This is an EcoGard x4651 with 2,080 miles/6 months on it.
192,060 miles on the truck, 5,090 miles/10 months on the oil.
Can:
Nice that the cross reference is on the can:
Baseplate (I added the magnets myself
):
Opened up, nitrile ADV flexable and no cuts, spiral center tube with holes:
Metal seam crimp, just one wide pleat, the rest look great.
I did notice the overall height of the media is a little shorter than other filters, so overall media area is probably less than others.
Coil spring:
Just a little debris in the can (looks like the magnets caught some stuff):
Added some Castrol GTX High Mileage 5w-20 and a EcoGard S4651 (their synthetic filter).
And before you ask why I changed it with only 2000 miles on it, reference my virgin sample of this filter.
That and it has been 6 months since I changed the filter, the oil is 10 months old (only 5000 miles on it, with 3 qts make up oil).
Plus this:
I do mostly short trips (3 miles to work 3 times a week) with occasional 50 mile highway trips each way, 2-3 times a month.
I thought this occasional highway driving would prevent this, but apparently not (just drove out there a week ago).
I am planning on a 1 year interval for the current fill, but we will see.
The media is drying out (paper towel with rubber band around it) and I will cut it apart in a day or so.
Overall, I am happy with this filter. For the $1.86 I paid for it, great deal. A good regular OCI filter for sure.
For the current price of $2.86 on Walmart.com, it is OK. I would take it over the Supertech (I was not happy with the ST2 I had on before).
For the $7 price on Amazon, no thanks. It is $1.48 on rockauto.com though.
192,060 miles on the truck, 5,090 miles/10 months on the oil.
Can:
Nice that the cross reference is on the can:
Baseplate (I added the magnets myself
Opened up, nitrile ADV flexable and no cuts, spiral center tube with holes:
Metal seam crimp, just one wide pleat, the rest look great.
I did notice the overall height of the media is a little shorter than other filters, so overall media area is probably less than others.
Coil spring:
Just a little debris in the can (looks like the magnets caught some stuff):
Added some Castrol GTX High Mileage 5w-20 and a EcoGard S4651 (their synthetic filter).
And before you ask why I changed it with only 2000 miles on it, reference my virgin sample of this filter.
That and it has been 6 months since I changed the filter, the oil is 10 months old (only 5000 miles on it, with 3 qts make up oil).
Plus this:
I do mostly short trips (3 miles to work 3 times a week) with occasional 50 mile highway trips each way, 2-3 times a month.
I thought this occasional highway driving would prevent this, but apparently not (just drove out there a week ago).
I am planning on a 1 year interval for the current fill, but we will see.
The media is drying out (paper towel with rubber band around it) and I will cut it apart in a day or so.
Overall, I am happy with this filter. For the $1.86 I paid for it, great deal. A good regular OCI filter for sure.
For the current price of $2.86 on Walmart.com, it is OK. I would take it over the Supertech (I was not happy with the ST2 I had on before).
For the $7 price on Amazon, no thanks. It is $1.48 on rockauto.com though.