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KN not listed here but plenty of others are. Check for compatibility? http://motorcycleinfo.calsci.com/FilterXRef.html
I get my filters here: http://www.euromotoelectrics.com/Air-Fuel-and-Oil-Filters-for-BMW-Ducati-and-Moto-Guzzi-s/6.htm
Quality Bosch and Mann products starting at $6.95 for single qty and cheaper if you buy several. Beemerboneyard has good deals also.
I will be following this up oil change is due. Thanks very much! I believe we are neighbors too, 45 min from downtown Vancouver?
Steve
If you read this article, Oil Filter Review and Tests, and believe it, you'd steer away from Fram and select Mobil1, Purolator or Bosch.
If you read this article, Oil Filter Review and Tests, and believe it, you'd steer away from Fram and select Mobil1, Purolator or Bosch.
http://www.turnermotorsport.com/p-1177-oem-mahle-filter-oc91-for-bmw-motorcycles.aspx
OE Mahle OC91 for my 1150....
And guess what, don't they look 100% identical to the BMW oil filter?
And sure enough, BMW 11 42 1 460 485 cross references to OC91 on page 723 of the Mahle filter catalog.
Just curious, but does the OC91 have an anti-drainback bladder?
Same for the two oil filters on my Porsche. Both Mahle (OC213 and OC 229) minus the Porsche silk screening on the casing.
I have to say, as far as construction details, Mahle makes great oil filters. I can't comment on their filtration qualities, but I might assume they are up there as well.
I have to ask, why is a anti drainback bladder required? I call it a valve.
The filter stays full because of its position.
David
I have to ask, why is a anti drainback bladder required? I call it a valve.
The filter stays full because of its position.
David
Then some rocket scientist(in one of these filter/oil threads) says that changes the system pressure.
Back when I rode a 79 XS750SF Yamaha triple, and was active in the y-triples forum community, a dude had catastrophic engine destruction when the internals of an (I believe it was orange) oil filter collapsed.
After much growling and wringing of hands, the company which manufactured said oil filter paid for the rebuild of this "dude"s engine.
What all was ingested to cause this oil starvation failure?...filter material and cardboard bits.
I don't remember all of the technical details due to the fact that this was a decade and a half ago, but I was imprinted on the fact that quality of construction is perhaps as important as filtration abilities.
I am not intending to besmirch any corporation that manufactures lubricant filtration devices, but this is the one and only example of filter failure of which I am aware.
Additionally, I will only run Mahle filters in my '71 911 just because I don't want to anger the Teutonic gods...