Thread: Broken down, dumped the ATF

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

From what I read, the centrifugal filter will do twice the spin on distance, research what brands work as some dont spin ,,,,,

Talking to Ben from APT the other day, I happened to mention I used to source my filters from Paddocks spares from England, but the Aussie dollar has made that not so attractive. He said Ford had a centrifical filter that would fit, but the dimensions were not exact, which led to trouble down the track. His advice was use only the original LR cent. filter. However, he put me on to a company called Maxiparts [ used to be Qld Diesel] and a product called Sakura filters, for the oil & fuel filters.

oil filter C-7948
fuel filter FC-19070

Hello,

To carry on with the synthetic oil debate, here is how I understand it with recent information given to me.The chunked down version as I am not the absolute expert on oils.

Mineral based oils come from the ground(I know, derrr) and are adapted for what ever use that they need to be put to.

Synthetic oils are created in a lab soley for their intended purpose and therefore out perform mineral based oils on every level. They are 'next generation' and will always outperform any mineral based oil. They are better.

Blended oils of min/synth can perform with superiority in older motors(such as the TD5) as the new synthetic oils(for diesels) are more so designed to work with new diesel motors with diesel particulate filters fitted.

Cheers,

Jason