One on the right is Champ (or Fram), one on the left looks Chinese to me (Premium Guard, etc.). My one problem with eBay & Amazon, there’s a lot of counterfeit parts oit there!
I ordered oil filters online the other day...
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I got to the point I don't want to buy anything online nowadays
I agree with this because I've owned both Honda and Subaru products and used OEM filters for some time with both of them and I cut open all my used filters for examination.
To me there's nothing bad about their filters, but nothing great either.
The only OEM filters I found that to me seemed to be constructed really well were Hyundai. I ran them on my 2008 Santa Fe 2.7L V6.
Hmmm, I ordered 6 from oem parts source just to try them out. Haven’t used any yet but I think I’m going to do a closer inspection now just because
I have owned several Honda's and never bought the Honda oil filter. Too bad you had a bad experience with the fake filters.
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As mentioned previously, BUYER BEWARE when using sites like eBay or Amazon. We have experience seizing plenty of counterfeit product that comes from Asia, even being sold from "Cummins Filtration" or "Fleetguard" accounts that aren't us. Your best bet is to get the product from legitimate sellers like a dealership.
To those familiar with Honda filters those are pretty obvious.
First clue they are labels as A02, but they look like A01. A01 are Roki, A02 are Fram (FKA Honeywell)
Second Clue a Canadian A02 would be something like 10 years old.
Third clue no P gasket.
I’d love to see the innards, I bet they are a real freak show.
As already advises, but only from a Honda dealer .
First clue they are labels as A02, but they look like A01. A01 are Roki, A02 are Fram (FKA Honeywell)
Second Clue a Canadian A02 would be something like 10 years old.
Third clue no P gasket.
I’d love to see the innards, I bet they are a real freak show.
As already advises, but only from a Honda dealer .
eBay has a counterfeit policy. If they giver you a hassle about returning them for a refund, tell them you will go to eBay and report it. Then you will get the eBay money back offer.
I knew it was something like that, thanks for clearing it up. I remember reporting counterfeit after I had already returned them. Of course it was spark plugs. The counterfeiters are getting really good, but one thing they messed up on and I caught it. From then on I'll get my plugs at NAPA! but thanks for the update!
No Problem! My friend just went through this with spark plugs also. Seller didn't give her any problems at all. Sent her a return label right away. I told her to still report it to eBay.
