Re-useable oil filters

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2n...pure-power-cleanable-reusable-oil-filter.html

Ad for a re-useable, cleanable oil filter. I didn't want to clutter up the for sale ad so I'm posting here.

I don't see the point. The filter in the ad is $175 which is a big savings over normal retail ($249). Now for that price I can buy about 33 OEM Toyota filters @ $5.25 each.
I don't have to buy a special cleaning solution to clean them (or use new solution in my cleaning tank). Then blow out the filter with compressed air and let it dry before reinstalling.
Changing oil at 5000 mile intervals, using 33 OEM filters, I'm good for 165,000 miles.
They claim you don't have to recycle the filter like you do with the OEM's. That's true; but it seems to me you generate waste that needs recycling when you clean the filter.
Maybe I can't see the forest for the trees but I don't get it.

 

I would never in a million years attempt to clean an oil filter and reuse it. That is just crazy. How are they figuring to clean it anyway without a cleaning solution of some sort? IMHO-crazy idea.

 

Stainless mesh, used in racing and off-road applications.
I have one on my dirt bike, would not run one on a street vehicle.

The mesh filters down very fine, but the problem is that it is not as efficient as paper.
Both will filter down to, for example, .3 micron.
The problem with the mesh is that it might allow a piece to pass that is .3 micron in diameter, but 10 microns in length... that piece would have been trapped by the paper filter due to the thickness of the media.


They are cleaned with any standard solvent... I use Diesel followed by a carb cleaner flush on my dirt bike.
The problem with such a large unit is that you don't want the outside (unfiltered) to contaminate the inside (filtered) areas.
That's easy with the dirtbike filter... simply hold it between your thumb and finger with your thumb plugging the hole. Swish it around, then blow it out with carb cleaner sprayed from the inside to outside, and finally blow compressed air into the center to dry it and evaporate the carb cleaner.

And it's a deal at $175... but for $175 I can buy 25 Pure-One filters that will do a better job of filtering, and 25 is enough for 125,000 miles.