LN Spin-On Oil Filter Adapter

[stephen wilson]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

I prefer to think of them as trying to make cars “idiot resistant”, as for some reason, God seems to like to side with the idiots and makes it impossible to make things “idiot proof” as He (or She) always comes up with a bigger idiot………

Or as one of the old-timers at work says: You can make things fool proof, but not damn fool proof!

[Ghostrider 310]

Again, I suspected you would be a baby and you didn't disappoint! Hey did you see the end caps are not paper or did you not even read their response? Special polymer designed to seal and outperform normal plastic, see what you can learn when your mind isn't closed? But hay you run with NAPA know how, they know German! AND Mustang connecting rod specs, helofa basketball they printed too.

[Eric G]

Somehow this thread took a turn for the river awhile back and a lot of hurt feelings are being put forward on a silly little filter.

In the end, run what ever you want. If you like the LN spin on unit and being able to buy stock filters...go for it! If you are into using OEM or MAHLE filters like myself and others do...use them.

[2003S]

Originally Posted by Eric G

Somehow this thread took a turn for the river awhile back

Ya think?

FWIW, I've decided to not do the spin on adapter yet, I want to get a couple of changes under my belt, and inspecting the filter seems much easier (and I don't need to buy a $30 can opener!). But I'll probably give it a look later.

I'm not much of a wrencher, but I do want to do the oil changes myself for a while, just to be more aware of what's going on in my car...

[Eric G]

Originally Posted by 2003S

I'm not much of a wrencher, but I do want to do the oil changes myself for a while, just to be more aware of what's going on in my car...

When I got into Porsche's a good friend who has been a Porsche collector since the early 70's and whose collection is worth damn near a two + million dollars sitting in his garage told me, the German while not getting everything right did understand their cars and what they take to work. His advise has been, if you are going to enjoy the car and not try to abuse it you can go OEM and enjoy them for many years. If it has worked for him all these years I will trust his judgement.

[BYprodriver]

Originally Posted by Eric G

When I got into Porsche's a good friend who has been a Porsche collector since the early 70's and whose collection is worth damn near a two + million dollars sitting in his garage told me, the German while not getting everything right did understand their cars and what they take to work. His advise has been, if you are going to enjoy the car and not try to abuse it you can go OEM and enjoy them for many years. If it has worked for him all these years I will trust his judgement.

A lot has changed at Porsche besides how to cool engines!

[smlporsche]

I'm not sure if I really want to dive into this ...but:

For my '03S I was interested in the filtration capability of the Mahle and Mobil 1 / Napa Gold and if i remember correctly the Mahle filters down to about 30 microns and the Mobil 1 will filter particles down to about 8 microns. For me that was the clincher. I will never wait 2 years or 15K miles between oil changes so I doubt the filter will ever clog up. I change every 5K or yearly which ever comes first.
I also got the magnetic drain plug and have been pleasantly suprised to see minimal debris on it.

[Paul]

Part Number:

57211


Principal Application:

Porsche (97-12) Applications

Style:

Cartridge Lube Metal Free Filter

Service:
Lube

Type:
Full Flow

Media:
Paper

Nominal Micron Rating:

28