Advance Auto

[jediwebmstr]

I just went to Advance Auto's website to look up an oil filter for my 3.7 Jeep engine. It says they have the house brand Advance Auto filters on clearance for $1.45. Searching the net seems to confirm this price.........

For a $1.45...any opinions on these Advance Auto brand filters....are they any good.....anybody knows who Mfg's them.

would be for 4,000 OCI's with Pennzoil YB

 

[ADFD1]

There was a thread a while back about these filters. IIRC they're made by Purolator and a good filter for the money.

 

[soldierman]

Ya they are decent filters. Unsure of manufacture used to be purolater or so I thought. Good luck finding any at your store as they have been clearanced for sometime now. I bought all they had to fit my applications.

 

[daman]

Good luck finding one for your application this was talked about a wile ago and by now most stock is cleared out,all gone...

 

[Sayjac]

Made by Purolator, AAP Total Grip been on closeout for quite some time @$1.45. As daman said, I'd be very surprised if you can find any left. That is, other than BITOG folks like myself who have a stash of them.

The Powerflo that replaced them is also Puro, also decent, if you can get them to sell them to you. They were willing to sell me some if I bought a few. Supposed to be for commercial accounts.

 

[jediwebmstr]

Thanks for the info on the filters...... Actually i verified before i posted.....I was able to find 4 AA3600's at a store close to my house. (i did have to call around though) Dam, can't believe i missed that on here....

Well, I assume if BITOG folks have "stashes" of them they must be halfway decent.........

 

[daman]

Originally Posted By: jediwebmstr
Thanks for the info on the filters...... Actually i verified before i posted.....I was able to find 4 AA3600's at a store close to my house. (i did have to call around though) Dam, can't believe i missed that on here....

Well, I assume if BITOG folks have "stashes" of them they must be halfway decent.........

yup good filter for cheap.

here's one from my stash i sacrificed for a pic, equivalent to a PF1218 chevy v8 filter.

 

[Sayjac]

Great pics, thanks for sacrificing one. Very similar to Puro Prem Plus with slighly less media. Also listed in the filter study below.

http://home.earthlink.net/~cewhite3nc/id6.html

 

[daman]

Yup pretty close...

 

[jediwebmstr]

Thanks daman!

 

[daman]

No problem,,yea if you still can get em go for it buy all you can!

 

[jediwebmstr]

Gonna keep calling around...........

trying to score some of that Formula Shell for 95 cents also from advance....don't know if I'll have any luck at all with that. (i know not necessarily the right forum)

 

[sw99]

I used to buy those all day long when they had the BOGO deals for them. It was 2 filters for $2.88. They are very good filters for the money.

 

[river_rat]

Well, that's a good old Purolator! Thanks for the pics.
I can't seem to find these around here though.

 

[daman]

Originally Posted By: river_rat
Well, that's a good old Purolator! Thanks for the pics.
I can't seem to find these around here though.

Probably all bought up.

 

[labman]

Originally Posted By: river_rat
Well, that's a good old Purolator! Thanks for the pics.
I can't seem to find these around here though.


They were once an average filter. I never felt bad about using them as long as I got them cheap. Having cut a newer one open, I am looking for alternatives.

 

[jediwebmstr]

Daman, I was only able to get my hands on 5 of these filters.......which for $1.45 is fine. Since you tore one apart, I was interested in your opinion...........when my stock runs out, what would be the most similiar filter in your opinion......a Premium Plus??
Thanks for any input.....

 

[macdole99]

im in alabama now and they are loaded just scored 12 for my three cars. for 1.45 each and then they took an additional 75 percent off that

 

[Mr Nice]

Call the AAP 'hub' store to see if they have any still in stock.

 

[daman]

Originally Posted By: jediwebmstr
Daman, I was only able to get my hands on 5 of these filters.......which for $1.45 is fine. Since you tore one apart, I was interested in your opinion...........when my stock runs out, what would be the most similiar filter in your opinion......a Premium Plus??
Thanks for any input.....

Not sure on your thoughts of what is pricy and what's not but yea there's the Premium Plus(twin to the AAP total grip),WIX,NAPA GOLD,MC,AC just to name a few that are all great filters at a good price.

the napa golds if you have a NAPA store by you every spring they have a filter sale and you can get em cheap just over $3 good deal for a great filter,just buy a case to get you through the year till the next sale.