New Fram CH10246 made in Argentina

[blufeb95]

I picked up a filter to use in my neighbor's car today, Fram appears to be making some the cartridges in Argentina now?
Metal crimp seam, pleat spacing looks good.

 

[Zee09]

Baldwin has irritated me for years.. but their VW cartridges were made in Taiwan and I am a fan of that. They look great .

 

[JavierH19]

Looks solid

 

[Zee09]

@blufeb95
Nice pics
Price of filter??

 

[Escape08]

 

[blufeb95]

@blufeb95
Nice pics
Price of filter??

I paid $4.80+tax, Meijer has Fram filters on sale for 20% off, they're normally about $6 everywhere, Walmart has made all the Supertech Cartridges MP instead of ST now, so they're the same price as Fram, $6 is about the cheapest you can get a filter for these if they're not on sale and you're not buying in bulk on RA

 

[slacktide_bitog]

white plastic end caps

 

[fantastic]

white plastic end caps

They are more like a Beige color. OP Hopefully they will look this great on a regular basis.

 

[53' Stude]

I picked up a filter to use in my neighbor's car today, Fram appears to be making some the cartridges in Argentina now?
Metal crimp seam, pleat spacing looks good.
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I like the metal seam. Nice photos. Thank You

 

[blufeb95]

Anyone know what the little oring is for?

 

[fantastic]

Anyone know what the little oring is for?
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Yes, That would be for the lid/cap

EDIT: I'm not sure about the smaller oring.

 

[ZeeOSix]

Anyone know what the little oring is for?

If there is a drain on the cartridge filter housing, it might be for that. The large O-ring is obviously for the main cap.

 

[blufeb95]

If there is a drain on the cartridge filter housing, it might be for that. The large O-ring is obviously for the main cap.

Is there a drain? This is a top mounted cartridge housing.

 

[Chris142]

Where do they get the media paper? Do they source it locally or ship it in from somewhere?

 

[blufeb95]

If there is a drain on the cartridge filter housing, it might be for that. The large O-ring is obviously for the main cap.

Apparently some models that use this filter have a bottom mounted housing that have a drain in the cap, so the small oring is not needed in my application.

 

[ZeeOSix]

Is there a drain? This is a top mounted cartridge housing.

Could be on another vehicle that specific filter is also specified for.
Edit - beat me to it.

 

[53' Stude]

Is there a drain? This is a top mounted cartridge housing.

Not that I’ve ever saw on any encore or track or Cruze

 

[blufeb95]

Not that I’ve ever saw on any encore or track or Cruze

The same filter is used on the second generation of Diesel Cruze that has the filter on the bottom side of the engine.

 

[53' Stude]

The same filter is used on the second generation of Diesel Cruze that has the filter on the bottom side of the engine.

Ok, does that cap have a drain hole?

 

[blufeb95]

Ok, does that cap have a drain hole?

Yes, I think it's the only application for the filter that uses it, and they were introduced in like 2017, so only recently have aftermarket filters started including the little oring, it's mostly a waste to include it since probably 99.9%+ of all people buying these filters don't own a 1.6L diesel car.