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Oil filters are getting tiny
I was looking at a couple of late model cars the other day, a new MINI and an Audi A3 were a couple, and noticed that, while looking under the hood, the oil filters are tiny! As in the size of a can of tomato paste. Is this all in the name of weight savings and cost? I can't imagine filter technology has leaped forward any great amount in recent years.
Even on a late model BMW 128i, the 3.0 liter engine (bigger than my 2.5 liter 325i) has a shrunken oil filter. Bigger engine, smaller filter.
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Kurt
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