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Manufacturer: Motorcraft Mfg. Part Number: FL-910S Part Number: 85348 Part Type: Engine Oil Filter Manufacturer: Motorcraft Mfg. Part Number: FL910S Part Number: 85348MP Part Type: Engine Oil Filter Manufacturer: Motorcraft Mfg. Part Number: FL910S Part Number: R85348 Part Type: Engine Oil Filter Manufacturer: Motorcraft Mfg. Part Number: FL910S Part Number: R85348MP Part Type: Engine Oil Filter Manufacturer: OMNICRAFT Mfg. Part Number: FL-910S Part Number: 85348 Part Type: Engine Oil Filter

If a specialty market develops, where a small displacement crate engine becomes a high demand item....... Same way people still buy Chevy 350 & Ford 302. You never know what the future holds. Though I suspect the demand will be for something like a Honda VTEC crate engine. Maybe you can add a Honda engine to your Ford.....

There's a member who sells soup with his. Mine is a "shaggin' wagon".

Ford Racing Mustang engines with superchargers have a Ford Racing filter. Ford Racing filters have a similar part number, and I suspect that they vary little in build. A MotorCraft filter will never fail your Ford. Exercise discretion if you choose another brand. Some brands are not well made. Some are better. Conduct your own due diligence and be informed.

For daily driving, within OEM spec oil change intervals, MotorCraft is fine. If you have a performance engine under load, like racing, you would not want some of those. Watch some of the online videos where they cut the filters. Then you have a better idea of what some filters do and don't do.

What car do they still make that for? And where do you find one?

More stuff online I've run across over the years. You guys will form your own opinions. What this does not show, which you can find online videos of, is how some filters have very poor quality media, parts are glued together, gaskets that get stuck to the oil filter mount which you have to scrape off, and gaskets that fall off. Not all tension springs and clips are equal. The best videos also show what those filters look like when cut open after XXXX thousand miles. Even the canisters aren't equal. I recall some canisters being so flimsy that when I tried to remove it with a filter wrench, the canister crushed like a beer can.

When I watch black & white movies, and drink, I get my white dinner jacket out of the closet & pretend that I'm Rick in Casablanca. Running guns. Underground casino. Selling stolen travel documents. Bribing cops. And sleeping with another man's wife.

The idea just doesn't sit well with me. I see postal employees in my area driving USPS vehicles. Not their own vehicles. It would be like me, buying my own police car, to go to work as a cop. Even the guys who work in plainclothes details do not drive their own cars. They get unmarked "cool cars". Not the plain white Crown Vic, but a variety of different civilian cars that look nothing like a cop car.

On 2nd thought, make a big fuss at the dealership, and ask them to fix it under warranty.

Get that stuff out with a turkey baster, and refill with fresh fluid. Then bleed the lines. That is about all that can be done. Oh yeah, don't return the turkey baster where you found it. Clean it out and store it in your tool chest for later use. You don't want The Old Lady to cook you a dinner of brake fluid gravy. Pretend like you have no idea what's she's talking about, then offer to buy her a new one. If you luck out, like me, she nevers says anything, and just buys a new turkey baster herself when she notices the old one missing.

100% filtration = ZERO air flow. Nothing can get into your motor. So where do you find the balance? The OEM factors in what is a reasonable amount of filtration vs air flow, to work efficiently in your engine. Anything which allows for more air flow, also allows for less filtration. The theory behind oiled filters is that the oiled media will trap and hold particles of debris, while allowing for more air flow. According to Mishimoto: Generally, high-performance dry filters can catch up to 99% of the incoming contaminants due to the smaller micron size of the filter media, while oiled filters catch about 98% of what passes through – a minute difference, but a difference none-the-less. Before my time, but my dad remembers when oiled filters were common, and not such an aftermarket novelty. In today's disposable world, the paper filters are more convenient. You or your mechanic can simply install a new filter. How would you like to leave your car in the shop for a few days? You or the mechanic cleans the filter, and let it dry overnight. The next day, the filter is oiled, and the oil is allowed to saturate and settle overnight. Day 3, the filter is reinstalled and your car is back on the road. Now comes the reality that you also don't know what you're doing when oiling a filter, and like most people, apply too much oil. Worry not, you can order a custom made dry filter from AFE. Back to fitment. The 2018 owners manual says that Ford MotorCraft FA-1910 is the air filter part no. The K&N Cross Reference shows MotorCraft FA-1910. It will fit. Period. You can install this filter into your 2017 and 2018. Now you will have to decide if you want to drink the Kool Aid.

No air filter, by itself, will do much of anything. A reusable may filter better. Maybe not. It's expensive enough that by the time you buy the filter, the cleaning solution, and oil, you really don't save money. A better flowing filter, an intake, a tuned exhaust, and a Dyno tune could add a little to any and every car. A turbo or supercharger adds more. You can port and polish heads, add an underdrive pulley, use electric water pumps, take out all the seats and anything which adds weight.......or spend the money on a faster car. In theory, if it works, a better flowing filter allows more air. Your mass air flow sensor will allow for the computer to adjust the fuel accordingly. At the same throttle position, more air and fuel in the combustion will produce more power. That's all in theory. If the theory works. Of course, in theory, you will also need a better flowing exhaust system. Headers, high flow catalytic converter, mandrel bends and glasspack mufflers, and a shiny chrome tip. To make a car, any car, go faster, it requires the correct combination of a lot of different parts. Changing 1 part alone will not net anything significant. If you just change the filter, your advantage is the filter. You won't have to change paper filters. I have seen some paper filters that needed replacement at every oil change interval. Your math will vary.

Quite the conundrum. Apparently there is no prior forum post to reference. Which makes this unique to you.

If it's the same OEM Ford Motor Company MotorCraft part number, it will work. K&N hasn't updated their info. Sometimes aftermarket parts companies don't update their information in a timely fashion.

It should fit. Air filter hasn't changed. Are least I think that 2014-2018 all use the same filter. I think it's the same OEM Ford MotorCraft part no.

Sounds like you are making it work for you. There's a triangle shaped plastic trim piece in front of your mirror and behind the door hinge. Remove that. You will see a hole which will allow you to run wire into the cabin. Then you can run your wires into the van, and to the rear, right alongside the OEM wire run.

Is anyone using a K&N air filter? Any feedback? Any changes in mileage, or perceived "seat of the pants" feel?

Expensive. But good.

Use a 2 conductor wire which is already jacketed.