OIL FILTER - FLEETGUARD - STRATAPORE ('89-'16, 6.7L & 5.9L) - LF16035
Is the filter, and it covers 1989 to 2016 Cummins. It is a by-pass filter. Many people do not know what a by-pass filter is, and think that they need to go to a Wix or some other filter (there are many filters with excellent reputations) but none of them compare to the Stratapore (or Bypass filters form some of the other industrial dedicated brands. By doing this they are entering the world of "will work" instead of the correct filter. They won't learn until they get a piece of their oil filter hung up in their piston oil cooling jets or some other part of their engine lubrication system. The Fleetguard is made for diesel engines and will not come apart. The Fleetguard Stratapore is a by-pass filter, and is desirable as the filter of choice for that reason, as is some of the other industrial filters. All filters are not the same and this is a bad area to be taking chances since it is less than a $20 purchase for something you can run up to 15,000 miles. If you buy the Mopar filter it will be a Stratapore in a blue box. I would not try to run a "will work" filter for 15K miles. For those that do not know, a by-pass filter has two filter medias. On each pass a percentage of your oil passes through a finer filter, while the bulk of your oil is filtered by the main media. The idea is that all your oil is filtered through the finer filter every 10 minutes or so. It has nothing to do with letting your oil go unfiltered because the filter is clogged.
The correct Stratapore filter, and Cummins spec CES 20081, change oil at 6 month or 15K miles, common sense maintenance and your Cummins 6.7 will likely last 1 million miles.
I don't use Valvoline I use an oil that I personally favor, but reading this thread I have seen many errors about endorsements. Read it for yourself. Valvoline STATES that they are endorsed by Cummins. It is also noteworthy that some oils will say that they meet CES 20081, or "exceeds" CES 20081, that is different than an endorsement.
https://www.cumminsfiltration.com/s...fs/product_lit/americas_brochures/CF-2296.pdf
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