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Mobil 1 filters are no longer manufactured in the USA by M+H, that agreement has ended, it is now Highline Warren who has the agreement.

PG doesn't directly do manufacturing in Vietnam, China, etc they contract out to VAFI and AFI which is who Highline also contracts out to. They use the same factories, same/similar designs. PG does own a manufacturing facility in Mexico called Interfil that is the only facility PG directly...

WIX XP are 99% 23 Microns though which is a good buy if you look at the new design, they are very clean filters now. But its not acceptable for MANN + HUMMEL to do this, be confident in your products, make good products and share the efficiency/micron ratings or don't have a product at all.

Their response for my vehicle specific oil filters PBL10111 = Not listed PL10111 = 99% at 20 microns LX3387A = Not Listed LX3614 = Not listed PBL10241 = Not listed PL10241 = 99% at 20 microns

I am emailing them, calls kind of put them on the spot of which they may not have had access to accurate information at the time especially when some of their products have been updated/redesigned such as WIX XP, or the representative was just lazy.

Toyota Sienna or older Dodge Caravans with the 3.3 or 3.8 would be good candidates for mini vans.

Why not look for a 4 cylinder S10 or Ranger or if gas mileage is not a huge concern go for the 4.3 in the S10. Then grab yourself a cheap bed toolbox.

Those who say it is non interference were at very low speeds and had absolute pure luck on their sides because they are interference and if that belt goes on the highway them valves are hitting. But overall they are reliable engines, early 2.0's in the 90s had some head gasket issues such as...

Timing belt is the big thing to look for on them, aside from that believe it or not they are fairly solid cars along with Neons, they just got a bad reputation for bad transmissions when in reality in many cases the transmissions were perfectly fine and it was the solenoid pack on top of the...

Speed is a good option, just make sure whichever company you choose you stick with so the data you gather is consistent, for example if you send a oil sample to Blackstone it is not going to show identical results to Speed.

The 3.5 Ecoboost is notorious for cam phaser failures which costs thousands, seen it time and time again I would not consider that a great motor at all, but since when can Ford make an engine without cam phaser failures they should change their slogan to "Cam Phasers Not Built Tough"

So it's a 4 cylinder when the AFM fails :ROFLMAO: I'm just joking.

So the records I have from the original owners which also lines up with carfax is it had 3,000 mile oil changes all during their ownership it specifically ran Quakerstate during their whole ownership, I bought it from a dealer a long time ago now, I ran Quakerstate for a little while before...

If I had to guess maybe something to do with VRP partially unsticking the rings but not fully there yet.

Nope it is a preference on older vehicles, the only vehicle of mine that has a "leak" is my Chevy 4.3 with a seeping oil pan but it never drips so I don't care about pulling the engine to put a new oil pan gasket on it. It is more of a preventative, 20+ year old seal is going to be on the more...