaking in and only has 1100mi since the rebuild.

[jimbo74]

NAPA Gold (Wix)= around $3... and it is considered to be one of the best (at least in my book)

the napa gold is great, so are wix filters... they might cost you $3 in wyoming, but here in CA they are at least 2x that

[KDXSR5]

the napa gold is great, so are wix filters... they might cost you $3 in wyoming, but here in CA they are at least 2x that

  Ouch!

[kneedownnate]

the napa gold is great, so are wix filters... they might cost you $3 in wyoming, but here in CA they are at least 2x that

They're $3 and change if you get a good guy discount   

[KDXSR5]

Well, I am a NAPA regular and I get an auto student discount, so maybe they normally are expensive here too, I just don't get hit with that high price. A little Sir and Ma'am ing will knock the price down for many things at different places... heck, today at the drive thru at a burger joint I said please and thank you to the nice lady working the drive thru, and she gave me my food for free! I still gave her most of the money anyways, but it just goes to show it never hurts to be nice.

[blackdiamond]

I ran the k&n one once and decided it was a waste of money, I saw no imporvment using it

They don't test any better than standard filters, you're paying for the nut.

[KDXSR5]

They don't test any better than standard filters, you're paying for the nut.

Thats what I figured out on the BITOG forums, but I decided to try it anyways for the added capacity. I will stick to stock size Wix filters, because, after playing around with other filters, I found them to be the best for my application.

[Ramrod]

fram filter and the cheapest 10-30 i can find, runs good

[kneedownnate]

So that was you I saw intercepting people outside kragens, taking home their used oil? 

[Ramrod]

So that was you I saw intercepting people outside kragens, taking home their used oil? 

haha, ill admit to draining my used gear oil into a bottle yesterday and my plans on refilling my new diffs with it today

[Rocksurfer]

How much more capacity will this yield with the bigger filter?

Oh about .50 to .75 of a quart.

[chunkybutfunky934]

This is all wonderful information!!

[bleakhorizon]

lol  yup a couple of years ago lol....

for what its worth.... wix makes the napa gold filters.... and the carquest blue filters...

I run motocraft filters (work at a ford dealership lol) FL300 and add 5 qts of 15w40 delo... stock filter would be a FL793