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Originally Posted By: bullwinkle I would stick with the Primewells over the Dextros, myself. Both Primewell and Dextero are built by Giti Tires. They made several other brand like GT Radial for Discount Tires. http://www.giti.com/corp/corporate.asp?referenceid=16&menuid=368&language=1

After much research, I decided to order an Aisin water pump. The Napa guy didn't process the order for the NPW pump yet so it wasn't a big deal to charge the order. I figure that since Aisin was the OE pump I pull of the Toyota at 80K (and looked prefect when I change the timing belt) the new...

Originally Posted By: HangFire I can't find a "Nissan Pump Work". I did find a Nissan Pump MFG Co., LTD aka NPW. It does NOT seem they make OEM for anyone, going by this: http://www.nitomainc.com/npw.html Thanks for searching and sharing those web links. I thought it was called "Nissan Pump...

Originally Posted By: brages I got one in my Accord. Also Mitsoboshi belt and Toyo or whatever tensionsers. Anyway, have about 25,000 miles on it with no issues. Seemed decent quality, maybe a notch below the one that was in there. Thanks for the input. A few forums mention that NPW is an OE...

Originally Posted By: icepickjazz Have you thought about a Beck Arnley pump? Beck Arnley doesn't have factories. They rebox parts made by OEM (Aisin) other aftermarket manufactures (such as Japan's NPW or Korea's GMB). You might get OEM but again you might not. Some people aren't willing to take...

Originally Posted By: NHGUY Somebody makes a new pump in the USA? Only ones I have ever seen are Chinese made (Hytec,GNB...etc). I went to find the Oreilly's water pump box in my garage, it actually read "assemble in USA with US and foreign parts". I know the TruFlow from NAPA for my car is made...

A while back, I installed an O'reilly brand water pump on my Toyota. The pump was made in USA and the casting looked fine. I installed it and used OEM red coolant. Well, 20K miles later, it leaking out the weep hole and getting worst. Since the pump is driven by the timing belt, I decided to...

Originally Posted By: andrewg I had a sheriffs car follow me on a state highway once. It was on my way home from work. I get off of work at 11pm. Anyway, this sheriff comes up behind me when I am in the right lane doing the speed limit. He keeps zooming up on my tail like he was baiting me to...

Originally Posted By: weebl To me, the notice looks like the marketer of Primewell is Bridgestone, but the manufacturer and owner of the Primewell brand is Giti Tire. The very bottom of the legal page says: Quote: Primewell is a registered trademark of Giti Tire Pte. Ltd. Incorporated...

Originally Posted By: OneEyeJack It's entertaining to see what can be done with an older car. I rebuilt the engine on my Honda and I'm happy with the results. The norm is to throw away a car after a few years and buy a new one. Often times it's because marketing says the new car is better and...

I'm planning to use a Napa Platinum when I do my oil change this weekend. It's a very solid filter and similar, if not the same as the WIX XP oil filter. Thick canister, full synthetic media and silicone ADBV. Some members here will steer you away from it as the Platinum's efficiency is 99% at...

Originally Posted By: FetchFar Any holes or tears are unacceptable. Still, its a small hole here. So a hole in a Fram is all fine. But a hole in a Purolator means that it's end of the world as we know it?

I would normally say OEM Nissan but they're not special. Basic filter made in China with fiber end-cap. Not that it's a bad thing, just not worth the $8+ most dealership charge. (Maybe cheaper online). Most of the time, we recommend OEM filter to avoid any warranty headache even if it's not the...

Originally Posted By: dnewton3 I will not go so far as to denegrate the Wix filters; generally I have respect for the traditional Wix/NG product and have used them with great satisfaction. But their customer service/info department sucks; it sucks so very BADLY it's just hard to get past. I used...

Originally Posted By: aquariuscsm Looks great! I've always liked the Wix filters. Are the new O'Reilly house filters just Wix w/nitrile adbv? The new O'Reilly MicroGard oil filter are very similar/if not the same as Napa Silver and Carquest Red oil filter. They even switch to Wix's part number...