Napa Gold and Verdic 1036 cut and paste

[zrxkawboy]

Strange... I worked part time at a NAPA from 1995-2019, and don’t remember ever seeing a Verdic filter.

 

[advocate]

Strange... I worked part time at a NAPA from 1995-2019, and don’t remember ever seeing a Verdic filter.

This one is strange for me as well. I’ve never seen them before. They were given to me. I couldn’t even find anything on google about them.

 

[blufeb95]

Strange... I worked part time at a NAPA from 1995-2019, and don’t remember ever seeing a Verdic filter.

They seem to be a Canadian thing, searching Google I came up with one ebay listing of a Verdic oil filter and it was in Canada.

 

[blufeb95]

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bobistheoilguy.com

Aparently they were a thing in Canada and they were sold at Napa Canada in the 2003 timeframe

 

[blufeb95]

They seem to have disapeared sometime after 2003ish, so that date code probably is 2003, there are a couple posts from the 02-03 timeframe but none after

How many different filter makers?

quote: Originally posted by Toy4x4: OneQuartLow, From what I've read on other threads, Fram is a maker not use for quality reasons. "Over the long haul I'd be worried, but since the first filter gets changed out within 1000 miles it shouldn't matter." I'm sorry, but I don't understand this...

bobistheoilguy.com

What filter should I use

I switching to synthetic oil(mobil 1) for my 99 dodge caravan. I know it's overkill but I want to take good care of this vehicle, It probably won't see too much hard use maybe some light towing. And I always change my oil around 5000km's. My question is whats the best oil filter I can buy, In my...

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[Sayjac]

So it seems the date code interpretation in the ball park (03). Verdic does seem like Canadian thing.

Afaik Uni-Select is a Canadian outfit that distributes Auto Extra filters, also a Wix 'made for' OF.