Off brand oil filters

I don't have any experience with filters, but I have with other Chinese manufactured stuff. I've had tools break WAY too premature; I recently bought a watch for measuring oxygen absorption which is really poor quality; and on and on. Sure, it makes sense to buy potentially poor quality if there's not any consequences. I can buy 2-3 of anything at Harbor Freight for the price of one reputable brand name like Snap-On. So if one breaks, just get another. But I wouldn't mess with oil filters. I can envision inconsistent micron perforation, easily breathable, etc. I suppose the only way to maybe get an indication is from oil sampling regularly.

 

Easily breachable

 

I will tell you this, take it however you want. I had a Pete with a Cat. I was having breakdowns regularly. IAP sensors. Replacing the IAP sensor would cure it for a while. I carried a spare sensor in the truck. They aren't cheap. Cat told me it was my Baldwin filters. They sold me a case of Cat filters for the same price as the Wix filters and I never had the problem again. The Cat filters were a bit finer micron.

 

Have you seen the price of a in-frame kit?

 

Like everyone has mentioned, there are good ways to cut corners but that's not one of them in my opinion.

 

Not on a Cat. If you screw up a cylinder it has to come out and go to a machine shop.

 

Try Temu, you probably get 6 for $10 with free shipping and they throw in a pack of free Pokemon cards

 

It’s always best to stick with original oil filters on any engine. If you’re gonna use aftermarket use a brand from a supplier that you trust. Way too many copies and clones out there on the internet to risk a catastrophic failure. The old adage you get what you pay for…..

 

I remember a few years ago Baldwin filters had some media trouble I can’t remember exactly what it was. I’d stay with CAT.