Is this so-called HIFLO "HF 204" premium oil filter good?

About the same price online
 
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LongRanger, solely because of the slick ADVERTISING on Amazon.com and lure of a somewhat lower price compared to Honda OEM . . . lol
 
dsinned_imp said:
Here's a link to it on Amazon.com, with lots of great reviews at a very reasonable price ($7.89 each, shipped). In the product description it says it specifically is a replacement for Honda's OEM filter, p/n: 15410-MFJ-D01.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00230...UTF8&psc=1

I've seen some derogatory online posts about the K&N 204 filters of late, so I'm going to change to this one and give it a try.

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Dennis that's the filter I have been using last 3 oil changes....I like them...


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I've had a HiFlo Filter on my bike since Pterodactyl had a scare with a K&N filter and had to replace it in a hurry. I swapped my K&N out at the first opportunity too.

It seems fine to me and came highly recommended.
 
curlyjoe_imp said:
For only a few bucks more you can get their racing oil filter with a 17mm nut on the end for easy removal.

I'll stick with the OEM filter.
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That's the same style stamped and spot-welded nut that K&N has had leaking problems with. In fact, rumor has it that HiFloFiltro had the contract to make the K&N filters. However, K&N has had their filters made in Korea and China as well, so who knows for sure if the bad filters are coming out of just one of these countries or all of them.

I just put on an HF 204 (without nut) before I tucked away my CB for the winter. Therefore, I cannot provide a good review yet. The only issue I noted was that it seems the end of the canister is almost bottoming out against the engine casing. The O-ring seal looks well-made but it is not very tall/thick, so hopefully it is doing its job!
 
SamMac took apart an OEM Honda filter and posted pictures of it in another thread, worth checking out before you "save" $2 on a critical component.
 
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Thanks for everybody's comments.

Well, we seem evenly divided on this product, but I think the risk is quite low of it causing an real issues, so I'm still going to give it a try. For all we know Honda OEM filters are made by the same company with just different silkscreen markings on the outside.
 
When I was in business we sold a lot of Hi-Flo filters. I took many apart and compared them to others. They were very well made. We
sold a lot of them, they also made OEM filters for KTM. When K&N started to use them for their filters I used them on my own bikes.
To bad K& N decided to use someone else. Seems like the K&Ns have gone down hill.
 
dsinned_imp said:
Here's a link to it on Amazon.com, with lots of great reviews at a very reasonable price ($7.89 each, shipped). In the product description it says it specifically is a replacement for Honda's OEM filter, p/n: 15410-MFJ-D01.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00230...UTF8&psc=1

I've seen some derogatory online posts about the K&N 204 filters of late, so I'm going to change to this one and give it a try.

Comments?
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Dont be concerned with using hi flow have been fitting them in the workshop to dozens an d dozens of bikes for many years no issues
 
rmack_imp said:
dsinned_imp said:
Here's a link to it on Amazon.com, with lots of great reviews at a very reasonable price ($7.89 each, shipped). In the product description it says it specifically is a replacement for Honda's OEM filter, p/n: 15410-MFJ-D01.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00230...UTF8&psc=1

I've seen some derogatory online posts about the K&N 204 filters of late, so I'm going to change to this one and give it a try.

Comments?
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Dont be concerned with using hi flow have been fitting them in the workshop to dozens an d dozens of bikes for many years no issues
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Dont be concerned with using hi flow have been fitting them in the workshop to dozens an d dozens of bikes for many years no issues Air filters appear to be of excellent quality; I understand their products are well-made but that said, I only use OEM oil filters in all my machines.

The air filter, I use HiFloFiltro in my F800GS, I figure I can look at it, examine the "clean" side of the airbox, if fine dust is accummulating, back to OEM. I noticed this using the K&N air filter with my CB1100 but I realized I had not used the sealing grease around the lip seal of the air box cover. Next time I check if fine dust is present on the interior of the airbox, back to OEM.

It's very hard to know what's going on in an oil filter or if the O-ring is sealing as expected.
 
I mentioned the K&N failure on another board, and no one there has had any problems whatsoever with their filters; it was mentioned that it could be something peculiar to the CB1100 -- perhaps it runs at a high oil pressure? High oil pressure was mentioned as a common cause of oil filter failures.
 
From the service manual: Oil pressure at EOP switch: 71-85psi at 5000rpm/176degrees F

Is that high for bikes?
 
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