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[jagdriver727]

Just got a few of these from RA and this build is Purolator... code is '120919DG'

Fits GM 3.8L V6

Likely the same as a red can... a good buy for less than $1.50. Will run these with confidence and when/if any return I will send them to @53' Stude for dissection.

What I find amusing is the Wix support line on what is obviously a Purolator product. Guess they had to use up the old packaging.

 

[ZeeOSix]

Maybe it's made for WIX, but it does not have a Purolator date code.

 

[jagdriver727]

Maybe it's made for WIX, but it does not have a Purolator date code.

That's a puzzler. It has a purolator style base plate and center tube. Who knows what's going on with Purolator after Mann took over, their production and QC has been all over the place.

 

[ZeeOSix]

Can you see the bypass valve down the center tube? Plastic or metal - possible to get a photo?

 

[jagdriver727]

Looks metal to me. Best shot I could get...

 

[ZeeOSix]

That doesn't look like a Purolator type bypass valve.

 

[53' Stude]

Looks metal to me. Best shot I could get...
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Probably no bypass as bypass might be in block.

 

[jagdriver727]

Probably no bypass as bypass might be in block.

I hadn’t thought of that. Bypass is in the engine, there’s a stand-alone valve listed in the parts catalog

 

[Electromotive]

Just got a few of these from RA and this build is Purolator... code is '120919DG'

Fits GM 3.8L V6

Likely the same as a red can... a good buy for less than $1.50. Will run these with confidence and when/if any return I will send them to @53' Stude for dissection.

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What I find amusing is the Wix support line on what is obviously a Purolator product. Guess they had to use up the old packaging.
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Nice filter for the price.

 

[Outlook214]

Wix and Purolator both owned by Mann/Hummel could be a logistics thing? I saw somewhere else two napa filters with identical part numbers, one a wix and one a purolator. I guess if one has a preference, online ordering might not be the way going forward?