A Look Inside Your Next Oil Filter

A look inside popular motor oil filters. Do you have the best protection and value for your engine?

Note that all filters listed below serve the same application.

Oil Filters Made by Purolator: Bosch, Motorcraft, Mopar, PowerFlo, ProLine, Purolator Premium Plus, Purolator Pure One, Quaker State, MicroGard

Retail Price for Purolator Premium Plus #L14670: $3.99 Auto Zone(1/30/07)


Retail Price for Mopar #MO-090: $4.97 Wal-Mart(1/30/07)


Retail Price for MicroGard #GL14670: $3.48 O"Reilly Auto Parts (10/19/09)

Oil Filters made by Honeywell: Fram Extra Guard, Fram Tough Guard, Fram Double Guard, Fram High Mileage, Pennzoil, Quaker State.

Retail Price for Fram Extra Guard #PH16: $3.99 O"Reilly Auto Parts (10/19/09)

Manufacturer recommended change interval: 5,000-miles


Retail Price for Fram Tough Guard #TG16: $6.29 Auto Zone (1/30/07)

Manufacturer recommended change interval: 7,500-miles

Oil Filters made by WIX: Carquest, NAPA, WIX

Retail Price for WIX #51085: $5.69 O"Reilly Auto Parts (10/19/09)

Oil Filters made byChampion labs: AC Delco, Car and Driver, Champ, Deutsch, STP, K&N, Mobil 1, Royal Purple

Retail Price for Bosch #3402: $5.99 Auto Zone (1/30/07)


Retail Price for STP #S16: $3.19 Auto Zone (1/30/07)


Retail Price for Mobil 1 #M1-204: $12.99 O"Reilly Auto Parts (10/19/09)

Oil Filters made by AMSOIL: Amsoil EaO

Retail Price for Amsoil EAO42: $18.10 Amsoil.com (10/19/09)

Amsoil EAO 42 Service Life

AMSOIL Ea Oil Filters are guaranteed for 25,000 miles or one year, whichever comes first, when used in conjunction with AMSOIL Synthetic Motor Oil. AMSOIL recommends changing the oil filter at the time of oil change.

If used in conjunction with AMSOIL Motor Oil that is being changed at intervals less than 25,000 miles, the EaO Filter should be changed at the same time. AMSOIL EaO Filters are not guaranteed for 25,000 miles when used with any oil other than AMSOIL Motor Oil and should be changed according to vehicle OEM recommendations.

For more on Amsoil EaO oil filters click on the links below:

Superior Filtration Leads to Reduced Costs, Extended Equipment Life

AMSOIL Introduces Donaldson Endurance Air and Oil Filters with Nanofiber Technology



For more information about AMSOIL synthetic lubricants and performance filtration products contact Anthony Garner at Competition Synthetics. Anthony is an Amsoil T-1 Certified Independent Dealer. E-mail Anthony at compsyn@live.com, or visit http://competitionsynthetics.com

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