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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 06:20 PM
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Default Re: oil filters
Originally Posted by TomStratRT
I just did my first oil change last weekend and didn't read up on the oil filters and ended up with a paper one. Can I just go ahead swap out the paper filter with a fleece one?
You can, but the paper filters are perfectly fine for the 7k mile oil change intervals.
The fleece filter is really only better for the 10k to 15k mile intervals that MB switched their cars to after the Crossfire was put into production.

Your paper filter is fine for 7k miles to 10k miles of usage.

So far, I haven't seen anyone provide oil analysis proof that the fleece filter filters better than the paper filter.

Then again, not very many of these engines break down due to engine oil related failures in the first place.

BC.
 
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