Oil and stuff

["Clint and Laurie Carter" <laurielu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wasn't going to even get involved in this thread, as I believe it's mostly
personal preference, but when I saw the"orange with black letters" filter
mentioned in here, I had to speak up. I worked in an auto parts house for
many years, 18 to be exact, and through those years we sold a variety of
different filters, the worst OIL filters being the orange ones. I emphasize
OIL because the air filters seem to be fine.We cut apart several brands of
filters and they were the worst by far. The Baldwin filter was a nice wound
cotton, kind of looked like nice white kite string, the AC, WIX, Hastings
were also a nicely wound cotton. The orange one looked like a mouse nest (no
kidding) stuffed inside the can. These were all the cotton filters. They
didn't fare any better on the pleated paper filters either. All the other
brands has almost perfectly separated pleats, glued at the top and bottom of
the pleats, where as the Orange filters pleats were unevenly spaced, some
pleats even glues together and the tops and bottoms were not glued to form a
tight seal. This was a few years ago, and unless they have improved the
quality of their oil filters they would be a very last choice for me.
Clint Carter
'59 Crown
aka Laurie's Pink Lady
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel M Wing" <imp1983@xxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 3:35 AM
Subject: *: IML: Oil and stuff


> Hi,
>
> Here goes my ramblings:
>
> First, did anyone see the movie "Beautiful Girl" last
> week on ABC Family?
>
> My wife was watching it and I happened to catch a
> couple of minutes of it, and saw a beautiful white
> '67 or '68 Imperial in it.  All I saw was the back end
> and I couldn't tell the year.
>
> Second.  I use Quaker State synthetic oil with Fram
> filters.  10W30 or 10W40, depending on what Wal*Mart
> has in stock that day.  After reading that web page where
> the guy compared oil filters, I would prefer to use WIX
> filters, but can't find them around here.
>
> Synthetic oil clings better, and does not break down as
> fast, so I can be lazier about my oil changes.  (I know it's
> bad to be lazy about it.)  Also, in the winter, synthetic
> flows MUCH better when it's below 0 degrees F.  That's
> probably one of the biggest reasons I use it.  Nothing worse
> than your car not starting at 20 below, and having to call
> in to work . . .
>
> I used to use Amsoil for a while, but it's REALLY expensive,
> and I don't work for a high-paying aerospace firm anymore.
> (Nothing paying jobs left in my neck of the woods.)
>
> (BTW - It's only 9 below zero this morning.)
>
> Dan Wing
> Marcy, NY  USA
>
> imp1983@xxxxxxxx
>
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