WIX Oil Filter ?

J engine filter is $7.08 on Partzilla. $12.81 with both O-rings, but really not necessary every oil change.

www.partzilla.com/parts/search/Kawasaki/...IL+FILTER/parts.html

I buy several filters at once with a larger order which means no tax and free shipping.

The OEM's don't make their own oil filters,They buy them in bulk from their preferred supplier, Who does Kawasaki use???
Are today's suppliers set up to make good filters for bikes from the 70's & 80's ???
Been using Puralator since Fram went to cardboard and inferior filter media, no issues so far

EZ

Good point. Wix supplies for industrial applications too.
Steve

I too get mine from Napa. No problems.

ezrider714 wrote: The OEM's don't make their own oil filters,They buy them in bulk from their preferred supplier, Who does Kawasaki use???
Are today's suppliers set up to make good filters for bikes from the 70's & 80's ???
Been using Puralator since Fram went to cardboard and inferior filter media, no issues so far

EZ

Just looked it up and Kawasaki oil filters are made by Tokyo Roki in Japan. They've been around since the late '40s and known for high quality.

Here's a list of companies they produce for:

AB VOLVO
Allison Transmission Inc.
Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.
Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A.
General Motors Corp.
Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Kubota Corporation
Mazda Moter Corporation
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Panasonic Corporation　Appliances Company
Piaggio & C. S.p.A.
SUBARU CORPORATION
Suzuki Motor Corporation
Toyota Motor Corporation
Triumph Motorcycles Ltd.
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
Yanmar Co., Ltd.

and check the boxes for place of manufacture. I use Purolator and STP as they were both, at some point, made by the same decent manufacturer I found on a list somewhere. But I've recently noticed their place of manufacture, on both, have changed. I assume the manufacturer is different then.

Oil and filters. So basic, yet the most difficult things to get a consensus on.

martin_csr wrote: Since the KZ oil filters are simpler, are those studies applicable?

I've wondered this myself. But I came to the same conclusion as Ed. Even if the cardboard issue is not relevant to KZ's, I probably won't trust them to get the KZ filters correct either.

I just worry I'm buying filters made in the same way, and factory, as the Frams, so it may all be for nothing.

Here's the list from many years ago. Any or all of them could be different now.
List of Kz550 filters... probably same for other Kz's as well.

Purolator ML16812
STP SMO-12 (Same as Purolator)
Baldwin: P148
Emgo: 10-37500
Hastings: LF571
Honda: 15410-422-000
Honda: 15410-422-004
Honda: 15410-426-000
Honda: 15410-426-010
Honda: 15410-300-024
K&N: KN-401
NAPA: 4941
Triumph: 1210031
Triumph: 1210031T301
Wix: 24941
Yamaha: 36Y-13441-00
Perf-Form: J-501


AVOID THESE FILTERS MADE BY FRAM:
avoid Fram:CH6012
avoid Pennzoil
avoid Penske
avoid Castrol
avoid Quaker State

Forget it. Didn't see the study up top.

Regarding WIX 24942 :

SWest wrote: BTW with that part # it should come with the correct O rings. There's another one with the wrong ones.
Steve

I have WIX 24941 listed for the Kz550's. Maybe that is the one with wrong Orings for the 1000?
I haven't tried them, so I don't know if the orings are correct for the 550.