My six-pack of Wix 57082XPs arrived today and I thought I'd compare one to a Driveworks 5436 I have laying around. Both of these are for the 2.0/2.2/2.4 Ecotec family.
The Wix XP is, of course, fully synthetic media. The Driveworks is regular old cellulose media. For the purposes of this post, I'll call the XP a "synthetic" filter and the Driveworks a "conventional" filter.
The 57082XP is the best constructed synthetic filter I've seen for the Ecotec. It is much, much, much, much better put together than Purolator's pathetic PSL15436 and at least equal to a Fram XG9018. The Driveworks 5436 is, surprisingly, the best constructed conventional filter I've seen for the Ecotec. Yes, I'd put its build quality at better than even a Bosch D3324 or a Mobil 1 M1C-151.
I didn't get a picture but the Wix has a metal-crimped seam while the Driveworks has a glued seam. It should be noted that the pleat spacing is so even and the glue job so perfect that I can't actually find the glued seam on the Driveworks by just looking at it.
Including the crimped seam, I counted 60 pleats for the 57082XP and a whopping 76 pleats on the DW5436. I've unrolled and measured a Driveworks before so I know they have around 180 square inches of surface area.
Anyway, the pictures! Driveworks on left, Wix on right.
I had to take non-flash pics of the Wix because the media is extremely reflective.
See how the Wix looks non-flash ...
... compared to with flash. Wix is slightly longer.
Driveworks is slightly bigger around.
China vs. Poland.
Driveworks media close-up.
Wix media close-up.
Driveworks center tube extends all the way to the top.
Wix has far larger cutouts in the center tube, tube only goes about 3/4 of the way to the top.
Locking tab differences.
Locking tab differences.
Slightly bigger "adbv" o-ring on the Driveworks.
The Wix XP is, of course, fully synthetic media. The Driveworks is regular old cellulose media. For the purposes of this post, I'll call the XP a "synthetic" filter and the Driveworks a "conventional" filter.
The 57082XP is the best constructed synthetic filter I've seen for the Ecotec. It is much, much, much, much better put together than Purolator's pathetic PSL15436 and at least equal to a Fram XG9018. The Driveworks 5436 is, surprisingly, the best constructed conventional filter I've seen for the Ecotec. Yes, I'd put its build quality at better than even a Bosch D3324 or a Mobil 1 M1C-151.
I didn't get a picture but the Wix has a metal-crimped seam while the Driveworks has a glued seam. It should be noted that the pleat spacing is so even and the glue job so perfect that I can't actually find the glued seam on the Driveworks by just looking at it.
Including the crimped seam, I counted 60 pleats for the 57082XP and a whopping 76 pleats on the DW5436. I've unrolled and measured a Driveworks before so I know they have around 180 square inches of surface area.
Anyway, the pictures! Driveworks on left, Wix on right.
I had to take non-flash pics of the Wix because the media is extremely reflective.
See how the Wix looks non-flash ...
... compared to with flash. Wix is slightly longer.
Driveworks is slightly bigger around.
China vs. Poland.
Driveworks media close-up.
Wix media close-up.
Driveworks center tube extends all the way to the top.
Wix has far larger cutouts in the center tube, tube only goes about 3/4 of the way to the top.
Locking tab differences.
Locking tab differences.
Slightly bigger "adbv" o-ring on the Driveworks.
