CHAMPION #C0S 7317 CUT OPEN

[53' Stude]

Good evening folks. This filter and unknown oil were off of the girlfriends sisters 2011 Nissan Altima for 4,xxx miles.

I’d say other than shoddy pleat spacing it looks ok.

 

[53' Stude]

Replaced with Tough Guard 7317 and some QSUD 5w30

 

[sw99]

Looks great!

 

[StevieC]

Great filter... That oil looks too clean to be changed yet.

 

[JohnnyJohnson]

TG good filter percentage and small microns. $2.50 cheaper than the Ultra and loses the filtration battle by about a half a percent. When I use my test Ultra I'll be switching over to TG. My car is never going to see a 10K OCI.

 

[bbhero]

Makes good sense to me Johnny Johnson.

 

[bbhero]

Yeah I agree StevieC. Looks like a diamond shining in a goat's rear end

Good work here car51. I saw these "new" filters on the Pep Boys site awhile back. This does look fairly good. Only one spot of wide pleat spacing there. But hey... It didn't tear

there's a novel concept.

 

[FlyingVan]

Soooo, there has to be another reason why Purolators tear, or maybe a combination of reasons other than the wide pleat spacing.
Thanks for the post.

 

[53' Stude]

You guys are welcome

 

[Nyogtha]

Thanks for your efforts as always Car51!

I'm guessing this filter was manufactured st the former Champion Labs factory in Saltillo. Louvered center tube, BPV with spring external to the dome end cap, but interestingly recessed into the center tube to accomodate a coil retaining spring instead of leaf spring. Looks like solid construction in a North American made filter.

I called the company (Federal Mogul) a while back and posted their clarification I received that these filters' efficiency is 99% @ 20 microns and is rated for 8K miles on conventional oil or 12K miles on synthetic oil.

 

[53' Stude]

Originally Posted By: Nyogtha
Thanks for your efforts as always Car51!

I'm guessing this filter was manufactured st the former Champion Labs factory in Saltillo. Louvered center tube, BPV with spring external to the dome end cap, but interestingly recessed into the center tube to accomodate a coil retaining spring instead of leaf spring. Looks like solid construction in a North American made filter.

I called the company (Federal Mogul) a while back and posted their clarification I received that these filters' efficiency is 99% @ 20 microns and is rated for 8K miles on conventional oil or 12K miles on synthetic oil.



You are very welcome good sir

Thank you for that info about what filter is rated for

 

[WellOiled]

Car51 - I appreciate all the work you do to make these cut & posts.

Have a great day!!!

 

[4WD]

Are you a real troll? Please complete:

 

[sir1900]

Are these the same ones that are for sale at Pep Boys?

 

[Kruse]

The country of origin photo is showing up a little blurry. Does it say that it was made in Mexico? Doesn't really matter.
But isn't it funny that a lot of spin-on filters have irregular media, but they can make canister filter media look really good when they know the customer is going to see it?

 

[53' Stude]

Yeah, made in Mexico

 

[David1]

Looks very good.. Looks very heavy duty... thanks for the cut open