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| Thread ID: 101265 | 2009-07-07 06:45:00 | OEM car parts - regular maintenance | Nomad (952) | PC World Chat |
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| 789794 | 2009-07-10 04:07:00 | What filters other than oil do you find necessary to change every 10,000km? Fuel and Air - costs so little I'm quite happy to change them regularly. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 789795 | 2009-07-10 04:18:00 | Super Cheap guarantee their parts! I have used there filters for years and found them good. While a genuine part may be good,there is a tendency to rip you off in view of the fact that they think they have you by the short a curly"s. A part for my auto windows went south the other day,genuine part $350,generic $115. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 789796 | 2009-07-10 04:27:00 | Friend's 2003 Volvo S80 - AFM and electronic throttle body crapped out at the same, car would randomly loose power, or sudden go full throttle. Was excellent fun to drive. Genuine Volvo parts (manufactured by Bosch), over 5k. Same Bosch parts sourced through an independent auto sparky company - less than half that. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 789797 | 2009-07-10 04:38:00 | Friend's 2003 Volvo S80 - AFM and electronic throttle body crapped out at the same, car would randomly loose power, or sudden go full throttle. Was excellent fun to drive. Genuine Volvo parts (manufactured by Bosch), over 5k. Same Bosch parts sourced through an independent auto sparky company - less than half that. He should have bought Japanese. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 789798 | 2009-07-10 04:49:00 | He should have bought Japanese. Everything is clearer in hindsight. Next car should be a Lexus, that shouldn't break. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 789799 | 2009-07-10 10:19:00 | Back in the bad old days, all Oil, air and fuel filters in NZ were made either by Wix (now the Ryco plant) or Fram(no longer manufacturing in NZ) - they were re-badged as Toyota, Nissan , Honda etc etc and sold as OEM. The quality was quite acceptable to the major manufacturers. Today if you buy Repco or Super Cheap, then it is most probably Ryco,and is an acceptable product. Just be careful of real cheap Asian imports. If you can find them and want a premium Filter buy American Fleetguard - excellent filters - Fleetguard is a division of Cummins Diesel - I was largely instrumental in establishing this brand in the NZ market in the late eighties. If you care for your car, use a quality oil and change it and the filter on schedule. If you run a diesel powered car, I would strongly recommend fitting a Fleetguard Super Filter in the fuel line - they are superb at extracting any water from the fuel, which will measurably lengthen the life of injectors. The same applies for marine diesels that are not custom fitted with a water separator fuel filter. |
KenESmith (6287) | ||
| 789800 | 2009-07-10 10:53:00 | I wasn't particularly impressed by the oil filters made at the GM plant in Petone, mainly because only a token attempt was made for cleanliness. On the other hand car oil filter media is only a very nominal 30 micron, which means that particles up to and bigger than typical oil film thicknesses are going through the engine anyway, so I suppose the GM ones were ok. In the real olden days cars and motor bikes mostly didn't have filters, only coarse strainers to strain out the nuts and bolts :thumbs: |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 789801 | 2009-07-10 12:25:00 | I buy my parts from sta parts nz (www.staparts.co.nz/), - very cheap. But my car is also cheap - not too concerned, as I and family members do all our own repairs (son are mechanics). But I check/research/compare the imported brand names online, and any spec sheets. Brought diesel glow plugs for $3-6 each (often around $20-30). Filters/Oils about %20 to %30 cheaper. Never had problems with their cheaper parts.... | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 789802 | 2009-07-10 20:57:00 | Today if you buy Repco or Super Cheap, then it is most probably Ryco,and is an acceptable product. Super Cheap seem to be pushing Fram. Whenever oil filter obsessives gather in forums Fram seems to get "bottom of the heap". |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 789803 | 2009-07-11 04:42:00 | Fram has a bad name in the US too. WIX is the sterling filter and what most racers and off-roaders use. Purolator has always been questionable and AC-Delco has it's ups and downs - but none of them are banned by any manufacturer and as such will stand in good stead for warranty considerations. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
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