Oil Filters made in U.S.A.

[daves87rs]

Originally Posted By: Mike_dup1
fyi.....................

left - new AC Delco ......................................................................................... Right - oem '09 Cadillac 3.6L engine

Filter on right after 3,000 miles on Mobil 1

If my Delco filter looks beat up like that, it will be the last one....


Did the filter get twisted on the way out?

 

[labman]

The Purolator L 14536's I had been using looked worse than that.

 

[sw99]

Wouldn't it be within the realm of possibility for saturated filter media to deform a bit? Personally, I would not worry about it...

Just to poke the bear... My SuperTech filters have never done that

 

[Peted]

I have an L30001 on right now.. Changing oil soon. I'll cut it open and take a look.

I Did cut open a PureOne and If I didn't hit the pleats with the hacksaw I am sure the filter media would have been perfectly straight ect..

 

[SuperBusa]

Originally Posted By: daves87rs

If my Delco filter looks beat up like that, it will be the last one....

Did the filter get twisted on the way out?


The media pleats look like that on a lot of filters after they have been used for awhile. That photo is new (left side) vs. used (right side).

 

[Mike_dup1]

Quote:
Did the filter get twisted on the way out?

Nope, came out real easy.

I don't see any problem, the deformation is not bad. I seen worse on my last (2005) CTS with same engine. Its also possible that is deforms like that from being clamped down by the screw on lid.

 

[Mike_dup1]

the filter is under the hex cover near yellow dip stick

 

[bobfather99]

Since Im always at Menards, I get Purolator made Quaker State filters there, when theyre on sale. Hencho en USA is stamped on the box.

 

[daves87rs]

There it is...

 

[benjamming]

Filters can really vary depending upon the application even within the same mfg. It really is a case by case basis. This applies to country of origin as well. This is just another reason why I don't buy filters online sight unseen.

 

[artificialist]

I have not seen a single Ecotec filter made in the USA, and I have used many brands and variants of that filter.

 

[Gary Allan]

What numbers do you see. I doubt that they moved the ONE LINE down to Mexico or recreated it somewhere else to make the same numbers.

 

[Bill in Utah]

Originally Posted By: artificialist
I have not seen a single Ecotec filter made in the USA, and I have used many brands and variants of that filter.

Now you have.

Everyone I've had HAS been made in the USA.

Bill

 

[Jonny Z]

Bill,

I think he meant the filter for GM's Ecotec engine; not an ECore Champ.

 

[labman]

I just pulled a Purlator L15436 out of my Ecotec. It says right on it''Made in the USA''. Going back with a Hengst made in the USA that came in a PF 457 box. Earlier all the cartridges I saw were foreign made.

 

[Bill in Utah]

Originally Posted By: Jonny Z
Bill,

I think he meant the filter for GM's Ecotec engine; not an ECore Champ.


Duh...

(I'll go back asleep now)

Long night at work... no excuse though..

Sorry, Bill

 

[Gary Allan]

Don't feel bad, Bill. Me too...Ecore + Supertech= Ecotech