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Thanks, but I don't see any "XP" Wix filter when I put in the other Wix part number. EDIT: I looked back at what filter I used prior to the WIX, and it was the PF48, so when I cross referenced that filter, the WIX 57060 XP pulls up as compatible. That is what I'll use in conjunction with Joe Gibbs LS30 when I do my oil change in the spring.
Last edited by Rise of the Phoenix; 01-29-2015 at 09:25 AM.
I'm looking for a filter i can find locally like the Napa gold,Plat or Wix xp so i dont have to rely on ordering fleetguards and finding them. Does Napa make a long Plat. filter and how much different is it from the Wix XP and Gold's i know Wix makes them all?
The NAPA Gold is a decent filter but not a (higher end) synthetic media filter.
What vehicle do you have?
The NAPA platinum is or should be identical to the Wix XP filters, Wix makes ALL NAPA filters now.
It's my experience that no NAPA store stocks the platinum filter. You can order it and I'd imagine it's one day's wait.
Other than online, I've yet to find anybody that stocks the Wix XP filters.
The general buying consumer pays more for premium gas at the pump when it makes no difference to their vehicle yet will buy a four dollar filter before a six or seven dollar filter. Retail stores dedicate limited shelf space to what sells most, not what sell least.
I have a Buick GN conversion with a LSX 427 with twins and a custom oil pan with a stock filter adapter. I dont plan on putting any sort of cheap filter on this build that's why i'm here asking!
Use PF46 (AC Delco) as the cross reference filter in the link posted above. When you put that in, it will pull up all the compatible WIX filters. My WS6 has a different oil pan, and uses a PF48 filter, so my WIX part number is going to be different than yours. The correct WIX XP filter part number I need is 57060 XP.
Just wanted to thank Paul Bell for starting this thread. It has provided us w/ some good alternative filter options. Also, great to see a filters' internal design.
As to the auto parts store clerk comments; come one guys, these are just hard working people making next to nothing. They usually have better than average knowledge, that's it. Kinda silly to expect anything more. The people that we'd like to find working in these stores are using their skills @ much higher paying jobs.
Working in the heavy duty industry, we only stock Fleetguard filters. I'd check the micron rating for it, but the site is down (has been all night, made work tonight kinda rough). But knowing what their other filters are rated at for micron level I'm guessing its similar and rated at 25 microns.
The other thing to consider as well, the larger filters, like the fleetguard, offer a longer required change interval for the filter itself. Basically the amount of oil it can filter before it starts loosing it's efficiency rating.
tbot, I would imagine the larger industrial Fleetguard filters are the proper filter but if this is how they're now making the LF16104 that fits out LS engines, I can no longer recommend it's use.
Here's a comparison of what it SHOULD be to what they're now shipping:
01-29-2015, 08:08 AM
