What filter is best?
LF3935 Standard
LF3894 Stratapore
LF3959 Cellulose

 

Stratapore.

 

DO you know what the differences are?

 

From the horse's mouth.

 

The Stratopore (LF 3894) is the best filter for your engine....

- Strength and durability
- Less compromise of efficiency and life due to multi-layering
- Organic contaminant tolerance
- Lower filter restriction

plus they dont VOID your engine warranty !!!!

 

moore i am happy with baldwin filters check them out @baldwinfilters.com and see their test of baldwin and fleetguard.

 

http://www.baldwinfilters.com/lit/form186e.pdf

To me it looks like all data is provided by Baldwin. There is NO mention anywhere (that I can find) of an independant testing lab involved in this testing. Im not saying a Baldwin is a bad filter - I just find it hard to believe studies and findings like this when all the data comes from the manufacturer. To be totally accurate, the experimentation should come from some impartial scientific source.

I never understand guys that are willing to risk damaging a 10k engine to save a dollar on an oil filter. I dont buy the "I cant find a Fleetguard" excuse either.....in my part of the world, they are much easier to find than Baldwin.

To each his own....good luck.

 

I don't even need to look for Stratapores, the UPS man brings mine to my door from Geno's.

 

Same here. They're easy to get, either physically, or delivered. I wouldn't use anything else.

 

Does Fleetguard make their own filters? I bought a Wix fuel filter once and it had the Stratapore logo on the plastic. Just curious.

 

What is the micron rating of the filters under discussion?
BIG MIKE

 

Wix definitely doesnt make Fleetguard filters. As far as I know Fleetguard is a business partner/division of Cummins and they actually make their own filters.

www.fleetguard.com

I just e-mailed Fleetguard....hopefully they will provide the micron ratings....Ill let ya know Mike....

 

The Baldwin literature doesn't indicate if they're comparing to the cellulose or stratapore filter (probably cellulose).

I put a Baldwin on my 2001 but noticed the oil holes in the top were smaller than the Stratapore so figured it at least would induce less resistance to oil flow than the Baldwin.

I'm confident the Stratapore is the best thing you can put on.

Here's an interesting PDF. Man I'd like to put Fleetguards Combo filter on that incorporates bypass and full-flow filtering into one filter! http://www.up.ac.za/academic/chemeng...Fleetguard.pdf

 

I use Baldwin filters for everything... Oil, Fuel and tranny... just because Cummins makes the fleetguard doesn't make it the "best" thing to use... Of course they would say it's all you should use... it boost's their sales... I'm sure there are plenty of others that are suitable and/or better....

 

I just like the fact that fleetguard is a cummins filter, so there would be no questions if warranty work had to be done. One less thing to worry about.