Recent content by Hootbro

I would be surprised if they went into the dumpster. Generally in a reset if the stores themselves do not clearance them, the incoming brand takes the old brand stock inventory and then wholesales them out to secondary market that is usually the Rock Auto clearance items and certain Ebay sellers...

Nothing really special about it other than it is OEM filter called out for most Pentastar vehicles and is a know entity. Hard to determine the value proposition of paying the cost for it other than to eliminate warranty concerns while still in warranty.

That is mid to late 1980's as I remember that clear packaging quite well. Super Tech was not a thing yet and the Walmart house brand oil was "Tech 2000"

WIX did you a favor contracting this part number out.

IMHO, if one installs a quick drain valve, they need to be committed 100% to doing all their own oil changes. A few years ago, I had one my Toyota Tacoma that I would normally do my own oil changes but then had to move cross country for a new job. For six months, I was not in a position to do...

The thing with the FUMOTO or other oil drain valves from my experience is that if you have your oil changed by somebody else, they will treat it one of two ways. One way is they will look at it like alien tech and do not know what to do with it, or secondly, they will just wrench it off because...

Staple a set of instructions to your Will.

I would not even chance it with a third party seller.

AutoZone has been know to use different filter suppliers for their STP filters depending on region. It is not always a all one filter maker at any given time with them.

I give that filter rating a pass. Hard to tell where in service use starts and destructive removal and opening begins.

Had it been changed before? Sounds like it dislodged something that any fluid change would have induced if it was a high mileage transmission that had never been service.

Trust me when I say this, trailer it home. Driving something like that long distance after it has sat for decades is a disaster waiting to happen. Seals and hoses that have not been brought up to temp and possible stuck thermostat is calling for trouble.

The replacement in the background said you were not.

Seem arbitrary who they cancel and who they allow to renew. Does not seem to be a first come, first serve in how they are filling these.

When did you place this order that you recently received?