As you may know, Fram recently improved the orange cans, and they now use a silicone ADBV.
However, Ford's Zetec engine installed in the Contour, Focus, Escape, and their Mercury clones, uses a special filter with an anti-siphon valve. Fram's part number is PH8316.
The 8316 is not a fast-moving application, and in fact, Walmart still has stock from 2014 in their stores, and some 2015. I was lucky enough to find one December 2017-production PH8316 with the silicone ADBV, but it is dented! So, I ordered one from Amazon. The Amazon filter is very fresh production, coming from March 2018, but get this... the ADBV is black, not silicone!
I emailed Motorking asking him why.
Nobody has a recent production TG8316 in stock, and Walmart no longer carries it in stores and is now online-only. But the TG is listed as out-of-stock on walmart.com
Rock Auto doesn't actually have their own inventory, so they'd have no idea whether any Frams they have in-stock are cent production at all. But I have bought a Wix 51315 from them last year, and it was made in January 2017.
I will be cutting open the dented silicone can soon.
December 2017-production PH8316, date code A73421, silicone
March 2018-production PH8316, date code 80802, black rubber
However, Ford's Zetec engine installed in the Contour, Focus, Escape, and their Mercury clones, uses a special filter with an anti-siphon valve. Fram's part number is PH8316.
The 8316 is not a fast-moving application, and in fact, Walmart still has stock from 2014 in their stores, and some 2015. I was lucky enough to find one December 2017-production PH8316 with the silicone ADBV, but it is dented! So, I ordered one from Amazon. The Amazon filter is very fresh production, coming from March 2018, but get this... the ADBV is black, not silicone!
I emailed Motorking asking him why.
Nobody has a recent production TG8316 in stock, and Walmart no longer carries it in stores and is now online-only. But the TG is listed as out-of-stock on walmart.com
Rock Auto doesn't actually have their own inventory, so they'd have no idea whether any Frams they have in-stock are cent production at all. But I have bought a Wix 51315 from them last year, and it was made in January 2017.
I will be cutting open the dented silicone can soon.
December 2017-production PH8316, date code A73421, silicone
March 2018-production PH8316, date code 80802, black rubber