This came off my Suburban - it's from back when MicroGard was made by Fram (they have been Wix for several years now). Date code indicates 2012, so the filter was installed 2012 or 2013 (which makes sense, last registration was 2013 when I bought the Suburban. Mileage on the filter unknown, probably somewhere in the range of 3-5K miles based on what I know about the vehicle and the Carfax report. I did change the oil shortly after I bought it but was in a hurry and didn't change the filter. Finally got around to doing it right, and changed the filter too! The Suburban now has a new Wix-made MicroGard MGL51036 along with O'Reilly Full Synthetic High Mileage 5W-30.
Observation: the ADBV was rock hard. I had to pry it off the base with a screwdriver. It was really hard to squish and took a while to go back to round when squished.
Observation: the ADBV was rock hard. I had to pry it off the base with a screwdriver. It was really hard to squish and took a while to go back to round when squished.
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