Planning on using its longer brother the 10575/57502 filter next time. Plenty of room for it, there's a mile of space up around that oil filter. It's also not going to go near that long on the oil next time
this is the same guy I posed about back in May with that 16,000 mile service champ abuse filter off his van.
That's the filter is calls for surprisingly. We were both surprised how small it was. That anti drain back valve wasn't doing much, all the oil poured right out of the filter. Either way, it was still a lot better than I thought it was going to be.
Do you happen to remember if this was made in China or Vietnam? Oreilly's is sourcing this standard line of Microgards from two different companies & I'm really not sure who the other one is other than Premium Guard. Oreilly's is showing 99% at 29 microns efficiency for these filters so it it's not real restrictive filter to begin with.
I looked on the filter, didn't see anything about where it was made. I've never seen the tension spring quite like that inside of a WIX made filter before, though.
Flow restriction (ie, the dP across the media vs flow) and filtering efficiency don't necessarily correlate to each other. A less efficient filter can be more restrictive than a more efficient filter.
I'd would bet that this filter has a decent holding capacity for its size & would flow just fine. Especially knowing it's a smaller filter I'd also bet the flow is good to prevent clogging. I highly doubt this small filter wouldn't "Flow" well.
Flowability (the dP vs flow) and clogging (related to holding capacity) also don't necessarily correlate. Could have a low dP vs flow curve (good "flow"), and a relatively high holding capacity (ie, Ultra, Endurance, and similar type media). Could also have decent flow, but relatively low holding capacity. Recalling one of those Purolator spec sheets from M+H posted, one of them was low efficiency and low holding capacity. There have also been relatively low efficiency and high holding capacity examples too, in Ascent's ISO testing.
That's the same filter my Express' LS 6.0 calls for (Fram PH10060 sized)-too small (IMO). I don't think that's a Wix, I've never seen a leaf spring like that in one, thinking it might be a Gonher?
"Could be or could be that syndrome" LOL The fact is we both don't know what the filter's flow characteristics are unless we get some sort of sheet on it which is doubtful. Fact is all filters are designed to have good flow w/ a dirt holding capacity balance. I'm going to give more credit to the manufacturer that builds these things to engineer a good balance into the media.
Yeah I recognized it as it's the same filter I've put on my neighbors 8.1 chevy avalanche before, at least I think, it's about the same size anyways which I thought was really small. Looks like my coworkers 5.7 hemi runs really clean because that oil looked pretty good for the mileage, although when he helped me work on my house 2 months ago, I did put 2 quarts of top off oil in it for him, but still.
No different than you saying (ref post #9):
Would you trust a Premium Guard filter on your car? All of us here at BITOG are on pins and needles until we get your approval Zee.
I've mentioned in a few Premium Guard thread discussions that I think they are a decent oil filter. Efficiency is good and looks well constructed.Would you trust a Premium Guard filter on your car? All of us here at BITOG are on pins and needles until we get your approval Zee.
Buy the oil and filter then return the oil?
