Oil filter from Ford dealer or eBay - cheapest?
 

On eBay cheapest is £6.25 delivered - am I better going to Fords?

Matt lewis.

Who where?

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Matt-Lewis-Racing :top:

I get mine from Ford, think it was about £3 for my last one, i did get a bit of discount though :)

Oh fuck I give up on that eBay store, can't find the oil filters :(

Anyway, is it the tall filter or the short one on a 4x4 Cossie or can it take either?

tall one :)

Just phone him m8. :D

MATT LEWIS 01922 692424.
tabetha

Now I've been told that the short filter is for the 4x4!

Long one is for 4x4 .

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!! :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall:

Ok, so it's DEFINITELY the long one for my 1991 H plate 4x4 Sapphire Cos then???

Champion C102 was the long one I bought originally, was told today that no I needed the short one, so I exchanged it for a short one...

You need the long one for a 4x4 because it doesn't have the oil cooler thingymajob the 2wd cossie has, which prevents a long one being used on the 2wd.

as above long one!and just go to fords i do cheaper then u think :top: and get a new sump plug/washer as well :clap:

Put sealant on the sump plug threads and it stops all the drips too.
tabetha

mine runs no prob with the short one,i get mine from ford at about 3 quid,but again i get them 4 at a time and i get discount anyway.

either long or short will be fine.it is on mine anyway :top:

If you had cut open a BRAND NEW EFL 298(cos 2wd) filter as I did, you might think twice about using them, I certainly will try to find a decent alternative from now on!!
tabetha

Why is that?

Very small filter media area, and rust inside the brand new filter.
This filter had sat in my garage for a couple of weeks, in a SEALED UP FOOD BAG(freezer bag), as I put things in these to stop dust/grit etc getting to them, so had never got wet.
tabetha

So I'm dying to know, why did you cut the filter open?

Just to see what they were like internally, not sure I wanted to know as used to have faith in OE filters, not Ford ones anymore I don't!!
The one I cut open had been POSSIBLY contaminated, with iron filings, as had a bit of a mishap making some thermite!!
tabetha