And I thought the Purolator filter was small.....

[clemsonfor]

When my Y2K GMC with the 6.0 V8 was new, the recommended Delco oil filter was a PF-59. Sometime around 2005 or 2006, that model was discontinued and replaced with the PF-46, which was only about 2/3rds the length of the PF-59...at no reduction in price. I quit using the Delco filters and began using either K&N or Mobil 1.

I beleive i am correct in this but may not be, i dont claim to be a filter guru. But due to working in a parts store and a shop for breif periods as well as doing maintence on a good range of vehicles over the last 10 years...im pretty sure those filters your talking about cross over to the purolator 14459?

But did you expect price to change? That pf46 is ususlly the same price or within 10 cents of that big ford filter which is ph8a in fram for fl1 in motorcraft.

 

[3930dave]

I beleive i am correct in this but may not be, i dont claim to be a filter guru. But due to working in a parts store and a shop for breif periods as well as doing maintence on a good range of vehicles over the last 10 years...im pretty sure those filters your talking about cross over to the purolator 14459?

But did you expect price to change? That pf46 is ususlly the same price or within 10 cents of that big ford filter which is ph8a in fram for fl1 in motorcraft.

Purolator has a reverse lookup (below). With PL14459, the only Chev listing I saw was for 4 Cylinder engines.

Where It Fits

Funny to see where and how this gets used. One Lotus Elan used it. Subaru used it on 6 cylinder engines, an old 3 cylinder of theirs, then it jumps to one of their latest DI motors.

Great link if you need something to read - at least if you are a gearhead. Winter and cabin fever have settled in here in Canada !

To show you how bad it gets, people in Calgary are paying money to meet Kim K. ! I'd have myself committed, before I got to that late-stage of cabin fever !

Rgds, D.

 

[JDgreen227]

Kim K? People are dumb enough to pay money to meet her? Just imagine going to the local watering hole during Happy Hour and being able to brag "Guess what, I managed to pay good money to meet (fill in the blank). Yes, there are suckers born every minute.

 

[clemsonfor]

Plenty of people will pay to see anyone, you name it. Including our president, no i am using president as a collective term not the current one. Although i DEFINITLY would not pay to meet the current one. And im not talking fundraising dinner things where yes they pay to meet a pres but more so to fund his re election, but im talking events like inagurations!!

So yes there will be plenty of people to meet the "stars" and pay big money esp since so many put these figures in such high regard and do anything they do and buy anything that they (are paid) say they use.

The K's are an attractive bunch of women but wont pay to see them!!

 

[clemsonfor]

i have also been on the purorlator site and seen that as well. Im talking the application look up for a certain part number.

 

[Diamondpilot]

i have also been on the purorlator site and seen that as well. Im talking the application look up for a certain part number.

Frams site is excellent. All applications and will cross over any brand.

Chris

 

[JDgreen227]

Frams site is excellent. All applications and will cross over any brand.

Chris

Ummm...perhaps you feel the Fram site is excellent but I have long felt the products they produce and market, ESPECIALLY OIL FILTERS, are pure crap.

 

[mikehaugen]

Ummm...perhaps you feel the Fram site is excellent but I have long felt the products they produce and market, ESPECIALLY OIL FILTERS, are pure crap.

I also am no filter guru either, but have heard much praise for the xtended guard filters. I have heard on some discussion type sites (even from fram haters) that those filters were in a league of their own compared to other (fram) filters. You can actually feel a quality difference between them and the others. Again, I am no expert and have to rely on overwhelming opinions to make my decisions and have been convinced to use them. They are not cheap, but definitely not the most expensive filters out there. BTW I use those with valvoline synpower with 7-8k intervals. Please educate me if I have been misled. I like them also because they are easy to find, same with the oil... I would probably use royal purple if more readily available.

 

[Diamondpilot]

I also am no filter guru either, but have heard much praise for the xtended guard filters. I have heard on some discussion type sites (even from fram haters) that those filters were in a league of their own compared to other (fram) filters. You can actually feel a quality difference between them and the others. Again, I am no expert and have to rely on overwhelming opinions to make my decisions and have been convinced to use them. They are not cheap, but definitely not the most expensive filters out there. BTW I use those with valvoline synpower with 7-8k intervals. Please educate me if I have been misled. I like them also because they are easy to find, same with the oil... I would probably use royal purple if more readily available.

As you know Fram makes 3 grades of filters. The higher level ones are on par with most other quality filters like K&N, Bosch, ect. I do about 100 oil changes a year for nearly 20 years and about half have been with Fram filters. Not a single failure.

Chris

 

[94BULLITT]

As you know Fram makes 3 grades of filters. The higher level ones are on par with most other quality filters like K&N, Bosch, ect. I do about 100 oil changes a year for nearly 20 years and about half have been with Fram filters. Not a single failure.

Chris

I have a cut away Fram and Wix filter I will have to take pics of. I don't think that K&N filters are that hot, they may be made by Fram. Everybody says they have never had a problem with a fram but they may not realize it.