Up on the workbench today is a Champ XL PH2840XL which interchanges with a Toyota 90915-YZZN1. I am cutting a slew of filters to compare to the Wix WL10332 that I was thoroughly disappointed with for a variety of reasons, but primarily, poorly formed louvers.
The Champ XL PH2840XL is 2.625 in tall which is about the same as the Toyota 90915-YZZN1 and the Wix WL10332.
The can feels thin/flexible compared to others and is labeled MADE IN USA, Overall the filter weighs 163.2 g. The baseplate has 13 punched holes with slight burr on the ADBV side, but not enough that I would call it sharp., Can thickness was measured to be 0.0175 in. The ADBV is orange and appears to be silicone and feels very pliable, which matches what Champ advertises for this line of filter. The filter is constructed with the bypass valve located in the dome end, and due to the style of the bypass leaf spring stamping, light leaks were observed 360 degrees at the endcap to leaf spring interface. The valve is meant to seal metal on metal but the 4 raised portions meant to keep it tight in the metal end cap, only allow for a leak path (at least for light), additional pressure added to the leaf spring did not decrease the light leakage. The bypass valve psi setting is not published anywhere that I could find. The sealing side of the leaf spring was found to be flat. The filter core weighed 30.7 g, was 1 15/16 in tall, had 53 pleats, with a media length of 40 in, and a media thickness of 0.0285 in. The media is supported on each end by a metal end cap with no light leaks noted at the potting material, and no glue residue was present on the endcaps or elsewhere in the filter media. The center tube uses a e-core construction. Uniform overall filter construction was noted with straight media pleats, but an unknown quantity of leakage around the dome end bypass assembly.
The Champ XL PH2840XL is 2.625 in tall which is about the same as the Toyota 90915-YZZN1 and the Wix WL10332.
The can feels thin/flexible compared to others and is labeled MADE IN USA, Overall the filter weighs 163.2 g. The baseplate has 13 punched holes with slight burr on the ADBV side, but not enough that I would call it sharp., Can thickness was measured to be 0.0175 in. The ADBV is orange and appears to be silicone and feels very pliable, which matches what Champ advertises for this line of filter. The filter is constructed with the bypass valve located in the dome end, and due to the style of the bypass leaf spring stamping, light leaks were observed 360 degrees at the endcap to leaf spring interface. The valve is meant to seal metal on metal but the 4 raised portions meant to keep it tight in the metal end cap, only allow for a leak path (at least for light), additional pressure added to the leaf spring did not decrease the light leakage. The bypass valve psi setting is not published anywhere that I could find. The sealing side of the leaf spring was found to be flat. The filter core weighed 30.7 g, was 1 15/16 in tall, had 53 pleats, with a media length of 40 in, and a media thickness of 0.0285 in. The media is supported on each end by a metal end cap with no light leaks noted at the potting material, and no glue residue was present on the endcaps or elsewhere in the filter media. The center tube uses a e-core construction. Uniform overall filter construction was noted with straight media pleats, but an unknown quantity of leakage around the dome end bypass assembly.
