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Originally Posted by Steve986
I have my own business. The products I produce are intended to sell... to make money. It doesn't mean the product isn't good, it just means that the motivation is profit! I've visited LN's product line many times and am familiar with Charles and Jake, they know their stuff, no doubt. That said, regardless of whether the product actually does filter better they are selling this stuff to make a profit, that's the only reason... not to keep your car nice. The fact that there are after-market products for sale is not proof that we actually need them! Don't kid yourself, if LN, or Pelican for that matter, thought they could make a lot of money selling products which at best provides minimal benefits they'll be happy to do so.
Also, I can't see how it would have been cheaper for Porsche to use their stock system, so that argument is not too persuasive. Seems like a screw-on setup would have been the cheaper way to go.
I don't meant to be snippy, please don't get me wrong. I'm just saying that I don't see the benefit of a screw-on filter over the stock. It's hard for me to believe that any benefit will ever be realized. Perhaps if we ran our oil 15,000 miles we would, but not at 3,000 miles. I just don't buy it.
Steve
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We have seen many, if not all of the problems the OEM set up can generate:
Cracked plastic housings, ripped paper end caps that allow total oil by pass, filter media pulled away from the paper end caps, again allowing total by pass, etc.
The stock filter design is incredibly cheap to make, yet sells at retail for nearly three times what a high quality spin on sells for. Add in the 30% reduction in filter media pore diameter in the spin on filters, and you have a better made filter that cannot leak internally, without the plastic housing, and better oil filtration. Exactly where is the downside?