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| Just a follow up after doing some digging around to try to find an after-market filter for this engine.....
Went to three places without finding a filter that would fit my engine. All big national chain auto parts type places. They had to do alot of cross referencing of the original 5GH-...... number, as none of them had any of the filters in stock on the above list, nor could they cross it with any brand they carried.
Wound up ordering the WIX 5138 or whatever it was. Should be in by Friday. HUGE variance in prices. The WIX was under $4. Some of the others on the list above were in the $17 range.
Asked the guy at one of the places about Fram, as I'd heard on this thread and other places that they ain't the best quality filter you can buy. Was all set to buy one because I'd made up my mind I didn't care, until.......he tells me that some 'clip' inside Fram filters is prone to failing. Evidently Fram has just been slapped with a lawsuit within the last few months. Something about these internal 'clips' opening up and just letting oil flow freely through the filter w/o passing through any of the screens. Which is bad for a couple of reasons.
Needless to say, I declined when he asked if he should go get the 6017a he had on the shelf in the back.
Thought I'd pass this along for any other cheap bastards like me who might be looking to stage a similar one-man protest. You can have a pretty decent non-Yamaha filter for pennies more than a Fram. | |
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