WIX Racing Filters Spin-On Lube Filter

I use this filter for my John Deere 318 lawn tractor. Good quality & recommend over the OEM John Deere brand, saving some money.

If you hunt around on the INternet, you can find several sources of rating for oil filters. For a typical car, you can find filters from $2-3 each, up to more than $20 for the same filter. Why the huge price difference, and what's the difference?Well, it turns out that those little filter cans are more complex than you might think. For low-end filters, the filter paper will just have pieces of cardboard glued to the top and bottom of the filter paper. Mid-grade and higher filters will have composite or even metal end caps to prevent the filter media from straying and blocking things. Wix has what is often considered the best bypass valve design, which prevent the engine of starving from a lack of oil if the filter becomes blocked.While not always the 'best' in every review, Wix filters are ALWAYS well above average in quality, as well as available at a decent price. In other words, they are always a much better than average filter at a good price.For example, a big competitor, whose name is Fr*m, makes a range of filters, from cheap $3-4 ones, to some of the best at around $15-20 per filter. The problem now you have to remember which Fr*m filters are good, and which are poor. With Wix (or NAPA Gold series made by Wix for NAPA stores), you never have to worry about which grade to buy, as they only make the good ones.As I said, they always rate well in every test (like a B+ to A- grade) and are always at a fair (generally $5-8) price.

I have a 19 hp Kohler courage on my Craftsman LT 2000 fits perfect works good

I selected this oil filter bc it's highly recommend. My car just rolled past 200,000 miles and I wanted quality, performance, grip, and ease of removal. I do my own car maintenance and I know this brand has the performance I demand. It's easy to grip and easy to install. The filter performs exactly as I expect. Highly recommended filter and comes in it's own box which I used to dispose of the old filter.

If you were buying a Phram, you're not reading this anyways.

I have been using WIX filters exclusively since 1989 and their filters are top quality. The only reason for not leaving a better review, is they reduced the casing size. I had to buy a new filter wrench ($20) as universals do not work where mine is located. I understand they need cost savings (reduce materials = reduce costs) I just hope they didn't also reduce the filtration and flow quality.

I hate my local tractor shop. They are rude and charge ridiculous prices for everything (eg. $100 for a mower carburetor that I bought here on Amazon for $26). Unfortunately they were also the only ones locally that I've found that carry the Kohler-brand filters for my tractor. I decided to turn to Amazon rather than give those jerks any more business. In doing so I learned a couple of things. First, Amazon carries the Kohler filters for less than the local shop does and they are Prime-eligible at the time of this review. Secondly, I can substitute this Wix filter for the Kohler-brand filter and it is even a few bucks less again. Wix makes great filters and Kohler recently changed the construction of theirs, now producing an inferior product. By going with Wix I get a better filter at a lower cost. What isn't to like about that? Oh yeah, the Wix filter was made in the USA too!In case anyone is looking for a filter for their tractor, I have a Simplicity Regent 15 lawn tractor (2002 or 2003 model I believe) with a Kohler Command 15 HP engine in it. I only ordered one filter because I wanted to make sure it fit properly since the genius that designed my tractor put the filter in a bad spot. It spun right on, so I am ordering another one to keep in stock for next spring.

I've been changing my own oil and filter for over 50 years now. When I was younger I thought most filters were the same even the National brands. Then I watched a youtube video of several name brand filters being cut open and inspected.The WIX FILTER in all instances was a SUPERIOR FILTER. The fit and build was of a higher quality. But what really struck me was the differences in the actual filter media inside. WIX has much more filter media inside to trap harmful contaminants from getting into your engine causing early failures.The price and quality of this filter are very minimal compared to replacing an engine.Spend the couple extra bucks for the QUALITY FILTER. You'll be glad you did.My 1998 Toyota 4runner 4x4 has 230,000 miles and with the help of WIX I expect to go another 100,000 miles.