Thread: Cheap 5w-30 oil

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Sorry but that is an oxymoron IMHO.

If you want a good quality filter buy donaldson, fleetgard, or mann filter. AFAIK all of those companies manufacture to OEM quality or better.

Yeah!! I agree. I have discovered in the last 24 hours that Ryco filters are now made in China.

Originally Posted by Ausfree

Yeah!! I agree. I have discovered in the last 24 hours that Ryco filters are now made in China.

whadya mean NOW?

I thought the last aussie made ryco was around 25 years ago,,,

but I'm sure someone will know exactly,,,

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

whadya mean NOW?

I thought the last aussie made ryco was around 25 years ago,,,

but I'm sure someone will know exactly,,,

Actually it would be interesting to find out.

Originally Posted by Ausfree

Actually it would be interesting to find out.

Just had a look at their website. Despite a somewhat detailed history of the company, it avoids any mention of where filters have been made either now or in the past. Worth noting though that the company started out as an importer in the 1930s.

John

Originally Posted by GUD

GUD
announced in September 2004 that it would be ceasing
the manufacture of automotive filters in Australia in early
calendar 2005. GUD Automotive, the Group’s business
unit that supplies the market leading Ryco brand of oil,
air and fuel filters to automotive aftermarkets in Australia,
determined that to be able to compete in the future it
needed to have access to a much lower cost product.
Continuing to manufacture automotive filters in Australia
did not enable this business to generate the margins
required to ensure satisfactory future returns, hence the
decision was made to cease manufacturing and to
source products from quality-accredited offshore
suppliers

Ryco oil filters - warning - Page 3 - Ford Forums - Mustang Forum, Ford Trucks and Cars

So Ryco filters are (by the sound of it), no longer made by Ryco/GUD - instead they are rebranded filters from another company.

I find it interesting that MANN+HUMMEL (Mann Filter) still manufactures many of its filters in Germany (they also have plants in Brazil and India AFAIK). I am sure their costs would be much higher than Ryco's were in Australia, as many of the jobs required in filter manufacture must be done by hand. Donaldson and Fleetgard (Cummins Filtration) still have US plants as well.

which l/rover engines is this 5w30 destined to go into..?

Originally Posted by Lucus

which l/rover engines is this 5w30 destined to go into..?

I use Castrol Edge 25W-50 in the bike Magnatec 10W-40 in the car.

I've just changed the oil in the ute to Castrol edge 25W 50 in the ute after many years of running BP corse plus, seems to be a bit better at keeping the rattly cleveland tappets quiet. The Motorcraft oil filter I bought was made in Thailand.

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