# Oil Filter selection **URL:** \ **Category:** Canada Nissan Automotive\ **Created:** [November 21, 2005, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-filter-selection/140669 "2005-11-21T09:01:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Golks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Golks](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Golks)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-filter-selection/140669/21 "2005-11-23T15:43:12Z")
> [@\-the.k.w.c-](#): > > no man im sure the kid at part sourse said 65.00 i was right there i was going to buy one then i said fuck that i want a sandwich so i went and got a sandwich … true story i think that kid was smoking crack before his shift. 🙂 Either that or he thinks K&N is the sweeeetest performance brand to ever show up and therefore demands the same premium as overnighted parts from Japan. Here is a link to an american online store. Price for KA filter - $8.88 [http://www.partsandaccessories.com/accessory/basket.php?makeid=19&modelid=197&year=1995&partid=435&brandid=399&skipped\_brand=true](http://www.partsandaccessories.com/accessory/basket.php?makeid=19&modelid=197&year=1995&partid=435&brandid=399&skipped_brand=true) ---
**Author:** ![imported\_silvia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@imported\_silvia](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_silvia)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 10:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-filter-selection/140669/22 "2005-11-23T22:34:03Z")
Here is a good link with some great info and a forum you can browse without signing up, all about OIL!! Accually it has many sections but a large part of it concentrates on oil, additives, filters and stuff like that…worth checking out! > **[A Review of Mineral and Synthetic Base Oils - Bob is the Oil Guy](https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/)** > > By MolaKule Introduction: Conventional lubricants are formulated based on mineral oils derived from petroleum. Mineral oils contain many classes of chemical components including aromatics, paraffins, naphthenes, sulfur and nitrogen species, etc, and... ---
**Author:** ![the.k.w.c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@the.k.w.c](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/the.k.w.c)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-filter-selection/140669/23 "2005-11-24T14:56:14Z")
ya man that is the same k$n filter im going to go kick that shits fucking ass now i have to wait 4000km to ge a k&n ---
**Author:** ![RS13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@RS13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RS13)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-filter-selection/140669/24 "2005-11-24T15:56:44Z")
Umm i would NEVER use a K&N filter on my car. They are good at increasing oil pressure due to increased flow but all of this comes at the expense of filtering. Somewhere on bobistheoilguy there is a result of a K&N oil filter and the crud that was still in the oil. OEM all the way. ---
**Author:** ![imported\_silvia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@imported\_silvia](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_silvia)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-filter-selection/140669/25 "2005-11-24T16:10:30Z")
Don’t you mean K&N oil filters reduce oil pressure becuase they flow more? Anyway, there is a area in between good flow and high filtration within oilfilter selection. You want it to flow like stock, but you don’t want reduced filtering because of it. The puralator is on the other end of this scale, it filters so well that it increases the oil pressure and reduces the flow. So you have to make sure whatever one you choose, doesn’t go to far away from the OEM setup as that is what your system is designed to handle. Just like a K&N air filter. Most people agree it filters small particles less effectively but flows more. therefore we take the gamble that the small particles it lets through are small enough that they won’t do any damage! I would never pay the increased price for a K&N oil filter just to get something that does a bad job of what it is desgined to do i.e…filter my oil! The only real reason I get a K&N air intake is because I can wash it out and re-use it, and maybe in the hopes that the slight horsepower improvements will be worth it! [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-filter-selection/140669.md?page=1)