The Best & Worst Oil Filter -13 Oil Filters Compared In Head-2-Head Challenge - Fram, Mobil 1, Wix

just as a disclaimer to ease some of your mind this is not a sponsored video not one of these brands contacted me paint me or even know that I'm making this video I bought all the filters myself some came out from my car's the other I bought now let's get started here's the video that you've all been waiting for I'm gonna do a oil filter comparison ranging from the least expensive conventional oil filter up into the most expensive fully synthetic oil filter that I could find right here I have 14 oil futures in front of me 13 are in canister this one is just a filler elf element itself the canister is in the car we're going to talk about the anti drain valve the bypass valve the filler element the end caps the thickness of the chemistry I'm going to cut them open [Music] I'm going to I have two L features that I have used so I'm gonna take my drill drill pilot holes in the bottom drain out all the oil and flush the water flush it out with water thoroughly so sit back and enjoy cuz we're gonna see who's the best how they're made and no particular order I'll give you the names and the brands of the oil filters I've used and right here we have oil filters called super tech we have a Fram tough guard Fram ultra synthetic motor craft Mopar Canyon ACDelco professional Fram ultra synthetic Mobil 1 extended performance wicks XP we have a Bosch STP extended life STP oil filter then this is also an XT P extended oil filter I'm all ready to go I got my angle grinder I've got my bike setup my safety equipment is going to consist of a respirator here protection gloves my goggles and an apron I'm also going to move my lab over because I don't want sparks flying and hitting it don't worry about going to show the entire process of me cutting all of it and it takes you long but I will show a few clips [Music] you know using the angle grinder to me it's a little cool but it can be a little dangerous and I understand if you don't want to use one they actually have a tool that is designed to cut open oil futures you just go around and I actually show a picture you just go around and it just cuts off the lid I mean the cover plate and it's fast easy but to me that's a little cooler yeah now I have my own open I'm going to bring one to the camera so we can actually see the entire process of and over I'm gonna use the canned nanotube because it has one unique feature that the other filters don't have at the bottom of the can in you have a nut and this will help you take the filter off if you have it on too tight Plus on the bottom others nut it has two holes on either side and that just allows for better securing if you're in racing applications other than that this filter is going to pretty much mimic all the other filters on all your filters at the top you're going to have a gasket or seal that sits on top of your base plate then you have the holes these perforated holes this is what allows the oil to flow into the filter and in the center you have a threaded hole removing the base plate you can see you come to the anti drain valve this particular one is silicon but they offer they also offer rubber silicone is better because it's going to last longer and stay more pliable over the the life of the oil filter then moving further down you come across the end caps you have end cap at the top you have an end cap at the bottom and in the middle you're going to have your filter element within the filter element you can see there's a central tube and this particular one is also made out of steel and it's perforated then in the bottom of the canister you're going to have a spring either going to have a steel spring or a coil spring this particular one is a steel spring and as you can see it has the bypass valve built into the spring some oil filters will have the bypass valve built into the bottom of the in cap this particular one has it built into the spring so here's a recap you have your gasket or seal your base plate oil flows through the holes passes by your anti drain valve you come across the top end cap the filter media the bottom end cap inside is going to be a spring and if your particular filter has a bypass valve it will either be in the bottom of the end cap or in the spring here are a few differences for an oil filter that is for conventional oil and an oil filter that is made for synthetic oil for starters the anti drain valve on a conventional oil filter is going to be made out of rubber and that just doesn't last as long as a silicone oil filter then your media filters are going to be a difference as well on your synthetic it might be a blend of ultra synthetic fibers it's going to be thicker and it's going to filter longer and higher and have a higher capacity to filter or on a conventional oil filter it's not going to be made to last as long as far as the end caps go I've seen what you will see that some synthetic oil filters and some oil filters for conventional oil they flip-flop so that's not a major difference now let me show you one of the benefits of a silicone anti drain valve right here is an oil filter that came off my daughter's car this particular filter went 3,000 miles and as you can see the anti drain valve is it's not really snapping back to shape it's not really snapping back to shape it's taking this time it's kind of holding the new form which that is fine because it lasted three miles like what it's designed to do now on the conventional I'm sorry on the synthetic filter this one lasted six to eight thousand miles and as you see the anti drain valve is very flexible still so when the oil passes through when the oil passes through is going to snap back into place therefore this is going to last a lot longer and protect from the oil flowing back in unfiltered there's a bird's-eye view of what we're looking at all of them are laid out in the same way you have your base plate your anti drain valve then your filter element with the end caps then your Springs and then the cannister themselves and it's pretty interesting to see how different manufacturers design their oil filters I'm going to break up the two filters into two categories over here right here these are all your conventional oil filters and then these are all the synthetic the conventional oil filters use a rubber anti drain valve they use a silicon anti drain valve I don't think it's fair to compare the two so I'm just going to start with the conventional first all of the conventional oil filters have a heavy-duty base plate and they're all going to have your rubber anti drain valve on the super tech you have a metal end cap metal end caps on both sides and it comes with a coil spring on the mopar you have metal end caps as well and it also comes with a coil spring on the bosch you have again metal end caps but it just has a steel spring and this particular one has the bypass valve into the bottom of the end cap on the AC Delco you you actually have cardboard in caps and then you have your steel spring and the bypass valve is actually in the steel spring then on the STP you have metal end caps and the bypass valve again is built into the bottom of the end cap and you just have a steel spring as far as the thickness of the canisters though I would say the super tech which is the cheapest one and the Bosch fill the thickest comparing all these I would say that all of them seem like they're gonna last this mopar does feel does seem to have the thickest filter element but other than that I think they're all pretty comparable moving on to your synthetic oil filters again all of them have a heavy-duty base plate and they all have your silicone anti drain valve some of the anti drain valves as you see go into the end caps where some of the end caps go into the anti drain valve starting with the ford motor craft you have metal end caps a heavy-duty filter of media you have a steel spring then on the Fram tough guard you have cardboard endcaps with a center steel tube and it has a steel spring on the motor craft it also has a center steel tube actually all of these have Center steel tubes the next is the Fran ultra synthetic you have steel endcaps very heavy-duty filter media and still spring your canyon you have steel endcaps heavy-duty filter media and a steel spring with the bypass valve into the steel spring your fram ultra synthetic this is a different distance ramp so I have to frame Ultra synthetics and this one is a little different you have a your end caps are made out of steel again heavy duty very heavy duty thick filter media and your steel spring has the bypass valve built into the spring this particular one says they can get up to 20,000 miles I think that's the difference out of these two then your mobile one and you just a camera your mobile one has the end caps made out of steel heavy duty synthetic filter media and the steel spring just has a steel spring on the wicks XP you have steel endcaps heavy-duty filter media the bypass valve is in the bottom of the end cap then you have a coil spring and the filter the anti drain valve goes into the end cap on this particular one and the last one is the STP extended life again you have your steel endcaps you have the anti I'm sorry you have the bypass valve into the bottom of the end cap and this one also has a coil spring next I'm going to cut off all the filter media the last oil filter went into a BMW 5-series and this is an STP extended life this particular one you don't get a bypass valve you don't get an anti drain valve and you don't get a canister the canister is actually in the vehicle but this one does have hard plastic end caps and then just a synthetic blend media filter [Music] [Music] personal I wish every manufacturer would add this little rubber coating to the bottom of the oil filters like Fram does and/or put this little nut on like candy I mean I really don't understand why they all don't do it but enough of ranting let's get to uh to comparison I'm gonna start with the conventional oil filters and I am just going to stretch them out here is the super tank here is the mold part is the Bosch here's your AC Delco and here is the STP filling all of the filters I would give the box to add in the conventional ones just on how sturdy the filter seems they all seem to be made out of some form of paper or cardboard this one just seems to be the thickest paper or cardboard now let's move over to the synthetic on the Motorcraft stretching it out it has a cardboard type of feel this is the frown cup guard also has a cardboard consistency this is the Fram ultrason panic I'm get back to this here is the can in again fill that cardboard here's your other friend ultra synthetic I'm get back to this one here's your mobile one the mobile one just feels like a higher premium cardboard here is the wick I'm talking about the wick again again throw like cardboard and then over here you have your FTP the SCP seems like to be a lot but again just feel like from cardboard and then the very last FTP this is the one that has no canister again with FTP you seem to get a lot but just fill that card block now the three that I do want to talk about is the to cram option synthetic and the wick right here is the Fram filter media and as you see this chain mesh it has a tic-tac-toe type of shape to it and on the other Fram this particular mesh looks more like a chain-link fence it goes in an angle on the wicks it also has that chain link fence type of look it goes in an angle and as you see as I lift it off you can see that it's pretty substantial these three filters these three filter media are very impressive and I can tell that they could filter out more debris looking at the filter media a little closer the filters itself they look like they're made out of cotton and it's kind of hard to rip them and all three of them seem to have a cotton consistency versus the cardboard a little more than the rest I'm going to start with the conventional oil filters and for the most part all of them are built with a sinan steel tube except the AC Delco so over the plastic inner tube all the rest are pretty much the same some had bypass valve and some did it but sometimes your vehicle doesn't will call for a bypass valve but excluding that the Bosch the filter element to me just seemed a little better then the rest of them in the standard oil filters but it all seemed to be built pretty well now one over here to your full synthetic cultures so once this stood out to me for the two frames Ultra synthetic these filters are amazing I couldn't rip them out I couldn't use my mind blade I had to get my reciprocating saw to cut these filters up the wick and the tooth friends I couldn't get the good result high quality coaches other than that all the filters for the earth full synthetic are made of well quality I personally use mobile one because my car calls from one and wick I have a Land Rover this the only brand that will go on my vehicle so sometimes it doesn't matter what filters you like you have to get whichever one will fit your car I will also say this for motor craft this little thing felt like it was made and a paint could run over and it wasn't going to collapse but this is a follow up video to a fire boil food Tube video I made I had a lot of requests to do another one and to compare more brands they said I wasn't comparing with apple this time I would have found every single Apple every single oil filter I could and I bought and I made the comparison so as you I appreciate your time you guys have any questions feel free to hit me up thanks for watching guys have a blessed day

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Length: 21min 24sec (1284 seconds)

Published: Mon Dec 10 2018