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Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 8:31 pm 
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K&N oil filters are at autobarn moss street ..were on special.$19
normaly $25 check em out TILL_LIND ..not sure how many they have
left on sale but even at $25 well worth it.

just phoned them at autobarn moss street .oil filter.$19 on sale still...

K&N air fillter is $119 on sale down from $150+
they have 1 left untill new order comes in .

dave ..


Cheers for that, have to see how the cash is holding up with that filter, lol, or if they are even there by the time I get to Autobarn at around 1pm tomorrow.

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K&N oil filters are great, and any rechargeable air filter is good IMO... they usually have a 1,000,000km warranty...


When are you meant to replace oil filters anyway? Every how many k's? I guess that oil filter would mean I would not have to buy a new one for a while.

 

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Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 9:59 pm 
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change the oil filter whenever u change ur oil. so at least every 10 000 clicks

 

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Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 11:52 pm 
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change the oil filter whenever u change ur oil. so at least every 10 000 clicks


Thought that may be the case, cheers.

 

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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 7:16 am 
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id stick with the ryco ones aswell. unless there is something particularly special about the k and n ones, 25 bucks for an oil filter strikes me as a bit steep

 

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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 9:12 am 
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i'd just use the standard ryco/valvoline oil filters. it's too much hassle cleaning the k&n oil filters.

 

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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 3:44 pm 
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Well it went off with barely a hitch, thanks to all for your wise words.

Only problem was that tool to remove the oil filter was too small. So I had to drive down to Super Cheap in my mum's Barina to get a tool. Once I got there I remember I was wearing my Elton John Tour shirt that my uncle had given me (I use it for work around the house), hehe.

All in all, an interesting and satisfying procedure.

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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 3:59 pm 
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You don't really need a oil filter removal tool.. I've always done mine by hand, so long as no turkey wrenches it on tight when it was installed.

 

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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 4:08 pm 
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Good stuff till. Damn shame about that elton john shirt tho :)

"The new holden barina - perfect for going to buy parts for your falcon"

 

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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 4:18 pm 
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glad it went smooth for ya mate ...

did you get the K&N filters .?

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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 5:31 pm 
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You don't really need a oil filter removal tool.. I've always done mine by hand, so long as no turkey wrenches it on tight when it was installed.


Yeah mate I gave it a good try getting it off by hand by she seemed to be on there quite tight. Got one of those alternate tools one of you brought up, for tight places (coz dang it was tight, lol).

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Good stuff till. Damn shame about that elton john shirt tho :)

"The new holden barina - perfect for going to buy parts for your falcon"


Haha, thanks man. I was trying to cover the shirt but the front has a huge a** picture of the man himself, lol. Barina was fun for a change, manual, hehe.

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glad it went smooth for ya mate ...

did you get the K&N filters .?

dave ...


Thanking you. And yes got the K&N air filter with the spunky stickers, lol. Didn't get the K&N oil fiter, I can't see an oil filter really being a performance part. Guys at the Autobarn desk did try and get me to buy one though, but went with a Ryco one.

Question, is Motorcraft a Ford company? Because they had Motorcraft oil filters there and then below that there was Ford Motor Company of Australia... Victoria, etc.

 

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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 6:20 pm 
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yeh, motorcraft is fords part brand..

heres a useless piece of info.

bro asked for leads for his 4L explorer. motorcraft. ~300 smackers

 

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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 10:28 pm 
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good work mate. satisfying doing it urself eh? save urself a bit of moolah too

 

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Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 10:22 am 
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Mash85 wrote:
good work mate. satisfying doing it urself eh? save urself a bit of moolah too


Yeah it was. And it will save me money after the initial cost of the K&N air filter.

 

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Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 9:41 pm 
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Got one of those alternate tools one of you brought up, for tight places (coz dang it was tight, lol).


I bet you found that a hell of a lot easier. :wink:

Glad to hear you got it all worked out then. No more paying out rediculous servicing charges to a mechanic.

 

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