K&N oil filter: your thoughts?

[GotToyota?]

I'm gonna be doing another oil change soon, and was thinking about using a K&N oil filter this time around. Has anyone used them on your 7M? Are they good filters?

-Matt

 

[Big Wang Bandit]

I did on my last oil fill(before current) and it did its job fine. I liked it.

 

[GotToyota?]

I did on my last oil fill(before current) and it did its job fine. I liked it.

Well is there anything that made it stand out for regular filters?

-Matt

 

[jetjock]

It's got that big nut on it. That's alone makes it worth 11 bux

 

[CRE]

The nice fat bolt on the end... great if it's time to take it off and it's stuck.

I looked around and read alot of people on various forums praise them. A couple tests also showed that they do filter better than alot of the other brands (when it comes to really fine particles).... they didn't test a toyota filter though. Sorry, that's all I really remember, there was a little more but I can't recall what.

 

[Big Wang Bandit]

Yeah it has a 10(?) mm nut shaped thingy on it for easy removal for you turbo guys haha. My hand does the job.

 

[89Turbo]

It's got that big nut on it. That's alone makes it worth 11 bux

so true being our stock filter location is a PITA

 

[jetjock]

Zoom!

 

[Big Wang Bandit]

^ By that it means you get 10 more HP jsut like with a K&N air filter! Your gonna go faster mang!

 

[hot dayam mk3]

does good for the filtering and for the nut to install and uninstall but for the price im going to run WIX oil filters thats half the price and filters about the same.

 

[Fuzz420]

Ive been using one for the last 10 months, i like them, kinda pricey but my oil stays cleaner for longer than the ol 3 dollar fram

 

[koulee]

I believe the same people that make k&n's also make mobil 1's as well. I think I read it somewhere that the k&n oil filters flow more oil because they filter slightly less than the mobil 1. As for that nut at the bottom of the can, screw it!

Buy a filter wrench cap!

 

[Insidious Surmiser]

Yeah it has a 10(?) mm nut shaped thingy on it for easy removal for you turbo guys haha. My hand does the job.

yeh, same here... relocate FTW!!! and i too have that filter (but i couldn't really tell you anything about it)

 

[RacerXJ220]

K&N's are great. But I would save that money for gas and get a Wix. They're fantastic.

 

[JustAnotherVictim]

For those of you who don't know Wix=Napa.

 

[supra90turbo]

also Wix=CarQuest

 

[black91turbo]

I always thought that the Amsoil filters were really good............ Is the K and N better than the Amsoil????

 

[inline6]

I would save a few bux each time and go for the Wix filters. They are very well engineered filters and anyone who keeps up on their oil changes wont have a problem anyways.

 

[Insidious Surmiser]

k&n is like 10$... that's nothing... even concidering i change oil every 1k miles and filter 3k miles

edit: yes i know both oil and filter will last far longer

 

[supra90turbo]

are you serious?
what oil are you using?