My Tahoe calls for a PF63E but the UPF63R is another option on rock auto.
I am having no luck finding the bypass number for this filter to see if it is the same as the PF63E.
Using 0w 20 mobile 1 oil.
Would the UPF63R be a better choice over the pf63e ?
So my two cents even though this thread is a bit old. I am going through a bit of a snit trying to replace the PF63e for my Acadia. First, the PF63e is, in theory, a adequate filter for the application. GM now lists it in their parts lookup as the replacement factory filter. However, after my last oil change, I cut the thing open and 'viola', the pleat connection was a bad glue job with it folded over on the end. So some oil was getting through unfiltered, while towing, etc. I didn't take a pic and now am sorry. So, I decided to go ahead and use the UPF63R that RA sells. I don't hate ACDelco and am guessing that the 63e is made by a different company,(it seems that it's made by Champion labs) while who knows who makes the UPF63R. But the deal is that the gold filter looks ok on the youtube cut-up and the pleat seam seems like it's got better adhesive.
Now, to add my two cents to torridredgto's problem, (and mine) is that RA lists the UPF63R as an option. BUT, some websites that retail GM parts online do not recommend that filter. So yes, real problem is that we cannot find the Bypass setting on the UPF63R. HOWEVER, ACDelco's online catalog, in fact,
does list the UPF63R as an option:
https://parts-catalog.acdelco.com/c...uest=1&part=UPF63R&catalog=5560&parttype=5340
Yet, the fitment at GM parts center says it doesn't fit--obviously because of bypass--because what else could it be?
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I don't think that the Ultraguard Gold is anything other than OE quality under the gold label. I can say that the bypass settings were raised from 15 to 22 (for my application) after 2012 as per: GM tech-link.com:
https://gm-techlink.com/?p=7627 Apparently the oil pump is variable speed or something something something. This
other tech bulletin
suggests upgrading to the UPF63R but only back to 2016 for Acadia and mine is a ‘13:
https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10181678-9999.pdf
At this point I think I am going with the UPF63R because GM claims that the gold is for demanding situations, including racing, but doesn't say ONLY racing. I think if the bypass
was 35, that they would almost need to say RACING ONLY. I've also considered the Hastings/Baldwin because I was able to confirm the bypass was 20 psi, which, in my book, also sounds okay because I do, actually, know for sure that it's not something way out of spec.
Best,
