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A friend runs a local auto repair and I was talking to him last night about oil filters. He said tthat he had cut open Barnard (?) and Napa gold filters and compared them with Toyota filters. He said that both aftermarket appeard superior to him. The paper element in the toyota filter crumbled when he opened it, Does anyone have experience with aftermarket filters?

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A friend runs a local auto repair and I was talking to him last night about oil filters. He said tthat he had cut open Barnard (?) and Napa gold filters and compared them with Toyota filters. He said that both aftermarket appeard superior to him. The paper element in the toyota filter crumbled when he opened it, Does anyone have experience with aftermarket filters?

There are two types of genuine Toyota oil filters for the Lexus V8's. The part #90915-20004 filter has a soft, spongelike synthetic resin filter element. If this is the filter your friend opened up then he mistakenly assumed the filter element was made of paper. The other genuine Toyota oil filter for the Lexus V8's is part# 90915-YZZD1. This filter has a tough paper filter element. If you open one a used 90915-YZZD1 yourself you'll see how tough the filter element really is.

Independent auto repair shops can't buy genuine Toyota oil and air filters or other Toyota parts any cheaper than you can, but they can get deep discounts of NAPA and other aftermarket brands. For this profitability related reason, independent auto repair shops* generally only use aftermarket parts, filters and fluids and they bad mouth OEM parts, filters and fluids.

*an exception is Toyota / Lexus specialty repair shops which often use genuine Toyota parts and filters.

If you open one a used 90915-YZZD1 yourself you'll see how tough the filter element really is.

Oops, I forget the part# for the Lexus V8's is actually 90915-YZZD3. The D1 filter is for the Lexus V6's

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I also use Purolator filters and have done so for several years.

The Purolator Pure One filter #10241 costs about $6.00 and is available at Advance Auto Parts.

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