Champ PH2867... Well, this is disappointing.

[Plawan]

Tried out my new filter cutter on a Champ filter I took off my wife's car, and this was a rude shock:

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I was under the impression Champ used metal construction. This looks like a Fram.

I know someone will point out that Fram and Champ are under the same ownership now, but the date code on this filter is 2016, which I think predates that merger. Could be wrong.

Anyway. Not going to use any more of these. I bought a box of 12 a while back, and I have five left. I'll send one to Whip City Wrencher and I guess give the rest away on Craigslist.

I can’t see anything wrong with it. Looks fine.

 

[Fair enough]

Your oil filter looks better to me than what they make now with metal end caps. But what’s the point in dwelling on oil filters pros and cons from the past?

 

[haggler]

Looks ok, I would use the rest.

 

[GI_GRIFF]

I have a real hodgepodge of different filters stocked for this application now:

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I know the Mazda filters are decent, they're the same as Subaru oem Tokyo Roki. ProLine is Wix, I think. I don't know what's inside the Baldwin or the Purolator but I'll see eventually, I guess.

I think that Balwin filter fits a Honda, right? I know a little bit about Baldwin filters. Their plan is to build their filters to the same efficiency and flow rate as the OEM filter as they are replacing. They are Owned by Parker Hanafin Corporation with their filters being made in Kearny Nebraska or Yankton South Dakota, at their Hastings oil filter plant. They are a real quality heavy duty filter, however, if the OEM filter specs want playground pebbles and bird nests to get through their filters, that is exactly how Baldwin builds them. They are not in the "smallest micron media race" unless that is what the OEM calls for.

 

[ATex7239]

Looks fine to me. Fiber end caps are perfectly fine on a budget filter. I’d use them.