If I didn't know better, I would say that car manufacturers are tickling
with the idea of returning to this trend of cartridge filters again.

The GM 2.2 litre 4 that is in cars from the Saturn Ion to the Chevrolet
Classic and many other vehicles also has a cartridge in a container that you
reach from under the hood, just like this oone.

If you pay attention to little things like loosening it and lifting it out
just a little ways, then draining the oil from underneath (to keep the drips
to a minimum when you do take the filter out), you will learn to like this
new way a LOT, unless you are one of these people that either has a car
hoist or loves to lay underneath a car to change a filter.

If there is a negative, it is that the cartridge filters are commanding a
higher price. But at least its simple - there are not three or four
different styles of the same brand of filter to choose from.

After buying numerous filter wrenches and having to come up with more
creative ways to get these spin-on filters off of my various vehicles
through the years (I think most of the spin-on's got engineered into the
vehicle at the last minute without ANY thought of whether anyone could get
to them or not), I am loving this cartridge replacement on my Oldsmobile.

Thomas Wenndt


"Bob" <bobsjunkmail@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:PWmtf.84073$k76.25014@bignews6.bellsouth.net. ..
>
> "Matt Whiting" <whiting@epix.net> wrote in message
> news:rinsf.4553$lb.383774@news1.epix.net...
>> Wow, I haven't seen a cartridge filter on a car since I can't remember
>> when. My Kawasaki Voyager had one and was a pain to change. I drove
>> diesel trucks a couple of decades ago that had them, but they were easy
>> to change as you could drain the oil from the canister before unscrewing
>> it to remove the filter element. I wonder how messy the Sonata filter
>> will be to change? I have the L4, not the V6 so I wonder if it has the
>> same filter style?
>>
>> Matt
>
> Not messy at all. I have just over 1K on mine, and I was curious.....
> Plastic cover over engine comes off. Put some towels around the filter
> body to catch drips, and unscew. Wait a few for it to drain. Amazing the
> fine particles you can see in the oil that collects on top of the filter.
> Purolator will have one out in 90 days - they say. It's part number
> L35610.
>

 

This movement back to the cartridge element is due to environmental
pressures. I believe the European's initiated this a few years ago,
especially Volvo. Volvo is a very "green concious" manfuacturer, and
all of their plastic parts, etc. are stamped for recycling.

The cartridge filter element is more environmentally friendly, though
messier to change. The last car I owned which used a cartridge element
was a 1968 Triumph GT6! Signs of political correctness I guess . . .

 

This movement back to the cartridge element is due to environmental
pressures. I believe the European's initiated this a few years ago,
especially Volvo. Volvo is a very "green concious" manfuacturer, and
all of their plastic parts, etc. are stamped for recycling.

The cartridge filter element is more environmentally friendly, though
messier to change. The last car I owned which used a cartridge element
was a 1968 Triumph GT6! Signs of political correctness I guess . . .