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Old 02-28-2013, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by jafir
This is pretty awesome. I'm going to have to cut open one of my Coopers filters when I remove it to see how it's constructed. I'm not sure how to tell the difference between nitrile and silicone though.
These Coopers? Oil Filters - CoopersFiaam
French oil filters. Excellent choice. The French know everything about clean:
 
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Old 03-01-2013, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by jafir
Yeah, when I google coopers, they think I'm looking for mini cooper instead of a brand of filters.... stupid google. ;-)
Try cooper + filter -car -mini
That will not return any page that has both "cooper" and "car" or "cooper" and "mini" on the same page but will return any page with both "cooper" and "filter" on the same page.
But you probably knew that.
 
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Link to another 10 Filters tested in 10 Videos

http://www.youtube.com/user/ckermit8/videos

The guy does not quite get all the details correct. He misses a few facts like,

1)Tthe fact that some of the ant-drain back valve materials are synthetic rather than just rubber as he states in regard to the Mobil 1 and Amsoil filters, I believe it was. Which is an upgrade noted in the Motrocraft filter design.

2) He also does not make any mention of the pressure relief/by-pass valve design which is one of the touted improvements in the Motorcraft design and filter review posted by the OP.

But a nice review of filters in any regard.
 

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Review of pressure release/by-pass valve systems in oil filters.

 
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Originally Posted by Rover_Hokie
Review of pressure release/by-pass valve systems in oil filters.
Interesting.
There's another one that answered the question I had, about the Baldwin design. Just jump to 6:50
 
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Old 03-03-2013, 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by antichrist
Try cooper + filter -car -mini
That will not return any page that has both "cooper" and "car" or "cooper" and "mini" on the same page but will return any page with both "cooper" and "filter" on the same page.
But you probably knew that.
I knew about the pluses and minuses but i wasn't as clever as you on how i used them. It had not occurred to me to use -mini... as obvious as it now seems. I still couldn't find what I was looking for as I don't think these are popular enough filter to be on youtube yet. Maybe I'll post one
 
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Old 03-03-2013, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by 04duxlr
These Coopers? Oil Filters - CoopersFiaam
French oil filters. Excellent choice. The French know everything about clean:
Lol. Yeah, that's them. I had hear rumors that the OEM Land Rover filters were made by them, and a LOT of the rover parts houses stock them, so I usually buy a couple when I order something.

One cool thing is that it seems that my ex-mod 90 with a 2.5NA uses the same filter as the rover v8 in my disco. Also there is some sort of reset for the air filter in that one that says coopers on it. I'm not sure how it works yet, its quite a bit different than my friends Dodge truck.
 
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Originally Posted by antichrist
Interesting.
There's another one that answered the question I had, about the Baldwin design. Just jump to 6:50
Fram, Baldwin, SuperTech and Microguard oil filter cut away! - YouTube
That guy prob spent his entire paycheck buying those oil filters.
 
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''That guy prob spent his entire paycheck buying those oil filters."
Yeah, but hey, he did it for you.
And as a hound dog owner, gotta love the Ninja
Beagle (or whatever) at the end.
 


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