Originally Posted By: vwalburn
I must have missed some posts concerning Purolator. I always thought they were well made. What are the concerns about Purolator now? What's changed?
Quality control changed over 4 years ago.
Lots of Purolator made filters have issues with pleats tearing at wide spacing on each side of the media seam.
Here is one I had that did it (and there are many others that have almost identical tears in the same spot over several models).:
Originally Posted By: irv
Originally Posted By: bullwinkle
CQ filters have been Purolator for a while. I hunted down every last PH2/FL-820S CQ Blue equivalent they had when they were phased out (87352s), I got the last of those.
What year, Bullwinkle? I had no idea who made them, I just went with my buddy telling me they were made by Wix and I trusted him, especially since he works at CQ.
I want to cut apart my current one in use more than ever now, but at the same time, that may not be a smart decision based on what I have learned about Purolator filters on here!
I had a
Frampion made CQ Red (made March 9, 2015) as well as a
Wix made CQ Red (made in 2014, don't remember the exact date code)