Champ XL. Not a fan of ecores but I grabbed them off Rockauto when I ordered a part. Ecores weren’t pictured. My bad, I’ll run this one for 3k miles and cut it open and see what it’s got going on.
I hadn’t been around here much for a while and didn’t even realize they changed them. I need to pay more attention!
Oil filters change fast these days, seems like the chaos really started in 2020 with supply chain shortages, etc and everything that followed. Everyone clambering to make changes for many reasons, and companies changing hands put another twist on things. The oil filter world is pretty nuts actually ... Whack-A-Mole game to keep up.
First Brands cheapened the XG Ultra media starting around August 2021. While it took a while to be completely gone from all applications, the two ply full synthetic wire back media for all intents and purposes gone now. WhipCityWrencher one of the first to expose the change on an XG7317 on yt. Since then many current XG post use anecdotes have shown wavy media of varying degrees. The topic takes it to the tear level. As you see, topic XG a shell of it's former self and certainly not a 20k mi. filter.
