olehere Posted May 22, 2011 Report Posted May 22, 2011 Howdy from Hutschenhausen, Germany! I have access to only Fram oil filters at my Army base BX and am wondering whether the correct oil filter - based on a Sales Associate - is the 3600 series. (He quoted a PH3600 but there are a couple of upgrades that use the same number but different letters - one as I recall was a filter good for 7,000 miles.) Does anyone have access to the correct filter - the only Fram web site I can access is the American one and they do not list a Galaxy since it is a Euro based car. Also, I am planning on buying Mobil 1 oil at $6.46/quart. Does anyone have any comments on the kind of Mobil 1, ie 5W-40, etc. Also would like to hear how much I should upgrade the filter. Most of my driving is low speed autobahn - yes, my low speed drives them nuts here. Thanks,Olehere Quote
sparky Paul Posted May 22, 2011 Report Posted May 22, 2011 (edited) Fram-Europe list a PH5803 oil filter for the Galaxy 2.3i 16V, this is a replacement for the obsolete PH3600. As a direct replacement for the original Ford EFL600 filter, it should be good for the specified 10,000m service interval when used on the Ford engine. Incidentally, PH3600FP is also now obsolete. Ford specify 5W-30 grade, I have always stuck to this after reading dire warnings about using anything else... something to do with the balancer shafts IIRC. Hope this helps. :D Edited May 22, 2011 by sparky Paul Quote
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