Fram CA4939

[RooflessVW]

The filter in my Trooper is a fun shape.

Got a new one for a few bucks from Rock Auto and popped it in. Here's the old one:

 

[oldhp]

Looks like lots of surface area to filter air. Did the FRAM look the same way?

 

[RooflessVW]

Looks like lots of surface area to filter air. Did the FRAM look the same way?

Yeah the old filter was a Fram, new filter was a Fram.

Both made in 2014, oddly enough

 

[eljefino]

Your old one was fine to run for way longer.

 

[RooflessVW]

Your old one was fine to run for way longer.

Maybe.

New one was $9. Why put the old one back in?

 

[CR94]

New one was $9. Why put the old one back in?

Because it's more efficient capturing fine particles than the new one.

 

[RooflessVW]

Because it's more efficient capturing fine particles than the new one.

Meh