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I highly doubt that. Many aspects of the construction, such as the white ADBV and the design of the inlet holes are shared with other MANN+HUMMEL filters.

They are good enough... it will be fine. I wouldn't pay a premium for them, but I also wouldn't throw them away.

The WIX in this video looks like a rebranded Purolator on the bypass valve and endcap design. We know that MANN+HUMMEL will source the same filter model from different factories (like most companies). I wonder if the springs were accidentally swapped between the WIX and NAPA filter. The coil...

I recently cut open a NAPA 7055 that was made in China and it has a coil spring. The filter looked great, and I'll post pictures soon. While the country of origin is not ideal for economic and political reasons, I have no reason to doubt the quality. Looks to be from Premium Guard like the other...

https://premiumguard.com/pgi-wins-quality-award-from-napa-auto-parts/ "This year’s recipient has gone above and beyond in delivering quality products, leading the charge in category management, and elevating overall quality standards,” said Medhavin Potdar, Director of Product Engineering and...

The end cap has flexed right at the widely spaced pleats. I wonder if that prevented the filter media from tearing.

All filters are marked up like that. A WIX is $13 at O'Reilly now while the same one is $5 at RockAuto. Auto part stores them in the store today for nearly all applications. For the oddball ones that they might not have... it will be there next day. For businesses... they deliver same day...

I'm wondering if something was partially clogging the pickup screen that finally drained with the old oil or or broke free after the oil change. It sounds like the oil was in rough shape for the mileage, so there could be other factors going on here. I would also check to see if the bypass...

Probably the worst value that exists in the oil filter industry. Sloppy construction, tiny filter element, cheap bypass valve design... and priced higher than many premium filters.

When we were shopping for cars last year, Southeast Toyota Distributors had added their dumb "Toyoguard" service for $700 to every new car in the area. It covered 2 oil changes and tire rotations (after the first 2 free ones through ToyotaCare). So those oil changes are $350 each. It did...

The main concern is that the additives and viscosity index improvers fall out of suspension, especially the anti-foam. He is submitting shaken and un-shaken bottles for oil analysis... it will be interesting to see the results of that. Regardless of additives, old oil does not meet spec for...

Private browser windows are a good way to keep your recommendation algorithm from being messed with. As for Lake Speed Jr, his videos don't really qualify as clickbait. Within 3 minutes, he is already getting into details about base stocks and getting into oil analysis. That is way more in...

The new Tokyo Roki Subaru filters are made in Indonesia... at least so far. Tokyo Roki's website doesn't show any manufacturing locations in Indonesia, and a company called Selamat Sempurna (Sakura) indicates that they have an agreement to produce filters for Tokyo Roki. The construction of...

Clearly they aren't aware that Zoro is owned by Grainger. The Baldwin website lists Grainger under where to buy so I am confident that these are genuine filters.

I honestly wouldn't hold Exide's reputation form 10 or 20 years ago against them. They're under new ownership, and these are a maintenance-free lead-calcium design instead of the old lead-antimony batteries that required frequent water top-offs and regular terminal cleaning due to corrosion...

It seems to be fairly common with oil filters. I'm losing track of how many times FRAM made changes to the Ultra without changing the part number or even the box that advertised the construction method of the filter. You can see the same thing with WIX... we have seen Purolator designs and even...

On a Subaru, I wonder if the FRAM being set at half the OE spec bypass pressure could result in worse filtering than a less efficient filter that, in theory, goes into bypass less frequently. During the great Subaru oil filter shortage, they released an alternate filter that had a lower bypass...

That's exactly why I chose that wording.. remember that thread about 3 different designs for one part number all found on the same shelf? I would like to know how their quality processes work with such frequent design changes. Or on second thought maybe it is best not to ask. It is usually best...

Wavy pleats have been seen in other Fram Ultra filters ever since they started to move away from wire backed fully synthetic media. I doubt it has anything to do with running HPL cleaner. As long as there aren't any tears in the media, you should be fine. If the wavy media bothers you, consider...

I had that same engine in a 2014 Kia Soul and it could put some nasty crap in the filter after less than 6 months and 7,500 miles of mostly highway driving. There was never anywhere near this amount and oil analysis reports looked OK... but these are not the easiest engines on oil. I could...