# Unicorn oil filter...
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unicorn-oil-filter/259142
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [June 28, 2011, 9:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unicorn-oil-filter/259142 "2011-06-28T09:39:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unicorn-oil-filter/259142/21 "2011-06-28T18:49:29Z")
> [@Hang Your Cross"](#):
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> well yeah. if i get normal non-synthetic oil, i get purolator pure one filter deals.
Wix and Pure ones are the best bang for your buck filters.
If you just want the cheapest good filter go with Promotive - it’s identical to regular purelator just without “graphics” in a plain box, usually sold to commercial accounts. I think it’s around $2.
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### Author:  [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unicorn-oil-filter/259142/22 "2011-06-28T18:50:41Z")
> [@Taking off Plastic Security Tags from Clothes?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-off-plastic-security-tags-from-clothes/43428/15):
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> so you want people to buy decent oil, but skip out on a decent filter for pure garage? :dunno
Huh? I use Napa Gold but pretty much anything but Fram is a “good filter”.
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### Author:  [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unicorn-oil-filter/259142/23 "2011-06-29T04:56:53Z")
who makes the motorcraft filters?
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### Author:  [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unicorn-oil-filter/259142/24 "2011-06-29T05:01:14Z")
> [@Who all is moving?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-all-is-moving/43364/104):
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> who makes the motorcraft filters?
Honeywell
[http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oilfilters/index.html](http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oilfilters/index.html)
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### Author:  [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2011, 5:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unicorn-oil-filter/259142/25 "2011-06-29T05:02:13Z")
is that good?
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### Author:  [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2011, 5:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unicorn-oil-filter/259142/26 "2011-06-29T05:05:05Z")
> [@FS:2000 Hyundai Sonata 3k!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-2000-hyundai-sonata-3k/40911/23):
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> is that good?
Scratch that, got the lines mixed up, Purelator makes motorcraft, so it’s fine.
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### Author:  [@dsblk93gt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dsblk93gt)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2011, 5:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unicorn-oil-filter/259142/27 "2011-06-29T05:09:56Z")
> [@Are you looking for a Corporate Job?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-looking-for-a-corporate-job/42697/50):
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> there is now reason to use that exp of a filter as it does nothing better than a wix " the best " i.m.o or a delco or a purolator
I thought AC Delco had someone else building there filters now and they were not as good? I may be wrong. As long as it is not the cheapo Fram I don’t think. I run Motorcraft/K&N/Purolator but Mann in my BMW.
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### Author:  [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2011, 5:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unicorn-oil-filter/259142/28 "2011-06-29T05:25:16Z")
> [@OFFICIAL: 2008 ELECTION THREAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-election-thread/41192/323):
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> I thought AC Delco had someone else building there filters now and they were not as good? I may be wrong. As long as it is not the cheapo Fram I don’t think. I run Motorcraft/K&N/Purolator but Mann in my BMW.
According to the link above AC Delco is made by Champion Labs in the last decade, same company as KN&N and Mobil 1 (KN and Mobil1 are identical except for the nut IIRC).
Napa and Wix are identical as well.
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### Author:  [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2011, 6:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unicorn-oil-filter/259142/29 "2011-06-29T06:11:16Z")
> [@The American Way v.$54M lawsuit against BestBuy](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-american-way-v-54m-lawsuit-against-bestbuy/43443/18):
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> According to the link above AC Delco is made by Champion Labs in the last decade, same company as KN&N and Mobil 1 (KN and Mobil1 are identical except for the nut IIRC).
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> Napa and Wix are identical as well.
I haven’t researched oil filters in awhile, but I think the ‘lower’ line Napa’s are made my Champion.
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### Author:  [@HANSTECH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HANSTECH)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2011, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unicorn-oil-filter/259142/30 "2011-06-29T06:17:33Z")
your suppose to filter your oil??? hmmm thats news to me…
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### Author:  [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2011, 6:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unicorn-oil-filter/259142/31 "2011-06-29T06:28:10Z")
For filters, I used either Napa Gold, PureOne, or Mobil 1 (if on sale) for the Subaru.
For the BMW, I use either OEM (Mann) or Mahle filters. They’re cartridge type though, not that spin on bull shit.
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### Author:  [@usmc2801](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/usmc2801)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2011, 6:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unicorn-oil-filter/259142/32 "2011-06-29T06:37:02Z")
I use Purolator Gold in my car (usually b/c Advance does package deals with them) and OEM in the bike.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I’ve heard Wix actually makes the Supertech filters sold at Walmart. I have used those before also.
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### Author:  [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2011, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unicorn-oil-filter/259142/33 "2011-06-29T06:39:59Z")
> [@Willybeen I'm sorry about h-date...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/willybeen-im-sorry-about-h-date/43440/21):
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> I use Purolator Gold in my car (usually b/c Advance does package deals with them) and OEM in the bike.
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> Correct me if I’m wrong but I’ve heard Wix actually makes the Supertech filters sold at Walmart. I have used those before also.
Walmart filters are made by Champion Labs. Good filter.
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### Author:  [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2011, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unicorn-oil-filter/259142/34 "2011-06-29T07:22:50Z")
From what I remember reading most OEM filters are inferior to any half decent after market filter.
OEM won’t bother to try to compete with the claims or %'s of filtration of companies that specialize in that, especially as most people will buy OEM without double guessing so they just meet the bare minimum standard of low 90’s% filtration.
Just like most OEM bike oils aren’t superior (Yamaha lube, Honda oil, etc) as they don’t make it and outsource it to a basic 3rd party and label.
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### Author:  [@20wrx09](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/20wrx09)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2011, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unicorn-oil-filter/259142/35 "2011-06-29T07:43:17Z")
isnt there something to do with the bypass pressure of the spring inside the filter itself?
im sticking with the toyo ryoki filter from the mazda rx8 (has the proper spring pressure and has a little more capacity), but i have used the oem blue filter made by honeywell. aftermarket filters have different bypass pressures than oem filters.
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### Author:  [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2011, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unicorn-oil-filter/259142/36 "2011-06-29T08:09:39Z")
> [@Intro..........](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/intro/43069/12):
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> isnt there something to do with the bypass pressure of the spring inside the filter itself?
> im sticking with the toyo ryoki filter from the mazda rx8 (has the proper spring pressure and has a little more capacity), but i have used the oem blue filter made by honeywell. aftermarket filters have different bypass pressures than oem filters.
If you want your head to explode
> **[Mistake to use filter w/ lower bypass than OEM?](https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/mistake-to-use-filter-w-lower-bypass-than-oem.103377/#post-1398278)**
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> I have a new Subaru, which puts me in a slight predicament oil filter wise because Subaru dropped their OE oil filter supplier Tokyo Roki, which made a high quality filter, and gave the work to Honeywell Canada, which of course makes FRAM. The new...
**Mistake to use filter w/ lower bypass than OEM?**
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### Author:  [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2011, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unicorn-oil-filter/259142/37 "2011-06-29T11:07:52Z")
K&N/Mobile 1 etc are basicly the same iirc
Not only that they actually don’t filter worth shit. They are performance because they allow more flow, but their actually filtration in microns is much shittier then say a Purolator
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### Author:  [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2011, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unicorn-oil-filter/259142/38 "2011-06-29T11:09:59Z")
> [@s13 coupe ka-et](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s13-coupe-ka-et/36185/32):
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> K&N/Mobile 1 etc are basicly the same iirc
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> Not only that they actually don’t filter worth shit. They are performance because they allow more flow, but their actually filtration in microns is much shittier then say a Purolator
Mid 90’s% filtration I believe.
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### Author:  [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2011, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unicorn-oil-filter/259142/39 "2011-06-29T11:14:54Z")
> [@Lets Make a Deal (the game show)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-make-a-deal-the-game-show/43444/11):
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> Mid 90’s% filtration I believe.
IDK what the percentage is, but one of those sites, might be the one you lsited the dude said that in microns that the K&N and Mobile 1’s fell short of ones such as purolator
thats all IIRC… im only 3 hours of sleep for the past 2 days so I might be wrong… but there was some exspensive filter that filtered about as good as a pair of fishnet stockings
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### Author:  [@Hang\_Your\_Cross](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hang_Your_Cross)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2011, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unicorn-oil-filter/259142/40 "2011-06-29T12:00:34Z")
Wal-Mart filters and Delco filters are garbage.
There are two types of filters made by Champion Labs. The eco ones which are shitty (walmart, delco and others) and the performance ones which are good (mobil 1 and k&n).
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