Trans filter - OEM or Beck Arnley

[4Runner4Leon]

I'm comparing the OEM tranny filter I just removed to the one that came in the Beck Arnley kit, and I see that the oil pickup (I think that's the pickup?) portion of the OEM filter is a lot deeper than on Beck Arnley. Isn't the shallower Beck Arnley pickup more likely to suck air if the fluid level gets a bit low?





The pan looks pretty clean, no sludge, and screen is pretty clean too, so I wouldn't lose sleep reusing it after cleaning. The cork gaskets are somewhat compressed, but not too bad. I'd probably lose more sleep over the shallower pickup than the internal gaskets.

Thoughts?? No need to tell me "you shoulda bought OEM filter", that's water under the bridge at this point .

 

[octanejunkie]

The amazon reviews expressed the same concern, filter is shallow.

The issues with using the OEM is the compressed cork, which often separates, and inability to completely flush and clean the screen due to the enclosed nature of the filter

I cannot comment on the pickup depth concern, but maybe that too

 

[4Runner4Leon]

Thanks Mike! The desire to have new cork gaskets, and the lack of desire to clean the old filter is why I got the new filter .

But the shallower depth is beginning to offset my original thought process.

Anyone have thoughts on the depth being shallower?

 

[96RedRunner]

Thanks Mike! The desire to have new cork gaskets, and the lack of desire to clean the old filter is why I got the new filter .

But the shallower depth is beginning to offset my original thought process.

Anyone have thoughts on the depth being shallower?

I look at it like this, OE design depth was for a reason, why tempt fate.
Our trany's are bullet proof with a bit of TLC.

 

[4Runner4Leon]

I look at it like this, OE design depth was for a reason, why tempt fate.
Our trany's are bullet proof with a bit of TLC.

Hard to argue with that logic . The sump depth really concerns, and I would lose sleep over it.

I also figured it this way - any debris stuck at the inlet side of the screen will always remain on that side, since it was too large to go through the screen to begin with (duh). And any debris stuck on the other side, well, there isn't any because it would have long ago been pulled into the tranny. So that concern is resolved.

As to the cork gaskets, I transplanted the Beck Arnley ones onto the OEM filter. Before:



After:



Good as new. Onward to the next steps.

 

[octanejunkie]

$28 for a few slices of cork and rubber, seems legit

It's all good man

 

[4Runner4Leon]

$28 for a few slices of cork and rubber, seems legit

It's all good man

True, but at this point that was a sunk cost, I just wanted the best path forward. I really did not like the sump on the Beck Arnley filter, so I made lemonade out of lemons.

All buttoned up and purring like a kitten now.

 

[octanejunkie]

True, but at this point that was a sunk cost, I just wanted the best path forward. I really did not like the sump on the Beck Arnley filter, so I made lemonade out of lemons.

All buttoned up and purring like a kitten now.

I was just yanking your chain

Did you attempt to clean out the factory filter, did anything of note come out?

 

[4Runner4Leon]

I was just yanking your chain

Oh I know, it's all good .

Did you attempt to clean out the factory filter, did anything of note come out?

It was amazingly clean, compared to what I saw in other posts. I still washed it with about half a can of brake fluid. Besides, as I said above, I think anything that's trapped by the screen now will most likely forever remain trapped.

I'm also adding a Magnafine to the system for more peace of mind (I get that it won't help with anything that's trapped by the screen now, but I just don't think there's anything there).

 

[SilverRidgeRunner1]

Oh I know, it's all good .



It was amazingly clean, compared to what I saw in other posts. I still washed it with about half a can of brake fluid. Besides, as I said above, I think anything that's trapped by the screen now will most likely forever remain trapped.

I'm also adding a Magnafine to the system for more peace of mind (I get that it won't help with anything that's trapped by the screen now, but I just don't think there's anything there).

I learned my lesson this summer and went with a Factory Filter. The aftermarket stuff cost me some $$$ when I had to replace the valve body in my trans..

 

[4Runner4Leon]

I learned my lesson this summer and went with a Factory Filter. The aftermarket stuff cost me some $$$ when I had to replace the valve body in my trans..

I know I came across a post about this very issue in my prior reading, I just couldn't find it yesterday. Maybe that was your post.

I agree, the factory filter is the way to go in this application. I have no idea why BA decided to shorten the sump, but I didn't like it one bit.

I was fine reusing my OEM filter with some cleaning (and gasket swapping) - I primarily bought the kit for the rubber gasket (I never want to spend an hour scraping FIPG again), so I was fine not using the filter.

 

[nissanh]

Today, I have the trans fluid drain and fill project! Yey!!!

 

[octanejunkie]

Today, I have the trans fluid drain and fill project! Yey!!!

I've been doing systematic drain and fills every 1K miles, 2.5 QTs at a time. In fact I'm due for my 4th one now but since installing the aux trans cooler I've not seen trans temps get very high (peaked at 190° once) but the weather has been getting cooler too.

Maybe I'll push the schedule back to every 1,200 miles, so next weekend