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400 Four Oil filter - "genuine" or "aftermarket" ?
Bryanj:
Yet in the car world you would never rebuild a Ford, Vauxhall or BMC without repacing the pump
Trigger:
On a lot of my CB750 oil pump builds, i would have to replace with new gerotors. Not a cheap rebuild.
Worked at Willesden engineering, rebuilding fleet Vauxhall and Ford engines which was so much easier and you were expected to do at least 12 units a day; Crank reground with oversize shells, rebored with new pistons, new valve guides, valve seats, valves, new cam shafts and all new rocker components, new core plugs, gaskets and seals,, new oil pump, new oil pump and so on. Which was cheap ;)
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Reminds me of the days when BL did Gold Seal replacement engines.
Laverda Dave:
--- Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on September 07, 2023, 08:00:18 AM ---Reminds me of the days when BL did Gold Seal rerplacement engines.
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My brother was driving to work one day in his Austin Allaggro when it broke down. The RAC came out and said the petrol pump had failed. The patrolman went and got a new one fitted it and my Brother went to work. On the way home the car made a nasty noise and stopped. RAC came out and said the petrol pump had broken. Unfortunately the metal pump arm had broken off and dropped into the engine causing it to seize. When my brother told the RAC patrolman the pump had only been fitted that morning by another RAC patrolman they took full responsibility and fitted a new gold seal engine. However the car remained a heap of junk. He used to wear motorcycle gauntlets in the winter driving it because the heater took so long to heat up by the time it did he'd driven the 10 miles to work!
Laverda Dave:
--- Quote from: K2-K6 on September 06, 2023, 09:32:28 AM ---On the DS filters, dont think anyone could make reasonable assessment without knowing spec etc.
Think in that choice I'd go manufacturer item unless someone could indicate why the other would match.
Check the service schedule for the bike too, as often it'll state two oil changes per filter, which reduces cost by half without compromise. Mainly the oil change interval on these is to cope with fuel dilution anyway, with the filter easily able to competently cover the stated service life Honda gave.
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Personally speaking I have always changed the oil and the filter together. I know the book says change the filter at every second oil change but I could never get my head around sending lovely clean and expensive oil through a dirty filter. I used to use genuine Honda filters but now use Hi-Flo and change the oil and filter every 1000 miles. I change the oil on the 250RSA every 500miles (this engine only has a washable gauze filter).
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