CARQUEST PREMIUM # 95157 CUT OPEN

[53' Stude]

This filter and FRAM Synthetic 5w30 was off my West Virginia friends 21’ Camaro hard top, with 3.6 engine. Almost 7,300~ miles on oil and filter.

In: M1 5w30 and black can AC DELCO (forgot prt # )

55k on vehicle.

 

[fantastic]

Another wonderful Premium Guard. This did really well for 7.3k in the Camaro.

 

[53' Stude]

Another wonderful Premium Guard. This did really well for 7.3k in the Camaro.

It’s almost identical to the black can AC DELCO filter

 

[Mewbs]

How pleat spacing held up after that long of service is amazing. Not a hint of waviness.

 

[53' Stude]

How pleat spacing held up after that long of service is amazing. Not a hint of waviness.

Well, these offshore filters IMO are made way better than some that are made here. From what I’ve saw

 

[wbwanzer]

Does Advanced still sell Carquest? Their oil became Fram oil.

 

[JavierH19]

For 7300 miles it looks very clean.

 

[fantastic]

Does Advanced still sell Carquest? Their oil became Fram oil.

Yes

 

[53' Stude]

Does Advanced still sell Carquest? Their oil became Fram oil.

My friend got the filter at AAP in West Virginia. I still have hundreds of gallons of CarQuest oil.

 

[53' Stude]

Yes

The filters: yes. Oil: no, oil will s Fram branded made by Amalie Oil

 

[fantastic]

The filters: yes. Oil: no, oil will s Fram branded made by Amalie Oil

woops, I was thinking about the filters. You're right.

 

[bullwinkle]

My friend got the filter at AAP in West Virginia. I still have hundreds of gallons of CarQuest oil.

Amalie made the CQ oil too, in my area they were slapping Fram stickers/decals on the CQ jugs... I picked up a couple from that closeout, but not much-they just relabeled most of it!

 

[Soft Cars]

I might have to get me one of those Premium Guards on the next OCI. I wonder what the micron rating is.

 

[KCJeep]

The Premium Guard XLs are 99% at 25 microns IIRC. Thinking of running one for kicks myself.

 

[bbhero]

I might have to get me one of those Premium Guards on the next OCI. I wonder what the micron rating is.

This version is 99 percent at 20 microns if I’m not mistaken… Similar to the Federated Auto parts black label PG XL filter made for them.

 

[bbhero]

The Premium Guard XLs are 99% at 25 microns IIRC. Thinking of running one for kicks myself.

The regular PG filters I think are 96 percent at 25 microns… The XL version is 99 percent at 20 microns if that hasn’t changed from what it was.

 

[Soft Cars]

What's strange though is that for my application, a Carquest 85040 could be either a Wix or a Purolator.

 

[fantastic]

This version is 99 percent at 20 microns if I’m not mistaken… Similar to the Federated Auto parts black label PG XL filter made for them.

The regular PG filters I think are 96 percent at 25 microns… The XL version is 99 percent at 20 microns if that hasn’t changed from what it was.

Per Premium Guards website

• Conventional oil filters are 93%@25 Microns
• Synthetic oil filters are 99%@25 microns

 

[KCJeep]

Per Premium Guards website

• Conventional oil filters are 93%@25 Microns
• Synthetic oil filters are 99%@25 microns

Thanks for the clarification. I thought I had read that somewhere but I get Premium Guard and Pentius mixed up they look so much alike. Pentius does claim 99% at 20 for their extended filter, but I'm somewhat skeptical of that claim. The filter itself is a dead ringer for a Premium Guard (cloned?) and it also appears to by a syn blend media at best...I'd expect more in the 95% at 20 for that type of media.

 

[Insertcoolname]

i have ran premium guard in many friend's vehicles and they always looked great quality for the price.