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A.W. (A_W_Disco)
| | Posted on Sunday, July 07, 2002 - 10:54 pm: | 
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Hi, was just wondering if anyone had any problems with either the 'FleetGuard' or 'Fram' oil filters for V8 Discos. And which is better? Thanks. |
dchismon
| | Posted on Monday, July 08, 2002 - 12:16 am: |
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I use the ones from valvoline, they are the same size that goes on the dodge. They work fine I have never had a problem.. |
warren
| | Posted on Monday, July 08, 2002 - 01:34 am: |
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Mobile One Filter with mobile one synthetic oil.
Expensive, but the way to go. |
Steve
| | Posted on Monday, July 08, 2002 - 02:16 am: |
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After reading a report about the effectiveness of filters, I switched from fram to AC filters. Of the several brands tested, AC was the best that I had available locally. |
A.W. (A_W_Disco)
| | Posted on Monday, July 08, 2002 - 07:03 am: |
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Thanks all for your contribution. Unfortunately the only brands easily available for me locally are Fram and Fleetguard (I'm overseas). The Fleetguard brand is 4 times more expensive than the Fram here, so I wanted to make sure that it's OK to use the Fram filters and that they won't damage the Disco engine, thanks again. |
gp (Garrett)
| | Posted on Monday, July 08, 2002 - 08:25 am: |
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never heard a good thing about Fram filters. never used 'em, so i could not say.
check this out. interesting.
http://www.frankhunt.com/FRANK/corvette/articles/oilfilterstudy/oilfilterstudy.html#w51515 |
A.W. (A_W_Disco)
| | Posted on Monday, July 08, 2002 - 10:05 am: |
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Thanks gp, that was very insightful. I think I will avoid the Fram filters after reading that article. |
brian kluge
| | Posted on Monday, July 08, 2002 - 10:22 am: |
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FWIW - I've only used Fram filters with a '95 Disco that now has over 170K miles and is still spinning like a top. Although I've only used the DG16 (or the TG16 if I was feeling wealthy that day). I didn't use the standard orange one.
I think it's far more important to concentrate on changing the oil religiously every 3K miles or less.
Bri |
Moe (Moe)
| | Posted on Monday, July 08, 2002 - 10:54 am: |
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I agree with Brian, changing the oil and filter regularly is more important than what type you use. For the last 45k miles, mosf of my filters have been from Fram. |
A.W. (A_W_Disco)
| | Posted on Monday, July 08, 2002 - 11:52 am: |
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Thanks for the input guys, you're probably right, changing the oil and filter every 3k miles is more important than the brands. |
Mike B.
| | Posted on Monday, July 08, 2002 - 09:38 pm: |
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There is a valve in the oil filter that is sort of a back-flow preventer. It helps keep pressure in the system when the engine is off. A cheap oil filter will not hold the pressure (or prime) as well as it should. From my experience, the Land Rovers are more sensative to a weak check valve than other engines that I've owned.
Thanks,
Mike B. |
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