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Re: Luber finer air filter

Reply #25 –
My filter housing says it's a Donaldson. So....is the blue better than the one they spec ? If Roger has it....I want it too!
Glenn and Amy Beinfest
2001 36' U320
#5812
2014 Honda CRV

No Whining on the YACHT

Re: Luber finer air filter

Reply #26 –
Quote from: GleamB –
My filter housing says it's a Donaldson. So....is the blue better than the one they spec ? If Roger has it....I want it too!
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Glynn the blue filters resist water better, I don't know that they filter any better. I have a hard time finding them. I suppose if you don't change filters but every couple of years it would be worth it. For me it doesn't matter, I have to change mine yearly due to the dusty roads we run on boondocking.
Bruce, Linda, and Macy
Zoey RIP 1/20/19
1999 U295 40' build #5400
2017 silver Jeep Wrangler, 1260 watts of solar on top
Moving around the country

Re: Luber finer air filter

Reply #27 –
Blue only.  Ten times better filtration. Increased power.  One of the only things Pittsburgh power offered on their web site to increase power on our M11
"Riding and rejoicing"
Bob
1997 U320 40' Mid entry, build 5132,  wtbi ce27, 4th owner
2007 Solara convertible
2 prodeco tech outlaw ss electric bikes

1095 watts solar
08 Ls 460 and a sc430
2000 Ford F-250 superduty 4x4

Re: Luber finer air filter

Reply #28 –
Come on now 10X better  filtration! I think the specs are about the same. Donaldson's site says both are 99.9% efficient. Humm.
Bruce, Linda, and Macy
Zoey RIP 1/20/19
1999 U295 40' build #5400
2017 silver Jeep Wrangler, 1260 watts of solar on top
Moving around the country

Re: Luber finer air filter

Reply #29 –
They are not 10x better, I is likely not possible.  The Blue filters are their better/best filters designed for more challenging environments line off road, construction, mining.  They were only $20 or $25 more.  Better at finer particulates as I recall.  If you are back and forth over the interstates it might be an overkill.  But we always seem to end up in some pretty dusty places too.

$30 bucks a year or so (change every three years) for a very high quality air filter? An easy choice for me.  One change of fuel filters is more than that.
Roger Engdahl and Susan Green
2001 U320 3610 #5879 (Home2) - 2014 Jeep Cherokee or 2018 F150
Hastings, MN

Re: Luber finer air filter

Reply #30 –
John44, I have been with State Farm since the 1960's.  Added the coach when we got it.  Cummins Coach Care stepped up on our behalf and showed SF the failed air filter and the extent of the damage. I had weather reports and newspaper coverage of the storm we drove through near Prescott AZ.  They looked at the preliminary estimates for an in-frame rebuild and the value of the coach and gave us the OK.  They paid for everything that was done less my deductable which was about the oil and transmission fluid change and filters that I was going to do anyway.

Odd thing was I drove it back to MN via CO and the only thing that was different was blowby out the slobber tube and oil consumption.

I saved some parts if anyone wants to see what a little duat will do to a big engine.
Roger Engdahl and Susan Green
2001 U320 3610 #5879 (Home2) - 2014 Jeep Cherokee or 2018 F150
Hastings, MN
 

Re: Luber finer air filter

Reply #31 –
My family owned an auto parts store for two generations.  I sold it to another family and it is still in business after 60 some years.  I won't get into specific brands but we supplied a lot of gas stations (back in the day) some quick lube places and a number of truck fleets. 

We cut a lot of new filters in half over the years to examine.  The difference in quality between some major brands was nothing short of amazing.  At times the OE brand was the most flimsey construction of all.    Some that were supposed to have a bypass feature had none.  The micron ratings need to be right for the application and type of service.  Just because it will screw on isn't good enough. We also saw oil sampling reveal a lot, including at least one emergency call I remember saying our customer needed to shut down a specific truck immediately and see if the inner air filter had come apart.  Sure enough it had and was filling up the engine with air filter pieces.
Rick & Rhonda
2003 U320 4220  Build #6199
Was
91 36' GV 300 Caterpillar, 92 40' U280 300 Cummins, 97 36' U295 300 Cummins, 2002
U320 450 Cummins
(Guess we're hooked)

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