Carquest red bought off Rockauto. 5000 miles and a lot of short tripping on a 11 Silverado. Everything looked and was working as it should. Was in with Rotella Gas Truck.
Carquest red cut open
- Thread starter WiskyBadger
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OK, I give. Which is it? Carquest red or Puro Tech? The pictures look the same to me.
Clearly a Carquest red filter. Crimped seam, the puro tech is glued.
Wix filter with PYB
I don’t like the e core Delcos. Wix went on with Fram Ultras on deck.
The service station I work at uses CQ red on pretty much everything that doesn't require a CQ Blue. Always a good showing when I cut them open 
Media looks pretty good here too.
Media looks pretty good here too.
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Thanks for the pics
Pretty grubby filter to me...yeah I know.
Pretty grubby filter to me...yeah I know.
Thanks for the C&P. Looks ok to me.
Is it on Johnson St.?The service station I work at uses CQ red on pretty much everything that doesn't require a CQ Blue. Always a good showing when I cut them open
Fournet's Chevron, yeah baw
OT, but what do you mean by require a CQ Blue?
Vehicles with a longer OCI? "Higher end" vehicles? CQ Red isn't made?
I had thought it was some euro cars like Audi but I re-looked the up and they actually show a CQ standard. We keep CQ Blues for euro's most likely for the longer OCI's they run vs an old Buick. But to my knowledge the big application book requires CQ blue on stuff that has higher bypass pressure like Chevrolet vehicles that spec UPF64R filters for stop start and something to do with the oil pumps. GM parts catalog states to use the 64R's as well so I know that's accurate.
Interesting approach. I’m always curious of the why’s shops are operating a certain way. Thanks for the feedback.
Funnily enough, I have a CQ Blue sitting on the shelf for the Alfa. Reason being is that the efficiency is better than the Red, but also, for a 10k OCI I trust the Blue to be up to the task as opposed to the Red.
