Micro guard opened up

[thomasew]

This is a Microguard taken of my son's 2000 ford focus zx3. He ran the filter several months, I don't know the mileage. I think the oil is castrol 5w20. He primarily drives a lot of short trips to and from work, but not very much hiway driving. I messed up the bottom of the filter element a little getting it out. I thought this filter is very well made, and held up well. The base plate is very thick and sturdy, and the rest of it was impressive to me. I would run these without any reservations.

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[GSCJR]

Looks like a Fram to me. Nice pics.

 

[chubbs1]

Forgive my ignorance but does this filter have two bypass mechanisms? I have seen the style on the dome end like a Fram, but what is at the threaded end? Usually it is one or the other.

 

[sasha]

Originally Posted By: chubbs1
Forgive my ignorance but does this filter have two bypass mechanisms? I have seen the style on the dome end like a Fram, but what is at the threaded end? Usually it is one or the other.
its does?! im lost here also.

 

[dishdude]

The only bypass I see is the white plastic insert in the leaf spring.

 

[Sayjac]

This is one of those weird filters that has a typical Fram bypass in the dome, and two adbv's. One is the standard nitrile adbv and the other is a mechanical spring loaded adbv in the base end of the centertube. Been discussed here before but not often as it is a unique application.

As for the OP's MG, it is Fram made filter that is now superseded by the new Champ made MG's.

 

[KCJeep]

Unusual application spec's, interesting. Looks good, as mentioned above pre-ecore Microguard.

As always, thanks for cutting and posting!