Recommendations for 1HD-T oil filter

Thanks Moose,
Thats interesting - I wonder what outlets if any, Don Kyatt has in NSW...
I'll make some enquiries.
Rowdy.

Moose,

I just said be a bit careful. Some companies parralell import parts and package in their own boxes, some bulk buy from dealers etc.

All I am saying is for the sake of a few dollars provided the haggling has been done, why worry.

Also every 5 Km or so there is a Toyota dealer how many of these outlets are there. Are you going to drive across town to save a buck?

Anyway I am not having a go at Kyatt's etc it is just hard sometimes to sort out the wheat from the chaff. At least you no what you are getting when you buy genuine.

If you are on the www.lcool.org toyota land cruiser 80 or 100 or 90 or 120 email lists, they bulk buy filters by the box between them for around $22 ea I think it works out getting boxes of 10, then dividign them between each other.

LCOOL home page

Why don't you buy one of the Don Kyatt oil filters, take it out of the different packaging and then compare the serial numbers, colour, size, shape, weight etc to a genuine Toyota filter? They are identical except for the price.

Moose, I prefer genuine. The Toyota ones are made in Japan; the Sakura are made in SE Asia (? Malaysia). I've taken apart a Toyota filter and visually, they look like the goods - dual stage filter with pressure relief valve etc

Last year, I got 6 from the dealer at $30 each.

Coops,

Maybe someone has mentioned this before, but its a risk you are taking. The Z334 is a dual stage filter with finer filtering capabilities than the Z9. Z9 is a single stage filter. You may not see a problem until that reconditioning job is required a little sooner rather than later.

I personally wouldn't take the risk. I have PDF files for both theres a good reason for the price difference.

40 000 km's a year, that's 8 oil & filter changes using Penrite HPR plus additive and the adaptor has a wire filtration screen also. I can do 2 oil changes within a week if I've got a trip to Perth & back to make so I reckon it'll be fine given the regularity of oil changes. I'm led to believe that 1HZ originally used Z9 anyway.
I do appreciate the advice though and will gladly eat humble pie should anything fail before time.
Looking at relocating to Perth soon and might get an analysis of oil done just to check.

thanks