Joe Gibbs Oil---cloggs a standard filter ???

[Mr. Clutch]

What kind of filter is the K&N Filter? Will they clog?

[Ed Wright]

I've used it on and off for a few years. I've never seen a filter (I use NAPA, been told they are made by Wix) stop up. Just don't like the stuff that settles out in the pan. Have lost some coating off my piston skirts using the zero weight. The BR30 has caused no coating problems for me.

[Rusty Davenport]

Originally Posted by 69cobra

but the system 1 filters don't have this problem?

that is correct.

[Marine One]

Allot of things can cause a filter to plug. On well used and abused oil, it is the obvious things like carbon. Sometimes good oil can react poorly with fuels in the combustion process to form molecular chains that kill the TBN value, which causes carbon and soot to quickly build up.

I did not see if you listed the grade of oil, but analysis labs over the past few years have discovered an issue with the bases used to formulate any brand of zero weight (0W20, 0W30, etc). The first time a zero weight is ran, waxes start to shear and collect in the filters. The colder the climate or the better the filter, the greater the chances of seeing a plugged filter.

The good news, it only happens once; the very first time the zero weight oil is ran with the kinds of heat and pressure found in an engine. That means you can keep the clean oil and just do a one time replacement of the filter after running it for a few hours. This has only been noted in zero weight oils, nothing else. If you are not operating in northern Canada during December, you probably should stay away from the zero weight oils anyway.

[FED 387]

WARNING !!!!!!-----When it comes to OEM stock type filters there are only a few manufacturers that "make them for everybody" --Baldwin--Champion--Wix--Honeywell--Purolater come to mind and they make almost every filter out there----Motorcraft/AC- Delco/Hastings/ Mobil -1/K&N/FRAM u name it check into it do a little research there are ONLY 4,5 maybe 6 companies making all the oil filters!!!! I don't care what you've heard BUT believe it no matter what they tell you---Also some forms/brands/types of assembly lube do not dissolve at all or dissolve minimally in oil when the engine is STARTED FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME!!!! Some do many do not!!!! Beware!!!!

[Rusty Davenport]

Originally Posted by marine one

allot of things can cause a filter to plug. On well used and abused oil, it is the obvious things like carbon. Sometimes good oil can react poorly with fuels in the combustion process to form molecular chains that kill the tbn value, which causes carbon and soot to quickly build up.

I did not see if you listed the grade of oil, but analysis labs over the past few years have discovered an issue with the bases used to formulate any brand of zero weight (0w20, 0w30, etc). The first time a zero weight is ran, waxes start to shear and collect in the filters. The colder the climate or the better the filter, the greater the chances of seeing a plugged filter.

The good news, it only happens once; the very first time the zero weight oil is ran with the kinds of heat and pressure found in an engine. That means you can keep the clean oil and just do a one time replacement of the filter after running it for a few hours. This has only been noted in zero weight oils, nothing else. If you are not operating in northern canada during december, you probably should stay away from the zero weight oils anyway.

you are correct----the malfunctions have been with the 0 weight oil------must be something to all of this