Would You Use This Filter?
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Originally Posted By: Nyquist
I picked up a Purolator Pure One today from AA thinking it would be King ©®@p of Turd Mountain, but I'm disappointed and thinking of taking it back even with the rebate. The material is not straight, the seam is cheaply put together, and it seems like there was little or no QC on this line or any other Purolator for that matter because they all had the same defects. I'll post what I'm talking about here. Thoughts?
Thats a Premium Plus, not a Pure One. Lets see the can it came out of.
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I picked up a Purolator Pure One today from AA thinking it would be King ©®@p of Turd Mountain, but I'm disappointed and thinking of taking it back even with the rebate. The material is not straight, the seam is cheaply put together, and it seems like there was little or no QC on this line or any other Purolator for that matter because they all had the same defects. I'll post what I'm talking about here. Thoughts?
Thats a Premium Plus, not a Pure One. Lets see the can it came out of.
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Box maybe? Or are they selling cartridge filters in cans now
Well after exchanging e-mails and a couple phone calls with Purolator, I have to say that I'm incredibly impressed with how I was treated as a first-time customer. I had some other Purolators from the PureONE and PremiumPLUS line for the 2.2L Ecotec that also had similar defects. The PremiumPLUS filters had more prominent defects in them.
Purolator is voluntarily paying for shipping via UPS to send the filters to their QC department. I should be getting a credit for them fairly soon as well. Once the tests are done, I was told to expect a call from their engineer explaining what the issues were.
Oddly enough it seems to be confined to filters made in their US plants. I went to AA again and explained what was going on, and the guy there grabbed two other cartridge style filters for Euro applications that were made outside of the US. They looked at least 10x better.
I'll let you all know what comes of this. For now, I'm pretty impressed with Purolator.
Purolator is voluntarily paying for shipping via UPS to send the filters to their QC department. I should be getting a credit for them fairly soon as well. Once the tests are done, I was told to expect a call from their engineer explaining what the issues were.
Oddly enough it seems to be confined to filters made in their US plants. I went to AA again and explained what was going on, and the guy there grabbed two other cartridge style filters for Euro applications that were made outside of the US. They looked at least 10x better.
I'll let you all know what comes of this. For now, I'm pretty impressed with Purolator.
Does the Saab turbo motor use the same filter as the ecotec?
Do they have different aftermarket part numbers for filters?
I have a bunch of those purolator filters (not blue like yours, just yellow)..
The OEM filters really look the best.
Do they have different aftermarket part numbers for filters?
I have a bunch of those purolator filters (not blue like yours, just yellow)..
The OEM filters really look the best.
Originally Posted By: ZZman
Shouldn't there be a clip or something holding those seams together?
What I have found is Purolator (at least on PPlus line) doesn't use the metal clip on the seam.
http://home.earthlink.net/~cewhite3nc/id4.html and http://home.mindspring.com/~cewhite3nc/id14.html
I think this is a weak point especially with extended OCI.
Even the Fram's I have cut open have the metal seam clip.
http://home.mindspring.com/~cewhite3nc/id10.html
Shouldn't there be a clip or something holding those seams together?
What I have found is Purolator (at least on PPlus line) doesn't use the metal clip on the seam.
http://home.earthlink.net/~cewhite3nc/id4.html and http://home.mindspring.com/~cewhite3nc/id14.html
I think this is a weak point especially with extended OCI.
Even the Fram's I have cut open have the metal seam clip.
http://home.mindspring.com/~cewhite3nc/id10.html
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I picked up a Purolator for the wife's '01 Lumina the other day. I started screwing it on, and noticed that the threads were REALLY lose. I'm not ambitious enough to bother Purolator about it... but I went back and got an AC filter. No more purolator for me.
Ik this is a dated thread but... the AATG i just sliced open had a metal seem clip. Maybe their cartridge filter dont have em.????
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