What does the OEM dealer/MB filter have in it....isn't it also cotton gin waste?
As for those turkish FRAM filters, I'd use one if I could find them.....but autozone around here doesn't carry them anymore. I might have them order me a couple just to see if they are indeed the wound string kind. (They can order them in) However I am worried that I will pay the $11 for them and find they are made in India or something.  I still have two Hengst filters and a Bosch filter laying around though. I have used Hengst, MB OEM, and Bosch for years with no issues....our 300D had a MANN filter in it when I changed the oil when we bought it....it now has a Hengst.
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