Why are the oil filters on the new cars so small? My 2008 Kia Sportage V-6 2.7L oil filter is too small for a V-6 motor.

I don’t think it would break the bank to equip the 2.7L V-6 motor with a larger oil filter. Why don’t you poll the average size oil filter for similar V-6 2.7 Liter displacement motors, and see how the Kia’s compares???

I think the fact that the crank case hold 4.8 quarts of oil makes up for the small filtration area of the oil filter.

[image] Buck_Rogers_1: I think if I showed the 2.75x2.75 inch oil filter to a group of elementary students, and asked them if they felt the filter was too small, too large or just the right size to adequately filter the 4.8 quarts of oil in the crank case. They would probable say it was too smal…

I’m curious Buck, you’ve chosen to aggressively insult all engineers, and many of us here make or made our livings as engineers, so I feel fully justified in asking… what do YOU do for a living? I think you owe us an answer.

I ponder the foolish design decisions of others as a consultant.

Why don’t you poll the average size oil filter for similar V-6 2.7 Liter displacement motors, and see how the Kia’s compares???

Not only that, but he’s been proven objectively wrong in most the of the claims he’s made so far.

[image] Buck_Rogers_1: I think if I showed the 2.75x2.75 inch oil filter to a group of elementary students, and asked them if they felt the filter was too small, too large or just the right size to adequately filter the 4.8 quarts of oil in the crank case. They would probable (sic) say it was to…

@Buck_Rogers_1 as TSM pointed out, there are lots of current or former engineers here. (Though I posit one may no longer get paid to be an engineer, the spirit never goes away - but that’s a different discussion. :slight_smile: ) I don’t know the first thing about oil filter sizes, but I do think yo…

2008 Kia Sportage oil filter is too small

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VDCdriver April 27, 2018, 3:43pm 106

… because young children are extremely knowledgeable in regard to automotive engineering?

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2008 Kia Sportage oil filter is too small

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