Hi folks,
I was at my local Wal-Mart and figured I'd pick up some SuperTech fiters. While I only needed one for an upcoming oil change, I bought a second for science.
Here it is:
As you can see, it has a black, very flexible ADBV and the blue-button bypass valve. The ADBV has a little ridge around the center that fits tightly against the end caps (this was not visible in close-up photos, so I didn't bother posting it).
This particular model is not an ecore, and has metal end caps on the paper filter media. The central tube is metal.
The paper has a pleat depth of ~1cm. The ends are glued rather heavily into the end caps. Pull as I might, I am unable to tear the paper out of the end cap, though I did end up cutting myself on the end cap (hooray). I ended up cutting the paper with a knife to see that it was also heavily glued on the inside of the ends as well.
All in all, it looks like a pretty standard Champion Labs filter, and I noticed no part of it that seemed low quality, cheap, or flimsy. Not bad for $2.57.
I was at my local Wal-Mart and figured I'd pick up some SuperTech fiters. While I only needed one for an upcoming oil change, I bought a second for science.
Here it is:
As you can see, it has a black, very flexible ADBV and the blue-button bypass valve. The ADBV has a little ridge around the center that fits tightly against the end caps (this was not visible in close-up photos, so I didn't bother posting it).
This particular model is not an ecore, and has metal end caps on the paper filter media. The central tube is metal.
The paper has a pleat depth of ~1cm. The ends are glued rather heavily into the end caps. Pull as I might, I am unable to tear the paper out of the end cap, though I did end up cutting myself on the end cap (hooray). I ended up cutting the paper with a knife to see that it was also heavily glued on the inside of the ends as well.
All in all, it looks like a pretty standard Champion Labs filter, and I noticed no part of it that seemed low quality, cheap, or flimsy. Not bad for $2.57.