Guys i need your help again. I bought an oil filter and fuel filter for my sti type uk 03 plate from opie oils delivered today. I had asked my mate to get a sump plug washer from the subaru dealer as opie didnt do them . Anyway he turned up with a washer and a filter, only problem is the original subaru filter is really tiny and the opie one is a lot fatter and heavier. The fitting looks different as well the subaru one dips in the middle towards the thread the opie one bows out towards the thread .
The opie one is UFI 2325900, the subaru one is15208AA12A (i think thats the part number)
Which one would be right if both which is the best to use? the original subaru one looks like a small flask top !!!
Help please as i dont want to use the wrong one.
cheers

 

hi mate, the filter given on opie oils web site is 15208AA12A, dont know if they sent you the wrong one, the smaller one can be used but dealers don't stock the larger one iirc, I still buy the larger ones online like this blueprint one

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Subaru-Imp...item414b1deab0

Hope that helps

 

+1 for the blueprint.

 

Was the filter that came from Subaru black?

 

The subaru filter is blue. I got mine from subaru but its like this one.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-SU...item27c34d166b

The one from Opie is this one
http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-6782-oil...r-2325900.aspx
Bigger ,heavier and the centres are different the opie one is convex and the subaru is concave
i want to service the car at the weekend but i need to know which filter is right or wrong.
cheers

 

I always use genuine filter so i couldnt advise about another filter and genuine always been good.

 

Out of those two i would use the blue one, i thaught the one that opie oils advertised was this one ; http://www.opieoils.co.uk/c-1573-subaru-filters.aspx

If you want to use a larger filter then I'd go for the blueprint one that i left a link for on here but thats my choice

 

Blueprint for me!

 

Being honest the only way you know "how good" the filter is is by cutting them open. and comparing.

Things too look for;

Surface area of filter media - deeper pleates and taller means more surface area
Quality of filter media (thin, easy to tear, fluffy etc). Thicker with tighter weaves is better, but it restricts more, so it needs to be larger ortherwise it opens the bypass valve or tears/bursts the media.

Sealing/location of filter media (no good if if it doesn't seal right at the ends of the canister)

Quality of by-pass valve (this opens at high pressures or when media is overwhlemed)

Quality of anti-drain back flap/gasket (not really needed, but you don't want it blocking flow).





The one from Opie is branded "UFI" not Blueprint, just because they look similar doesn't mean they are the same inside. But as long as the thread itself is the same as well as the location (diametre) of the rubber o-ring, the filter should work. There are lots of different design filters using differnt shapes on the end plate, with different number of holes, different size can and flat o-rings instead of round etc.

I've used both Blueprint (made in Japan), Unipart and Crossland (also made in Japan) in the past with no issues. The genuine Subaru filters shrunk in size.

 

As the blueprints are larger do you need more than the 4.7 litres?

 

The Blueprint filter I'm using is small!
I've used the UFI from Opie a few times and they work fine.

JohnD

 

I use the K&N Oil Filters.

 

The original and best filter is still available from RCM and Advanced Autos, why fit anything else?

 

I have always and will always use this one.....

http://www.scoobyparts.com/acatalog/...IL_FILTER.html

Quality product, plus it looks pretty...lol...

 

I must admit I thought they'd stopped making the black filters.
When I did my last service I bought mine from Import Car Parts, and got a genuine Subaru one but blue.
Also looked on Scoobyparts but they said the black ones weren't being made anymore.

Having checked again today after reading this thread, it looks like the black ones are JDM, and the blue ones are manufactured in Canada - see here:
http://www.scoobyparts.com/cgi/sh000...SUB#aOF_2fGSUB

Checking import car parts it appears they've also expanded their range, stocking red, blue AND a blue print black one at a price of £40, £8.50 or £3.95.
http://www.importcarparts.co.uk/part...en=&searchKey=
http://www.importcarparts.co.uk/part...en=&searchKey=
http://www.importcarparts.co.uk/part...en=&searchKey=

 

£40 on a oil filter!?!

I don't even spend that in engine oil

 

I had a good deal off Advanced Autos then, as they were £14 each including the sump plug washer.

To be honest I am not entirely sure as to the real need for the STi oil filter, is it style over substance?

 

They sell them.

http://www.scoobyparts.com/acatalog/...IL_FILTER.html

 

Its worth noting that the ones with a more protruding thread are better suited to say, oil relocation kits which have a shorter thread,if its being fitted to stock location, the recessed thread one is fine

(speaking from expereince,never have i seen a 6 foot stream of oil shoot high into the air when my oil filter shot off its housing which is next to my headlight, luckily i was looking,if i had turned away when i fired her up,who knows LOL)

 

I used these from Sumo power

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PIT-WORK-O...item4165e74a21

 

Don't think you read the rest of my post mate...

 

Hks filter everytime!

 

use the blue filter mate , its the right one for youre car!

 

Yeah but hks is " advanshed"!

 

As is the superior Subaru black oil filter.

 

I wouldn't use one of them.

https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...l-filters.html