Caterpillar 462-1171 Oil Filter

A Spin-On Lube Filter That Covers Far More Than One Machine

Most oil filters on a Cat parts list are tied to one engine family and one narrow band of machines. The 462-1171 is not one of them. Cat's own product page carries the number across the track-type tractors and crawler loaders and the K-series wheel loaders, and the same element shows up in the aftermarket cross lists for compactors, motor graders and material handlers running the same engine group. For a parts counter or a fleet with mixed Cat iron, that is the useful part of this filter: one line item on the shelf covers a spread of machines that would otherwise be four or five stock numbers.

It is also one of the numbers that arrives wrong on an invoice, because two things happen to it in the field. The first is the supersession: 269-8325 is the older Cat number for this position, and both numbers are still printed in old parts books, service sheets and aftermarket catalogues. They are the same filter position, not two different filters — Fleetguard's own data for LF17475 lists its primary Cat application as 269-8325, and the same LF17475 is the cross number published for 462-1171. If a machine's manual still says 269-8325, order the 462-1171.

What the Numbers Say, and Why They Differ

Cat's parts data for 462-1171 gives a diameter of 3.661 in and a length of 7.874 in — 93.0 mm and 200 mm — with a carbon steel can, out-to-in flow and a spin-on mounting. Fleetguard's published specification for its LF17475 replacement quotes 210 mm overall height with a 92 mm body diameter, 93.5 mm seam diameter, 70 mm gasket outside diameter, 62 mm gasket inside diameter and an M24 x 1.5-6H internal thread, plus a 250 kPa bypass valve setting and a 30 micron efficiency rating at 75 percent. Chinese factory catalogues for the same element list 210 mm, 92 mm and 62 mm with the M24 x 1.5 thread. The thread and the gasket figures match across sources; the height figure does not, and the reason is measuring convention rather than two different products — one measures the can body, the other measures the assembled filter over the gasket face.

Specification	Cat parts data	Fleetguard LF17475	Factory catalogues
Overall height / length	200 mm (7.874 in)	210 mm (8.268 in)	210 mm
Outside diameter	93.0 mm (3.661 in)	92 mm body / 93.5 mm seam	92 mm
Gasket / bore	Not published	70 mm OD / 62 mm ID	62 mm bore
Thread	Not published	M24 x 1.5-6H INT	M24 x 1.5
Bypass valve	Not published	250 kPa (36.26 psi)	Not published

The practical read of that table is simple: the height is not the dimension to negotiate on, and the thread is. A spin-on either threads onto the standpipe or it does not, and a gasket that is 2 mm off either weeps or fails to seal. That is why we ask for the number off the old filter or a photograph of it beside a rule rather than accepting a cross number from a list — and why a supplier quoting you only "the Cat 462-1171 equivalent" without a thread size has not told you whether it fits.

Standard or Advanced Efficiency — What the Label Actually Says

Cat's own page is worth reading carefully on this point, because it does not use one label. The product is titled a Standard Efficiency Engine Oil Filter, while the efficiency category field on the same page reads Advanced High Efficiency, and the page's search description says Advanced Efficiency. That is not a contradiction you need to resolve by ordering the more expensive option: it is Cat's own product data carrying a legacy title beside a current efficiency field. If your concern is protection for an older engine running long oil intervals in dusty conditions, the honest answer is to buy the correct Cat number or a genuine equivalent and to change it on the interval your operation and maintenance manual specifies — not to shop by the adjective on a web page.

One thing we will not put on this page is an operating-hour figure for the oil filter. The interval depends on machine, engine build, fuel sulphur, ambient dust and the oil being used, and a supplier who quotes one number for all of them is quoting the easiest answer rather than the right one. Cat sets the interval per machine in the operation and maintenance manual, and the manual that came with the serial number beats anything a web page says.

Buying It With the Rest of the Service

Cat's product page for the 462-1171 sits in a frequently-bought-together group with the 528-7222 primary air filter, the 529-0132 safety element, the 479-4131 water separator element (see our water separator range), the 360-8960 fuel filter element and the 322-3155 element assembly. That group is not a coincidence — it is the filter set a D6N or D6K2 dozer comes into the workshop for. If you are shipping to West Africa, the Gulf or Latin America, consolidating that list into one carton is worth more than the discount you might negotiate on a single filter, because a service that stops for one missing element waits weeks, not days.

We supply the 462-1171 as a genuine-equivalent spin-on with the thread and gasket dimensions listed above, and we can quote it alone or as part of that service set. Send the machine serial, the number on the old filter, or a photo of the filter base showing the thread, and we confirm before it ships. Our D6N filter kit guide lists every filter position on the machine in one table, and the filters catalogue shows what else we hold for the same engines.

FAQ

Q: Is Caterpillar 462-1171 the same filter as 269-8325?
A: Yes. 269-8325 is the earlier Cat number for this oil filter position and 462-1171 is the current one; Fleetguard's own data lists its LF17475 replacement against 269-8325, and the aftermarket catalogues cross 462-1171 to the same LF17475, Baldwin B7378 and Donaldson P550920. If the number on your machine's parts list is 269-8325, the 462-1171 is the filter that goes on.

Q: What are the dimensions and thread size of the Cat 462-1171 oil filter?
A: Cat's parts data gives a diameter of 3.661 in (93.0 mm) and a length of 7.874 in (200 mm), with carbon steel construction and out-to-in flow. Aftermarket catalogues that publish the same element measure 210 mm overall height with a 92 mm body outside diameter, a 70 mm gasket outside diameter and a 62 mm gasket bore. The thread is M24 x 1.5-6H internal, which is the dimension that decides whether a spin-on will even start. The height difference between Cat's figure and the catalogue figure is a measuring convention, not a different part.

Q: What does the Cat 462-1171 oil filter cross-reference to?
A: Published cross lists pair 462-1171 with Fleetguard LF17475, Baldwin B7378, Donaldson P550920, WIX 57325, NAPA 7325, Tec-Fil PSL286 and the Perkins number 24627133. Fleetguard's own specification sheet for LF17475 also lists the Cat number 269-8325, which is how the two Cat numbers are tied together. Cross numbers are a lead: check the thread and the gasket diameter against the filter you remove.

Q: Do I need to change the oil filter and the air filter at the same time?
A: They are separate systems, so they are not changed together by rule. What is worth knowing is that Cat groups 462-1171 on the same frequently-bought-together list as the 528-7222 and 529-0132 air filter pair and the 479-4131 water separator, which is the set a D6N or D6K2 comes into the workshop for. If you are consolidating a shipment, that list is a sensible shopping list — but the interval for each filter comes from your machine's operation and maintenance manual, not from a supplier's.