Thread: OIL FILTERS

Z9 ford/toyota both from memory!

Cheers, Mick.

Originally Posted by DiscoKym

Interesting read from America. Ryco might not be too bad???? Pity there are on OEM filter for the Land Rover, anyone got the internal information to compare?

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Ryco

Z9

This filter makes the most effective use of its inside space of any filter I have seen to date. The case length is one of the longest as well, which might be a clearance concern for some. It has the longest cartridge as well as the longest filter element out of all the filters. This gives it by far the largest surface area of any filter on this page: 490 sqin. The bypass valve is a spring-loaded steel valve located at the back of the cartridge. The cartridge is held in place using a stiff coil spring.

Unfortunately, these filters are made in Australia and are hard to come by in the US. I received this filter back in 1999 from a fellow enthusiast down under and I really wish I had torn it apart earlier. I'd like to see a 2008 version if anyone can give me a lead on one.

I suspect Ryco hasn't made a filter in Australia for many years. All the ones I see now are made in China, marked in fine print on the bottom of the box. I've got some old stock Ryco filters from South Africa, NZ had a Ryco plant too, IMO.

Originally Posted by DiscoKym

Interesting read from America. Ryco might not be too bad???? Pity there are on OEM filter for the Land Rover, anyone got the internal information to compare?

Oil Filters Revealed - MiniMopar Resources

Ryco

Z9

This filter makes the most effective use of its inside space of any filter I have seen to date. The case length is one of the longest as well, which might be a clearance concern for some. It has the longest cartridge as well as the longest filter element out of all the filters. This gives it by far the largest surface area of any filter on this page: 490 sqin. The bypass valve is a spring-loaded steel valve located at the back of the cartridge. The cartridge is held in place using a stiff coil spring.

Unfortunately, these filters are made in Australia and are hard to come by in the US. I received this filter back in 1999 from a fellow enthusiast down under and I really wish I had torn it apart earlier. I'd like to see a 2008 version if anyone can give me a lead on one.

Cutting a new filter open doesn't tell you anything about filter media properties or performance.

As Rick130 has posted previously, the Z9 has relatively poor particle capture efficiency...

Why use and pay more for ryco when OEM are cheaper from Karcraft?

as a comparison--
$36 for a 2 micron fleetguard to suit the V8
from a local truck place--

or $4 from supercheap for a z9 looka like

I was comparing td5 filters and also I would never leave a filter on for 60,000km they are well clogged up after 5000 the bypass would be shut with no filtering by 10 to 20,000 I recon. Filters are cheap engines are not

I use Mahle filters for the oil/centrifical filters, Mann for the air filter [ all made in Germany], Coopers Fiamme for the fuel filter, [ made in the EU], purely because I wont compromise on quality for these important parts of the system. Bob

In all my checking around here in Cairns, filters from the Land Rover Stealership are the cheapest and always availble.

Hay Ewe