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wall mart oil filter

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does wall mart sell a oil filter that fits a 84 gs 1150 es ?. can never find a cataloug at wall mart for bike filters . a PN would be great. thanks
 
I believe it's the Fram CH6001, if I remember correctly that the 1150 has that odd four lobed o-ring like the other 16 valve models. The quality of the o-ring is rather suspect on Fram filters, and the filter is sort of an unknown, but there you go.

For the GS850 and other models with the 3-lobed o-ring, the Fram CH6000 is what you need.

I'm pretty sure that both are the same filter; they just come with different o-rings.

Advance Auto parts also carries these Fram filters. Personally, I would much rather use filters from Napa -- they're made by Wix, and are much better quality. Most Napa stores carry a few, or they'll be happy to order some for you.
 
the joy of owning a old motorcycle, i tried auto zone, orileys and wall mart. no oil filter. drove 8 miles to a suzuki dealer dope. his computer said they had 4 but he could not find one.:(
 
*chuckles* , walmart....

sorry, american stereotype, the TV told me.
 
O'Reillys and Autozone do not carry motorcycle oil filters.

Advance and Napa are the only auto parts stores I know of that do. This time of year, Advance is iffy. (Depending on where you are, Advance may be called Kragen, Schucks, Checker, or Murray's auto parts).

In the summer, you may be able to get Purolator motorcycle oil filters at Pep Boys, but that's also chancy.

Napa usually has them, or can get them in for you in a day or two. I usually just order four at a time.

The Suzuki stealership -- that's just insanity. You'll never find them there. Or if by some miracle they have a filter, they won't have the o-ring.

Independent (aka not exclusively Harley) motorcycle shoppes normally carry these filters as well, usually Fram or HiFloFiltro.
 
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does wall mart sell a oil filter that fits a 84 gs 1150 es ?.
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Could probably go to Bangladesh to save a few bucks on open heart surgery too, but would it really be a good idea?
Get a good filter, they are cheap.
 
Cheap enough at Z1 enterprises... I buy 10 at a time for a discount. No need to change the o-ring that often in my experience... just switch it out when it starts looking beat up. An OEM one is about $2.

Dan :)
 
I order Suzuki o-rings whenever I order parts for some other reason, and change the o-ring once per season.

I generally use the filters from Napa -- I've used the Fram filters in a pinch, but Fram is so famous for making junk that I really hate using them. Side by side with a Suzuki or Wix/Napa filter, you can really see the lousy quality.
 
IMO going to Wal-Mart for anything is wrong. The Advance Auto Parts, Car Quest, Napa and Suzuki dealer here all have the oil filter for my cycle, AAP was the cheapest followed by the dealer, amazingly and Car Quest was the most.
 
I avoid Wal Mart like the Plague. Everytime I go there I see the bottom of the gene pool wandering around with their spawn. It makes me very sad to think that I am paying taxes to support those people and that Wal Mart buys from China to sell them cheap stuff at a cheap price. If it means paying a couple extra bucks I will gladly do it to keep the money out of Wal Mart's pockets. Everything they sell you can find at another store that isn't a drain on our communities.
 
I've got about a dozen filters in a drawer. Some of them off the shelf at Advance and the others ordered for me through Advance.
 
I have never had problems with the fram, The K&N looks the same except the red color of the filter material K&N pn KN-133 comes with both styles of O ring
 
bwringer said:
O'Reillys and Autozone do not carry motorcycle oil filters.

Advance and Napa are the only auto parts stores I know of that do. This time of year, Advance is iffy. (Depending on where you are, Advance may be called Kragen, Schucks, Checker, or Murray's auto parts).

In the summer, you may be able to get Purolator motorcycle oil filters at Pep Boys, but that's also chancy.

Napa usually has them, or can get them in for you in a day or two. I usually just order four at a time.

The Suzuki stealership -- that's just insanity. You'll never find them there. Or if by some miracle they have a filter, they won't have the o-ring.

Independent (aka not exclusively Harley) motorcycle shoppes normally carry these filters as well, usually Fram or HiFloFiltro.
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Strange...the oil filter is about the only thing my local Suzuki shop had. That, and TWO exhaust gaskets. :rolleyes: That really surprised me, since the part crosses with about two dozen other bikes.

The Advance by me (Western WI) carries only Purolator filters...they must be really inconsistent everywhere.

My $0.02: a crappy filter from Wal-Mart will probably still be better than a filthy one. Just change your oil early next time with a better one that you found in the meantime.
 
I bought the Fram- and the o-ring didn't fit. Filter worked fine- I had to use the old o-ring.

On the next change I'm ordering from Z1 with the proper o-ring. :D
 
the o ring is leaking ,i sure hope all suzuki oil filters come with a new o ring.
 
O'Reilly

O'Reilly

I am always able to get a filter for my 850 at O'Reilly Auto Parts. I think once they were out and had to order but it only took a day to get one. 1981 850G.
 
The filter element and the o-ring are separate part numbers, so when you order from Suzuki, you'll need to order both. However, one o-ring can last through several oil changes if you don't pinch it. Order at least two o-rings (just in case), then get five or six oil filters at a time.

As noted above, you can get good filters with decent o-rings from Napa. They're made by Wix. The part number for a GS850 (and the others with the three lobed o-ring) is PS4931.

The Fram filters (available many other places) are probably OK, but the o-rings are often garbage. Just re-use the old one unless it's bad.

K&N and HiFloFiltro filters are supposed to be pretty good, too, but the local shoppe wants a fortune for them.


Also, the only reason I enter Wal*Mart is to get the 5W-40 synthetic Rotella oil -- it's the only place I've ever seen the stuff for some reason. Anyway, I seem to recall that they only carried a few of the spin-on motorcycle oil filters. I don't think they had any of the "bare element" style filters as used on GS bikes.
 
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Did a little reserch , thought I'd pass it along :
GS550 oil filters/
HI-FLO # HF-133
Purolator - MLI-6800
Wix-24931
Fram-CH6000

These are the filters I found on the internet that should fit my GS 550T 1981 model. Hope this helps someone.
 
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