Barry Oliver wrote:
>
> I was at Wally World last night and I noticed 2 things, one seemingly
> bad, and one seemingly good[ish]. #1 The newer Supertech Oil filters
> [the red and blue box] don't seem to be made by Champion anymore, and
> now have no mention of synthetic filter media on the box. Looks like I
> am going to have to switch back to M1/K&N.. The other thing I notices
> was what looked like a whole case of what looked like honest to god
> Mopar filters, complete with DC logos and the whole bit, for $4 each.
> They appeared to be the same filter as the radioactive orange Fram's
> they normally sell, but had all the right stickes and paint just like a
> regular dealer filter. Anybody know about this?
>
I wouldn't rejoice just yet. All the "cut-em-open" research studies I
have seen, indicate Mopar - even the "performance" filters, are garbage.
After having cut open a Bosch filter and having seen how they are
constructed, vs some of the other filters, I'm sold for Bosch. I'll
slice open a K+N one of these days and check it out as well.
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