Well I just got a lesson on buying oil filters from the dealer $35 for a OEM Benz filter, never again. I found Walmart has Fram oil filters for the crossfire including the new "O" rings for $11.44.. Huge price difference and they also carry Mobil O-W-40 as well $6.25 a quart.

 

fram filters are not my joice are they paper or fleece

 

paper filters do not do well in ower engines

 

fram filters are the biggest pieces of ***** on the planet
I've lost 2 motors to fram.

you can get the bosch filter from autozone for 13, its an oem benz filter too, fleece, orings and all

 

+1 for bosch at autozone.

 

glad you guys told me...I'll buy the Bosch filters just don't want to get shafted by our dealer again.

 

I hear ya..... I stay away from dealers at all costs. They are trying to make up for the lack of car sales by over inflated parts costs.

 

I go to mercedes and skip the chrysler markup lol
but theres no getting around the filter cost

 

Advance auto has a fleece filter pn L25277 purolater but it is a mann filter 11.49 each can order on line

 

Yep, the Bosch and the Purolator are both the Mann filters repackaged under the respective names.

 

i have used them all , if you use paper filters change out after 3000 miles ,fleece 5000 to 6000

 

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Also the Napa gold, about 17.00$

 

Got my Purolator fleece filter at Autozone for around $12 and it is a Mann filter made in Germany.

 

Tom - Since you're in Mich, just get 'em from Needswings here on the forum. He's got Mann (fleece) & Bosch at the best prices plus the crush washers. If you come to the Woodward Cruise, or any other X-Fire function that Rob is attending, just ask him to bring a few.

With regard to the oil, try Pep Boys - Think they have a sale going on for M1. http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums...49#Post1799849

 

OEM Mercedes fleece filters are $11.25 at OE Discount Parts, with no sales tax and free shipping on orders over $50 (I think it's $50, it's been a while since my last order). These are made by Mann and come with all o-rings in an impressive Mercedes box with a holographic seal.

 

Bosch, Mann, Hummel, and Purolator are all part of the same group. In 2005 Bosch entered into a joint venture with Mann+Hummel. Then in 2006, they purchased Purolator from ArvinMeritor. So that is why Purolator filters for the Crossfire will typically be labeled Mann.

 

The K&N filters are the exact same as the Mann/OEM fleece too. I have one in my car.

 

Notwithstanding that fleece filters are questionably better, and can be found at a lower price than whatb we have seen, I have had absolutely zero problems with a Fram filter, using them almost exclusively since I was 18 in a 1973 AMC Gremlin. that was my most fun car before the Cross, and maybe the 75 Nova SS. But the Frams have been fione now for lo on 35 years in all my cars.

 

Regardless, the quality of Fram filters is no where near what it used to be.
While they will not rdestroy an engine, there have been problems (canister type especially). Splitting seams, cheap cardboard "valves" that quickly fail, rubber seals the fall off, and colapsing filter material. Simply just not worth the risk on a car you care about.

 

That may be a good point, GT. Like everything else they could have gotten cheaper over the years.