Mahle Oil Filter.

[Gaoler]

Just bought a Mahle Oil Filter, spin on, for my Series 3, have always used them.

This one has arrived in an Orange box and says made in China, all my past ones have been in a dark blue box and said made in Austria.

Have Mahle sold out and gone to China?, it's bought from a Mahle stockists who said it's direct from Mahle UK themselves.

 

[Neil]

Very possibly.
This is going to be a bigger problem in the future when genuine parts are made in China.
Partner used to deal with Chinese manufacturers and whilst the initial batch of product was very good, follow up batches suffered from very poor quality control

 

[SeriesG]

They can't help themselves - the lure of higher profits combined with the pressures of competition. Capitalism is a great system but it needs to be regulated a bit and the fat-cats have lobbied for too much corporate freedom. We're all at the mercy of the Great Factory of the East now and heaven help us when they tighten the noose... Just my opinion of course.

 

[mikeau]

Id send it back. I buy Mahle, but I expect it to be manufactured in Europe at least and thats what I pay a premium for. I dont care about their 'quality control assurances'.
If everyone rejected them they wouldnt treat us like morons.

 

[mikeau]

Found this;

Mahle now selling oil filters made in China ?

And they don't appear to be as well made.. So I ordered up some more Mahle oil filters, since they have been my typical go-to for most of my cars. For the MX5s I typically go for the OC195 or OC196 whichever is cheaper, often the 196 is cheaper than the 195 and being a bigger filter, it's got...

bobistheoilguy.com

They can feck off then.

I feel a strongly worded email coming on...

 

[Gaoler]

The packaging, I’ve emailed Mahle for their thinking today.

 

[SWBFreeLoader]

Another old brand that may well be turning meaningless with regard to quality. Sad.

 

[Gaoler]

Apparently some Mann filters are made in China too, I’ll try and pick a genuine ERR3340 up from JLR, they’re made in Poland.

 

[madmechanic 954]

Mind you with the land rover engine faults... which will last the longest ..?? a Chinese made oil filter or the land rover engine...??

 

[Gaoler]

Mind you with the land rover engine faults... which will last the longest ..?? a Chinese made oil filter or the land rover engine...??

Problem is, there's a difference between a fault & full engine seizure!

 

[mikeau]

Found that a couple of my filters are the same orange box made in China ones.
I think I thought they were just repackaging when they arrived as there is nothing on the outside of the box to indicate where they are made, its only written on the side of the filter.

MAHLE in China - MAHLE China

www.cn.mahle.com

Are Mann filters still good?
My other go-to has been Coopers in the past...

 

[SeriesG]

Found that a couple of my filters are the same orange box made in China ones.
I think I thought they were just repackaging when they arrived as there is nothing on the outside of the box to indicate where they are made, its only written on the side of the filter.

MAHLE in China - MAHLE China

www.cn.mahle.com

Are Mann filters still good?
My other go-to has been Coopers in the past...

Wow - 30 production sites in China. Sounds like they've gone "all in".

 

[SeriesG]

My son swears by Wix and I believe they make a good product. They do make them in the US but I see they also use a plant in China so who knows. WIX #51099 is listed for 1962-74 petrol and diesel engines. Online pics show an actual metal canister so that's a plus in my opinion.

 

[mikeau]

From what I can see, Cooper are still made in the UK...

 

[Cliff4WD]

Found that a couple of my filters are the same orange box made in China ones.
I think I thought they were just repackaging when they arrived as there is nothing on the outside of the box to indicate where they are made, its only written on the side of the filter.

MAHLE in China - MAHLE China

www.cn.mahle.com

Are Mann filters still good?
My other go-to has been Coopers in the past...

Worse than watching paint dry and a lot of rather pointless comparisons, but sort of informative.

 

[robwlondon]

I've recently experienced problems with some very obviously fake filters that went in the bin. There is clearly a problems and what's so annoying is that this £10 part could trash an engine worth £1000s. If I could be assured quality at £20 I'd pay but its a lottery.

 

[mikeau]

Worse than watching paint dry and a lot of rather pointless comparisons, but sort of informative.

Its interesting that the Mahle one is in a blue box but marked made in China!
I had assumed that the Chinese ones were being shipped in the (newer?) orange packaging and might be easier to identify...

 

[mikeau]

Russian video but you can use English translation for subtitles. He seems to rate it quite highly.

 

[Fulltimedad]

Found that a couple of my filters are the same orange box made in China ones.
I think I thought they were just repackaging when they arrived as there is nothing on the outside of the box to indicate where they are made, its only written on the side of the filter.

MAHLE in China - MAHLE China

www.cn.mahle.com

Are Mann filters still good?
My other go-to has been Coopers in the past...

I use Mann filters on the campervan .

 

[warbirdflyer]

Just bought a Mahle Oil Filter, spin on, for my Series 3, have always used them.

This one has arrived in an Orange box and says made in China, all my past ones have been in a dark blue box and said made in Austria.

Have Mahle sold out and gone to China?, it's bought from a Mahle stockists who said it's direct from Mahle UK themselves.

Here is the hard reality of filtration. The filtering media is not rocket science. The mesh that creates the structure, is readily available worldwide. The actual media, the paper element of the filter is also readily available. And must meet a specification. The process of manufacturing a spin on filter, or any other filter for the automotive industry is old technology. And if the consumer wants to buy at the best price. Guess where it’s going to be manufactured. Either you’re going to complain about the price, or as in this case, you’re kind of complain about where it manufactured. That same filter manufactured in the United Kingdom or Europe would cost 8 X! But remember, You’re going to save the environment??! You silly fools. Your energy costs are skyrocketing. Why do you think manufacturing is leaving Europe? For low-cost options. The consumer drives it.
Now stop your bitching!