Anyone buy an STP XL lately?

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Bought an oil deal at AutoZone with the STP XL, thinking it was a Premium Guard filter. This filter has louvers and I've never seen a filter with the threads so recessed, relative to the gasket. I'm very leery of using this filter.

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I bought one once for a FL-820-S equivelant. It was much shorter, which did not impress me. I don't plan to ever buy another one.
CQ Blue for the win.
 
Yup, sticking with Carquest from here on out!

Even if I don't use it, I came out okay with the oil and cabin filter.

If you go back to Autozone and you speak with a rep that will listen , then just ask them to check a few others of the same model # for an Asian made filter then just exchange for that one.
 
I got one of these also in Fram orange. Only complaint is that that recessed thread/plate takes up what could have been used as filter area. Paid premium bucks for a PH8170 "mower filter" when I could have used an ordinary 3/4" thread car filter (PH3614) for a third the price. You never know what you're going to get these days. The PH8172's (slightly longer) I purchased recently were made in China, they look pretty robust. I don't hate any of these filters, jury is still out until I take them apart.

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Bought an oil deal at AutoZone with the STP XL, thinking it was a Premium Guard filter. This filter has louvers and I've never seen a filter with the threads so recessed, relative to the gasket. I'm very leery of using this filter.

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Hate to break it to everyone but AC DELCO factory filters and others I’ve saw at work have same baseplate. No big deal.
 
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