Older style oil filter on a newer engine, OK?

[1Gunner]

My local mercury dealer sold me a 26K04 filter for my "brand new to me" 2013 25HP EFI.
Told him the year and model.

I removed a 26K03 and installed the new 26K04, and added oil.... thinking it was just a larger capacity filter (longer body), the gasket and threads are the same.

I then discover the 26K04 filter is"listed" for older pre-2006 25 HP engines.

Is there any problem running with this filter? Obviously my dealer isn't a source of information...


Thanks!

 

[Texasmark]

Go to the Wix www cross reference filter listing. Insert each of the numbers and check out the differences. There are thousands of filters out there and they all boil down to 4 basic areas: Dimensions, including stud thread size, flow rate, bypass pressure if a bypass valve is used, and material. Most have a lower limit on flow (to be classified as full flow.....all of the oil pumped goes through that filter continuously as compared to a clean up filter that is around 5 micron and only sees like 10% of the volume the pump delivers) determined primarily by the area of the filtration material and the micron rating, usually around 20 for a full flow filter. The bypass will be around 8-10" for a clogged filter. The dimensions are all over the place and a lot of the filters out there are just like thousands of others except a particular engine mfgr. has this dimensional spec that has to be met so the filter is a few thousands narrower or wider, longer or shorter, or the gasket is closer or farther from the edge of the thing. Having a farm, boat, road vehicles, and multiple small engines, I did a little checking one day and significantly reduced the number of filters I had to keep on hand to service my equipment.

 

[1Gunner]

Thanks,I ended up calling the marine dealer and spoke with their service dept. Service guy claimed that it will work just fine.... so it should be fine.