Stoked- got me a sweet little 521

[thisismatt]

I like the Motorcraft FL-1A. Same filter I use on my 7.5 liter 😂

[Crashtd420]

11 hours ago, 530-521 said:

 

Is it as straightforward as it looks? Drop the crossmember, drop the pan, clean it up, new gasket, bam?

 

 

John

You have to remove the steering cross rod too.... you can leave the tie rods in place, and just unscrew the center..... measure tierod to tierod for reinstalling then your alignment wont get messed up....

[vicdat]

Just never use Fram orange oil filters.......(you know why!)

 

Vicdat

[530-521]

38 minutes ago, vicdat said:

Just never use Fram orange oil filters.......(you know why!)

 

Vicdat

Ok- but I honestly don’t know why. Are they inferior?

[banzai510(hainz)]

A Walmart Filter is better than a Fram

 

[DanielC]

An oil filter has to do two things basically.  Flow oil with as little restriction as possible, and stop any grit, metal particles or dirt in the oil.

How do you stop the grit, metal, dirt, and other crud at the filter?  You force the oil through a fine strainer, that has holes small enough to catch the stuff you do not want going to your engine's bearings.  But the small holes reduce the oil flow, so you have to put a larger strainer, or more filter media in each oil filter.  More filter media, more flow, and more area to actually catch crud without plugging up.

There are videos of people who have cut open different brands of oil filters on the internet.  Fram is a brand that is NOT known as having the most filter media inside the filter.

 

Car companies actually do test oil filters on newly developed engines.  Almost all car companies have their own brand of oil filters for their own engines.   Car companies use their own brand of oil filters at their dealers.  Nissan uses Nissan oil filters.  GM uses AC-Delco oil filters.  Ford Uses Motorcraft oil filters.  Toyota uses Toyota oil filters. 

 

Why do car dealers, and companies use their own oil filter?

Because if a defect in an oil filter causes an engine failure in a new car,  and you had your new car serviced at the dealer, the car company is out several thousands of dollars to replace the engine.   It makes sense to make sure the oil filter is absolutely good enough quality not to have the oil filter go bad.  It is really poor economy to try to increase profit of a few cents on each oil filter, and have to occasionally replace an engine for a car company..

 

Lets say company Orange is in the business of selling oil filters, but company Orange does not actually make cars.  Orange has to make a profit on each oil filter.  So, company Orange is trying to reduce the cost of each oil filter it makes by reducing the amount of filter media in each oil filter.  They may not spend as much on quality control.  They may try to make fewer types of oil filters. and say this oil filter is "good enough" to fit several different engines.   Company orange is not trying to make the best oil filter,  they are trying to make a profit on poorer quality oil filters.

[thisismatt]

And generally they have poor anti-drainback valves

[datzenmike]

On 6/19/2019 at 4:08 PM, 530-521 said:

 

Also, what filter do you guys like to run? Oil? Anything 10w 40?

 

 

 

 

Go online and look up the ZDDP controversy. Oil used to contain over 1,000 PPM of a zinc anti scuff additive in it to protect cam and lifter wear. Newer cars are mostly over head cam or roller rocker cams and the zinc is not needed in the same amount, plus it's not good for today's catalytic converters. So the level has been slowly dropping in the last few decades to about half what it was. Now the oil companies say that today'd oils are completely reverse compatible with our 'flat tappet' engines but I don't buy this and I'm not risking my cam and rockers. The sensible thing to do is find an oil with the required level of ZDDP in it. Well, there are several out there but diesel oils are still exempt from this trend and universally available. I use Shell Rotella T4 15w40 although 10w30 is also available. It has the same high ZDDP level that protects our Datsun engines. Research this and decide for yourself. It basically comes down to just reaching for a different jug of oil come change time.

 

I have a cam with some unexplained wear on it. Maybe from running today's oils???

 

 

Always change the filter with the oil and NEVER use fram.

[DanielC]

I run Valvoline VR-1 30 weight in my Datsun engines.

I used a Nissan oil filter last oil change.

 

The Nissan part number of the oil filter is A5208-43G0A-01

 

Edited June 21, 2019 by DanielC
adding part number

[vicdat]

Wix and NAPA oil filters are constructed much better: more filter media, better valve and less internal RUST of the actual components.