After market filters

[Jayhawk238]

Are after market filters as good as Kubota OEM filters?

 

[JohnDB]

Seriously, do you think all aftermarket filters are the same quality?

They vary enormously in quality, some (a few?) might be as good or better that Kubota, the rest are unlikely to be as good, being a triumph of marketing over quality and common-sense.

 

[woodman55]

any high quality after market filter, or oil, will cost as much as OEM.

This topic has been beat to death here many times, just do a search on the topic.

 

[mikester]

You can save even more money by not changing your oils and filters.

 

[GBJeffOH]

Are after market filters as good as Kubota OEM filters?

 

[GBJeffOH]

Are after market filters as good as Kubota OEM filters?

 

[Mak65]

I‘m sure as someone said, some may be better, some likely worse. I don’t question it. The savings I may get by buying another brand is not worth it if it fails and I have to pay for an engine or new tractor.

I know Kubota doesn‘t make filters or oil. However, if they put their name on either it meets their specs and I don’t have to worry whether it is “good enough”. Some here swear by other oils and I have no issues with their choices. If I’m stopping at a dealer for the filter might as well get the oil, too.

I know some of you don’t have convenient dealers. I‘m fortunate in that I pass 3 Kubota dealers on the way from my home to my land. You can order it if shipping doesn’t outweigh gas to travel to a dealer.

By the way, the filter and oil I replaced yesterday as part of my maintenance on my L2501 were both branded Kubota.

 

[Jayhawk238]

Thanks to all reply's. I'll be staying with the Kubota filters.