Originally Posted By: pbm
Originally Posted By: blupupher
Originally Posted By: pbm
I looked at the new Mobil 1 M103A filter at Walmart and one of the older M103 versions at AA and they seem to be exactly the same filter. The 103A was made on 1/17/17 and the M103 was made on 1/10/17 (a week earlier).
I'm betting that the 'A' filters are replacing the older versions (and are just newly packaged but identical inside) and the changeover happened sometime between 1/10/17 and 1/17/17.
Nope, the new M1-210Af I cut open was made 12/01/16.
Yes, my bad, I forgot that your 'A' filter was made last December. I still feel that the only thing that has changed is the packaging and going from 15K to 20K recommendation....they seem identical and the cut open filter looks the same as the older version.
There may also be different transition dates for different models.
Originally Posted By: blupupher
Originally Posted By: pbm
I looked at the new Mobil 1 M103A filter at Walmart and one of the older M103 versions at AA and they seem to be exactly the same filter. The 103A was made on 1/17/17 and the M103 was made on 1/10/17 (a week earlier).
I'm betting that the 'A' filters are replacing the older versions (and are just newly packaged but identical inside) and the changeover happened sometime between 1/10/17 and 1/17/17.
Nope, the new M1-210Af I cut open was made 12/01/16.
Yes, my bad, I forgot that your 'A' filter was made last December. I still feel that the only thing that has changed is the packaging and going from 15K to 20K recommendation....they seem identical and the cut open filter looks the same as the older version.
There may also be different transition dates for different models.