I came into possession of a bunch of these filters and thought I would run them on my 2019 Kia Forte. Someone I trust says I shouldn't put them on a Kia and that Kia's should only run on OEM filters. He seemed quite adamant about this so I want your opinions if you would run these on a Kia?
Champion COS3593A in a Kia
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The only thing I'd be concerned about is their age. I very recently came across some COS3614 filters for my various Chrysler products, and they were all from 2015. Since I don't know how they were stored I passed on them. Date codes are on the top of each filter.
I seem to remember Rock Auto closing out all of them about a decade ago.
If they're relatively new you can use them with confidence.
I seem to remember Rock Auto closing out all of them about a decade ago.
If they're relatively new you can use them with confidence.
Kia had a TSB warning about 3rd party oil filters, I am sure that has been corrected today, but maybe not for older filters.
I would never run OEM branded filters unless they were better / cheaper than anything else I could easily get locally. None of the OEMs make their filters, it's just different labels & part numbers.
I will cut any new-to-me oil / fuel filter before it goes on the equipment. Bad assembly / design is pretty easy to catch once you're used to it.
I will cut any new-to-me oil / fuel filter before it goes on the equipment. Bad assembly / design is pretty easy to catch once you're used to it.
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