Purolator ML16818 Oil Filter should perhaps be avoided - SV650.org

10-09-07, 11:14 PM

I corresponded with the somewhat infamous author who wrote the pages regarding motorcycle oil filters at: http://www.calsci.com/motorcycleinfo/FilterXRef.html He generally rates Purolator filters as top notch, but he does not recommend the Purolator ML16818; I asked him why and he clarified that the ML16818, unlike other Purolator filters, is Made in China and is of very poor quality. The irony is, dealers in my area sell the ML16818 for $7.00 and with a little shopping an OEM Suzuki filter can be had for about $9.00. For $2.00, I'll take the top notch OEM filter.

Steve · 11-09-07, 05:55 AM

who makes the filters for suzuki.....they buy them from somewear

Spanner Man · 11-09-07, 06:38 AM

Morning all.
I'm not a fan of pattern oil filters period. I find that the cost difference is marginal in most cases, & you have absolutely no comeback if a pattern filter causes an engine to 'go west'.

Manufacturers can be a pain, on the very early Honda SP1's Honda specified a different filter, a customer of mine used a cheapo pattern one on his bike, & knackered some VERY expensive camshafts around 500 miles later, coincidence? I think not!

Cheers.

11-09-07, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve

who makes the filters for suzuki.....they buy them from somewear

I always thought that they had them made by Hi-Flo. http://www.hiflofiltro.com/

Might be totally wrong though. They are what i have used in the past on my GSXR and Enduro. Going to get some for the SV.

rictus01 · 11-09-07, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bez

I always thought that they had them made by Hi-Flo. http://www.hiflofiltro.com/

Might be totally wrong though. They are what i have used in the past on my GSXR and Enduro. Going to get some for the SV.

those and the filtrex ones are OK, used both over a number of years and several hundred bikes without problem.

Cheers Mark.

northwind · 12-09-07, 12:23 AM

The most rubbish oil filter I've found was the K&N one for the SV, it might be a perfectly effective filter but after 4000 miles i found it was so badly corroded that it was starting to weaken... Wasn't even winter.

Spanner Man · 12-09-07, 06:31 AM

Morning all.
Hi-flo do seem to be ok, I have used these in the past. I've never tried Filtrex, & K&N are absolute W**K! I've seen a couple where the cannister separated from the base when trying to remove it! & they weren't even tight!

The O/E filters are made by the Tokyo Roki Co, whoever the hell they are!

Cheers.

10-09-07, 11:14 PM	#1
pilot Guest Posts: n/a	Purolator ML16818 Oil Filter should perhaps be avoided I corresponded with the somewhat infamous author who wrote the pages regarding motorcycle oil filters at: http://www.calsci.com/motorcycleinfo/FilterXRef.html He generally rates Purolator filters as top notch, but he does not recommend the Purolator ML16818; I asked him why and he clarified that the ML16818, unlike other Purolator filters, is Made in China and is of very poor quality. The irony is, dealers in my area sell the ML16818 for $7.00 and with a little shopping an OEM Suzuki filter can be had for about $9.00. For $2.00, I'll take the top notch OEM filter.

11-09-07, 05:55 AM	#2
Steve Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Swansea South Wales Posts: 150	Re: Purolator ML16818 Oil Filter should perhaps be avoided who makes the filters for suzuki.....they buy them from somewear __________________ Dreams & Screams go hand in hand

11-09-07, 06:38 AM	#3
Spanner Man Member Mega Poster Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sunbury Middlesex Posts: 1,396	Re: Purolator ML16818 Oil Filter should perhaps be avoided Morning all. I'm not a fan of pattern oil filters period. I find that the cost difference is marginal in most cases, & you have absolutely no comeback if a pattern filter causes an engine to 'go west'. Manufacturers can be a pain, on the very early Honda SP1's Honda specified a different filter, a customer of mine used a cheapo pattern one on his bike, & knackered some VERY expensive camshafts around 500 miles later, coincidence? I think not! Cheers. __________________ Spanner Man http://stewarts-motorcycles.co.uk/default.html

12-09-07, 12:23 AM	#6
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,082	Re: Purolator ML16818 Oil Filter should perhaps be avoided The most rubbish oil filter I've found was the K&N one for the SV, it might be a perfectly effective filter but after 4000 miles i found it was so badly corroded that it was starting to weaken... Wasn't even winter. __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

12-09-07, 06:31 AM	#7
Spanner Man Member Mega Poster Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sunbury Middlesex Posts: 1,396	Re: Purolator ML16818 Oil Filter should perhaps be avoided Morning all. Hi-flo do seem to be ok, I have used these in the past. I've never tried Filtrex, & K&N are absolute W**K! I've seen a couple where the cannister separated from the base when trying to remove it! & they weren't even tight! The O/E filters are made by the Tokyo Roki Co, whoever the hell they are! Cheers. __________________ Spanner Man http://stewarts-motorcycles.co.uk/default.html

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