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From our '20 Hyundai Venue. All of the brands we've used are constructed exactly the same, with very slight differences in center tube design. All have come with new filter housing O-Rings and a drain plug gasket, and are made in Korea. Maybe after warranty I'll pull an analysis and put some...

From our '20 Hyundai Venue and a lot of highway miles. Not much to report. This filter sat in my draining rig for a couple months so it's pretty dry and that may also account for any odd coloration.

Picked up some QS3387A's at Menards since the sale was going on, and noticed the new center tube they're using: Thought you fellow filter junkies might find it amusing.

Here we have a delightful specimen of a used Quaker State filter from our '01 Bonneville. Ran from January to April using National 5w-30 oil. Turn One: Turn Two: Turn Three: A disturbing factor was a few pieces of loose adhesive. I only found them loose on the inlet side of the filter...

Pulled from our '14 Sonic with the 1.4L. This is the first car we've owned that takes a cartridge. I love it. Installed by the dealer during the last free oil change. Nothing exciting to report, really. Baseplate markings are different than the PF2257's I purchased from RockAuto & O'Rileys...

Changed the oil in our Sonic yesterday and noticed the Wix 57674 spec'd for the car doesn't have the same "felt" seal/gasket at the base that the AC/Delco it replaced had. Generally have a very high opinion of Wix filters. Not sure how I feel about that. This is the first car we've owned that...

An idler pulley bearing failed on the Bonneville this morning, so I had to pull the belt off of the blower. Is there any harm being done while driving without it? I'm assuming it only hits rich mixtures under boost. I would love to put this repair off for a bit since it's cold and slick out...

Just a check up. Been loosing coolant.. wonder where it's going? Low vis again, wear looks great. OLM said about 13%.

Pulled this off when I did an OC to check for coolant, hence the short run. Was used for about a month and some days. Nothing exciting to see here, but since I hacked it I figured I'd post anyway. One of the end-caps popped off very easy, but I'm going to attribute that to my smooshing the...

We see a lot of oil filters cut open, a few fuel filters, and maybe some spin-on tranny filters.. but how many in-pan filters do we see? Not many! So I figured, what the [censored]? I didn't want to cut the plastic with the dremel, and the metal portion was really pretty thick.. so I broke it...

This was pulled off our '01 Bonneville after my first OC. OLM said around 67% IIRC, witch could be 1,000 to 3,000 miles or so. Nothing really exciting here, but did catch some stuff. Whole Gang: Media: Seam, the usual trouble spot of e-cores: Media Out showing some junk: Bottom of...

Pulled this off our '01 Bonneville and hacked it open. Car had 150,000 miles on it when pulled. Could be original, who knows? Nothing exciting to report. Unfortunatly, I lost the files that show the clean vs. dirty side.. those are the most "telling." Looked great, really. Reports that...

Bought it last month and sent in this sample to check for coolant in the oil. (Very glad the LIM gaskets are holding for now). Nothing really exciting here, but was wondering a bit about the lowered vis.. especially with the low miles on this OCI.

As soon as I have a day off that lands in something above freezing, I'll be replacing the struts on our Malibu with Raybestos Professional Grade assemblies. RockAuto puts them in the "Original Ride Quality" section along with the Sensa-Tracs, MOOGs, and KYBs; but cheaper than the rest. I was...

Removed from our '98 Windstar 3.8L. Oil used was Formula Shell. Nothing really wrong but the seam took a little beating. Whole view: Media: Seam: Dome-end bypass: Media layed out: Good enough for the ol' van.

Pulled off our '99 Malibu with the 2.4L Twin-Cam. Mixed but mostly highway miles. Oil was Formula Shell with some Quaker State as topoff. Whole view: Media: Seam: Media layed out: Did the job but I'm switching to P1's for this car since I've had ADBV issues after 5k miles.

Yesterday I removed the second (in a row) Quaker State filter for a failing ADBV. QS14006 model, '99 Malibu 2.4L I used to say these would make a great budget filter for up to 7-9k but I need to revise my statement. This one started draining oil at about 5k miles and the last did before 6k...

No big deal to most of you, but I thought I'd post since it's a funny number and it only took me almost nine and a half years. Thanks for the time wasting and all the information learned.

I put a replacement alternator on our '98 Windstar four years ago when the stocker died. I purchased a "premium" reman DuraLast from AZ and stuck it on. All went well for a while, but for a year or so now, I've noticed the lights flicker during operation.. more so under heavy load, and it's only...

Here's my first dissected Quaker State QS3600 (FL400S xref) off our 3.8L Windstar. This puppy was in use for about 4,500 miles and 3 months. No problems to report. Whole view: Media side 1 (small abrasions are from the dremel): Side 2: Side 3 (seam): Media laid out: And again: