Are Champ filters decent?

[Silverado12]

Champ Filter

Wife has a 2012 Equinox (2.4L GM Ecotec engine) and these are a decent price. At least they're American made. ACDelco PF457G equivalent almost double the price, even at Wally's. Thanks for helping me out.

 

[dparm]

Wait, is Champ the same as Champion?

 

[andyd]

I've been using STP 2870A which is Auto Zone's store brand Champion filter for yrs, not a bit of trouble

 

[wemay]

Champ Labs also makes, K&N and Mobil1 filters, as well as Valvoline, to name a few.

 

[KD0AXS]

Originally Posted By: wemay
Champ Labs also makes, K&N and Mobil1 filters, as well as Valvoline, to name a few.

And Royal Purple , and several OEMs....including AC Delco. The Champ filter is probably the same filter as the AC Delco, or nearly identical anyway.

 

[beast3300]

Champ labs doesn't make Vslvoline's filters anymore.

 

[stephen9666]

Yup, Champ filters were always just Champion Labs filters. I've bought a lot of them in the past and they always worked fine, including E-core models.

I don't know if it's changed now that Champ Labs and Fram were purchased by the Rank Group and combined into Fram Filtration.

 

[Droopy]

The last I knew Purolator makes the Valvoline filters and champ labs used to make them.

 

[wemay]

Thanks for correcting me fellas, didnt know the Valvoline mfr had changed.

 

[SnPb]

All of the AC PF457G oil filters that I have used were made by Hengst, not Champ.

 

[aussiek2000]

I have not seen good results with PF457G style filters of that construction. See on the cap folds over the media? The ones I pull out and have the least distorion and/or tearing are filters that have the end caps that are just flush with the end of the media.

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