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Old 03-18-2008, 04:43 PM
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Question Wix Oil Filters......
Anyone know if WIX Oil Filters are any good....NAPA sells them and said they are in the top 3-4 filters around......
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Wix filters are good. They are also the manufacturer of the NAPA Gold filters.
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Wix filters are good. They are also the manufacturer of the NAPA Gold filters.
Yeah..they have been around for awhile...[WIX]...thanks..think I will get one next time..have been using A/C DELCO...
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DUDES read this! you will be shocked!!! http://people.msoe.edu/~yoderw/oilfi...ilfilters.html

and yes I did have a Fram filter fail on me in a 99 4.3L.(blazer 4wd)
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DUDES read this! you will be shocked!!! http://people.msoe.edu/~yoderw/oilfi...ilfilters.html

and yes I did have a Fram filter fail on me in a 99 4.3L.(blazer 4wd)
Excellent site....
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Originally Posted by mikenews
DUDES read this! you will be shocked!!! http://people.msoe.edu/~yoderw/oilfi...ilfilters.html

and yes I did have a Fram filter fail on me in a 99 4.3L.(blazer 4wd)


Yah, alot of us know about the sh!tty Fram filters. I read a lot about oil & filters on the "Bob is the oil guy" web site. There is great information there as well.
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Wix is the best!

You will see very few big motor drag racers w/the Fram....have seen them destroy $20k motors from collapsing from the high flow pumps. Small price to pay for good insurance.
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i only use wix on mine. the only thing i dont like is the wix tranny filters, they use cork instead of rubber gaskets. also, the regular ac delco filters are worse than the regular frams.
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I run wix on all my cars. I switched from M1.
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Wix Racing 57007R here.
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+1 for Wix!
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i run mobile 1 filters and had good luck
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I used to run the K&N 2006 ... the Wix truck filter is cheaper and has tested out very well.
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Napa Gold (Wix) dumdumdum!
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wix, purolator or STP for street cars IMO
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Originally Posted by RevGTO
the Wix truck filter
Do you know the part # for that one?
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Wix IS high quality, have no worries!
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Originally Posted by Unstang
Do you know the part # for that one?
#51522 for the WIX or #1522 for the NAPA GOLD. I believe that both are the same, just a different sticker. I run the WIX with no problems
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i heard that wix is the way to go on a fresh motor for sure......i ahve always used mobil one though....
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I run the K&N oil filter, I heard it was good.. anyone know for sure? For the price, it better do some serious filtering!!!!
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