When it comes to all things oil, Mobil is the company many people turn to. In comes the Mobil 1 extended performance oil filter and it’s no surprise that this is one of the top sellers. The filter sports a 99.6 efficiency at 25 microns thanks to the synthetic media material.

1995 GMC K1500 5.7L/350 Fram Oil Filters.

When looking for a new air filter, many people ask, “Do brands matter?” In a simple answer… no, they don’t. They are made to the same specifications as the brand name filter. You just need to choose a filter size and at a MERV rating that will fulfill your needs.

1. Editor’s Pick: Bosch Premium Oil Filter. Bosch is one of the leading parts manufacturers in the automotive industry and the company’s oil filters come highly recommended.
2. FRAM Extra Guard Oil Filter.
3. Mobil 1 Extended Performance Oil Filter.
4. ACDelco Professional Engine Oil Filter.
5. PurolatorONE Oil Filter.

This rating filters a little less than the 5 micron rating. Filters with a 10 micron rating can remove some unseen materials from liquid but not bacteria or viruses. However, 10 micron is still very small and can benefit many industries, from oil to chemical plants, because of their ability to filter so much.

Even with this microbial diameter, electronic fuel injectors can quickly become fouled unless protected by a 10 micron filter. That 10-micron rating means that the filter is capable of catching 90-plus percent of all dirt and debris measuring 10 microns or larger In diameter.

Pore size ratings refer to the size of a specific particle or organism retained by the filter media to a specific degree of efficiency. A filter that is marked ’10 micron’ has some capability to capture particle as small as 10 micrometers. The two most used reported media ratings are nominal and absolute micron rating.

100 micron is finer then the 600 micron. They measure the holes in the mesh in microns, so the higher the number the larger the holes….Is 100 micron smaller than 200 micron?

One micron filters will remove parasites from the water as well as a lot of (but not all) bacteria. If your water supply has already been treated with chlorine then a lot of these bacteria will no longer be present in the water anyway, and the filtration is more effective for heavy metals and other materials.

If a micron is a unit of measure, then ten microns must be ten times bigger than one micron, and one hundred microns must be ten times bigger than ten microns. So, if a filter is 100 microns, the holes that do the filtering are 100 times bigger than those found in a one micron filter.

50 to 60 microns

Fuel system final filter (after the pump): 1 to 40 micron. High-performance fuel injector manufacturers recommend a 10 micron or finer filter.