Update to GM ecotech collapsed filters thread

[TeamZero]

Update to this thread https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/gm-ecotec-collapsed-crushed-filters.341146/

Changed the oil again, at same mileage. This filter looks mint, no issues at all, so will stick to these.

 

[Samrsnow]

Get 12605566 for filter without cap as seen on filter itself. There's at least 3 versions of these style filters from Delco, hengst made ones being the best of course.

 

[slacktide_bitog]

Hengst makes good filters
Did you use the OLM-suggested OCI? What kind of oil did you use?

The filter without the cap, also called PF457G, doesn't come with an O-ring. There is also PF457GO (that's a letter oh) that has an O-ring but not a cap.

The Hengst-branded E630H in the Hengst box comes with an O-ring, as does the Purflux L264A.

 

[blufeb95]

I've got an Ecotec I used a Fram XG9018 in last year that I'm going to be changing the oil in soon, we'll see how it held up.

 

[TeamZero]

Hengst makes good filters
Did you use the OLM-suggested OCI? What kind of oil did you use?

The filter without the cap, also called PF457G, doesn't come with an O-ring. There is also PF457GO (that's a letter oh) that has an O-ring but not a cap.

The Hengst-branded E630H in the Hengst box comes with an O-ring, as does the Purflux L264A.

5K miles with m1 esp 5/30. The pf 457 is the one I had issues with, that why I went with this one. Up here in Canada the pf457 is not a Hengst.

 

[tc1446]

I always used the Hengst in my 2.3L Ecotec. Parts dealer said the GREEN O-rings were lifetime, but of course check for any nicks or such. Never had to change one.

 

[Sayjac]

Yep, looks good. I may have missed it in the reading, have you found a way to purchase the Hengst cartridge without having to buy a new cap with it?

 

[slacktide_bitog]

Yep, looks good. I may have missed it in the reading, have you found a way to purchase the Hengst cartridge without having to buy a new cap with it?

Rock Auto carries the Hengst-branded filter in the Hengst box. It includes the O-ring but no cap

 

[TeamZero]

Yep, looks good. I may have missed it in the reading, have you found a way to purchase the Hengst cartridge without having to buy a new cap with it?

Ya got a few with caps, then rock auto after that....they were not priced to bad anyway....$18? if i remember right?

 

[PF52]

I've been using the Hengst-made PF457 in my 2.4 Cobalt for a bunch of years now... I was using Pure Ones at first before Pep Boys got really stingy with their coupons so I switched to the AC Delco. I get some twisting/creases on many or most of the filters but that doesn't seem to have caused any issues for me. Currently at 257K miles with Blackstone analysis every eighteen months or so going back to when the car was new, and all shows good there. My current filter however is from someone else.... K&N or Wix, I don't remember which. Walmart was out of PF457s that day.

I'll be due for an oil change in less than a thousand miles, so I'll take a real close look at the filter at that time. Maybe I'll even post a picture.

 

[blufeb95]

Just took an Ultra out of an Ecotec, it'd been in there about a year and 3700miles, the car gets a lot of short trips, which probably contributes to cheaper filters getting a little more twisty. But the Ultra came out perfecto.