Carquest with no holes

[ashneale44]

Picked this up on RockAuto. It’s a 85231. Am I missing something? No holes or louvres?

 

[oldhp]

Good thing you looked!!!!

 

[tcp71]

Wow. It would just run in bypass all the time.

 

[UGASpike]

I fear I have only seen bad things ordering from RockAuto. Between this and the countless packages damaged from the cheap shipping boxes they use, it makes me very unlikely to order from them.

 

[Hohn]

Picked this up on RockAuto. It’s a 85231. Am I missing something? No holes or louvres?

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Made in USA by whom?

 

[JavierH19]

Made in USA? i don't believe premium guard makes these in the USA. Could it be very old stock given it's rock auto.

 

[JavierH19]

Made in USA by whom?

That has me thinking too. Premium guard doesn't make oil filters in the US unless i'm mistaken. But the old stock carquest filters were made in the US

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Thread 'Carquest filters still made by Wix?'

Aug 21, 2016

I just bought 2 CQ reds from AAP. Reading recently, I've seen a few people mention that the CQ's are now made by Purolator. Can anyone confirm this because I'm really hoping that they are still made by wix.

• gallydif
• Replies: 19
• Forum: Engine Oil Filters

 

[Hirev]

Yikes good thing you looked thats bad. Never seen that before. You should send that one to whip city wrencher. Is there a date code on that filter?

 

[OVERKILL]

That has me thinking too. Premium guard doesn't make oil filters in the US unless i'm mistaken. But the old stock carquest filters were made in the US

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Thread 'Carquest filters still made by Wix?'

Aug 21, 2016

I just bought 2 CQ reds from AAP. Reading recently, I've seen a few people mention that the CQ's are now made by Purolator. Can anyone confirm this because I'm really hoping that they are still made by wix.

• gallydif
• Replies: 19
• Forum: Engine Oil Filters

Premium Guard doesn't make oil filters, they sub-contract them to outfits that do, at least that's my takeaway from what they state on their website:

 

[OVERKILL]

Picked this up on RockAuto. It’s a 85231. Am I missing something? No holes or louvres?

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They should send you a replacement given that this is clearly defective. If they don't make you send it back, you absolutely need to C&P this puppy!

 

[ZeeOSix]

Maybe what you see is a "stand pipe". There seems to be an air gap between the tube and the dome end cap. You'd have to cut it open to see what's going on.

 

[Chevyc10]

Old stock mfg WIX

 

[50yr Street Mech]

That's a first for me. Seen bad louvers, but not that. Good thing you checked.

 

[hemitom]

That's a first for me. Seen bad louvers, but not that. Good thing you checked.

Just imagine the headache you would have had if you toasted an engine .

 

[Mainia]

Picked this up on RockAuto. It’s a 85231. Am I missing something? No holes or louvres?

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What are you guys talking about, it's good, that is for a Tesla.

 

[Nukeman7]

That's the new Super-Duper-Ultra-Uber-Mega High Efficiency Carquest oil filter! It is rated at 100% efficiency that 0.0000001 micron particles are guaranteed to not get through the media. Soon to be the darling of the BITOG fanboys!

 

[GW.]

That’s a very old Carquest pre PGI. These are from 2007.

 

[Hootbro]

Considering the application is for Jaguar XJ models, probably a stand pipe as @ZeeOSix mentioned.

 

[ashneale44]

Here are some more photos with the date code. Perhaps you’re right as I did buy this for a ‘96 XJ6. It was $0.86

 

[ZeeOSix]

That’s a very old Carquest pre PGI. These are from 2007.

Per PGI? It looks like an old Wix/M+H build. Date code in post 19 shows 112515 (Nov 25, 2015).