Oil filter

[85Hokie]

I would have to agree with later posts - by 3 or more, and always have one IN hand. Shipping it the elephant in the room - the more you buy the smaller that elephant becomes!

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Glad to see that wolfeman supplied the correct answer for a replacement oil filter, didn’t seem that hard but some sure made it out to be….

That was for your own good, but you would have none of it.
So use a subpar filter and when the engine goes sideways you can only blame yourself not me.

 

[Benhameen]

I’m not the OP and pass by a Kubota dealer daily, so I try and support them.

So who makes the Kubota filter? I find it hard to believe there isn’t a reliable filter that doesn’t have Kubota stamped on the side.

 

[lmichael]

I’m not the OP and pass by a Kubota dealer daily, so I try and support them.

So who makes the Kubota filter? I find it hard to believe there isn’t a reliable filter that doesn’t have Kubota stamped on the side.

Look for the video put out by Messick's where they do some true OF comparisons and you'll want only OEM

 

[fried1765]

That was for your own good, but you would have none of it.
So use a subpar filter and when the engine goes sideways you can only blame yourself not me.

Are all ( or many ) other filters "subpar" just because they do not show the Kubota name?
Kubota obviously does not make filters!

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Are all ( or many ) other filters "subpar" just because they do not show the Kubota name?
Kubota obviously does not make filters!

I've seen quite a few bad filters over the years.

 

[InTheWoods]

... I find it hard to believe there isn’t a reliable filter that doesn’t have Kubota stamped on the side...

You miss the point. Of course a guy could buy a reliable filter from a supplier other than Kubota.

• The question then becomes who, exactly, do you suggest buying it from?
• Or, who will you believe when they say that 'brand XYZ' is the same or better as the Kubota?

 

[D2Cat]

Interesting how folks are concerned about the cost of an oil filter in their fairly expensive tractor, but buy crap to put in their mouth on a regular basis without concern of cost. At least a good filter will last a couple hundred hours!

 

[Benhameen]

You miss the point. Of course a guy could buy a reliable filter from a supplier other than Kubota.

• The question then becomes who, exactly, do you suggest buying it from? Local parts stores
• Or, who will you believe when they say that 'brand XYZ' is the same or better as the Kubota? That’s what he was hoping to find out.

lol
According, to the ops original question yall missed the point with snarky comments. He doesn’t want to drive 70 miles round trip to simply change his oil. It’s wasn’t about what’s cheapest, he just wanted an alternative to the oem filter.
Would he be better off not changing the oil verses using an after market filter?
I understand pushing people toward their dealerships, that’s where I buy mine because it’s convenient but acting like your tractors is going to lock up because it doesn’t say Kubota on the side of it is kinda ridiculous, IMO. YOMV and all that…

 

[The Evil Twin]

Thank you for your reply. I am trying to prevent a 70 mile round trip to the closest Kubota dealer. I am sure my local auto parts store does not carry Kubota parts, so I am trying to find a good quality alternative.

Donaldson, Baldwin or even Wix (but I would verify the Wix beta rating first).

 

[lmichael]

After having failures with non OEM (or at least non quality) replacement oil filters, on something as critical as engine oil filtration or the hydraulics. sorry sticking with OEM. A very bad particular failure I can relate that actually happened to me.
A number of years ago, decided to load 3 kids (all teen girls) and my wife and I into the mini van and take off to Field of Dreams in IA for a long "day trip".
The mini van was coming due for transmission service. At the time, my friend and I were partnering and had a small automotive repair business running. Well I "knew" I had transmission filters "in stock" OEM ones. I dropped the pan, cleaned everything and went to the cabinet the filters should have been in. Only to realize we had run out and I forgot to replenish. Now what? I jumped in other car. Ran quickly to Advance Auto Parts. Picked up an aftermarket filter. Figuring "What's the harm?" The "harm" was, the filtration material disintegrated and while driving home the trans went bonkers in Dubuque IA!
I somehow limped that van home, with all kind of strange noises and sounds coming from the trans, and wasn't until we pulled the pan and saw the destruction from a generic. Pieces of metal big enough to read a part number down there.
The trans "grenaded" from a generic filter. So, from then on not listening to ANY argument about generic parts. Whenever possible it's OEM only

 

[fried1765]

You miss the point. Of course a guy could buy a reliable filter from a supplier other than Kubota.

• The question then becomes who, exactly, do you suggest buying it from?
• Or, who will you believe when they say that 'brand XYZ' is the same or better as the Kubota?

I trust Baldwin filters!

 

[InTheWoods]

...but acting like your tractors is going to lock up because it doesn’t say Kubota on the side of it is kinda ridiculous, IMO...

No one here has acted that way.

'Fake' parts and poor quality filters are a fact of life now. I stand by my first post - get one from the dealer.

Distance doesn't matter - Messick's (a dealer) is about 5 mouse clicks away.