NAPA Gold oil filters are no longer made by Wix

[Tuesdak]

There is more to filters than just filtration. My '91 has 330k miles on Napa/Wix and my '01 has 370k miles on Napa/Wix. Keep in mind the VP pump is notorious for failure. Mine is original.

Things change and sometimes not for the better.

Mann+Hummel paid a price for this "Reputation" Wix had and are more than happy to flush it down the same hole like they did with Purolator.

Offhand for a 2018 RAM Cummins
The Wix cabin air filters are made in China from them where another in-store brand is USA made.
Their air filters now have a "plastic" mesh support vs. the metal backing screen.

YaY here Wix goes again re-imagining a filter. Last time they did that, plastic body Duramax fuel filter, the WIF sensors would leak air (or fall completely out). Engine runs out of fuel with an air leak because GM couldn't be bothered to source a good lift pump. A simple Wix fuel filter left me in the middle of Nowhere AZ.

If you were a corporate spokesman for a company the size of Wix, would you care what a hick from Idaho said?

Both Fram and Wix had to care when they were explicitly not on the approved filter list for Cummins. I walk back the change comment because nothing has really changed.

I've started using the heavy duty synthetic Puralator Boss on my stuff, another option local stores stock. US made filter, not cheap though! Tough filters, thick cans, well made.

If the only filter I could get was a Puralator - I'd put the old filter back on because the odds are better it will keep filtering rather than tearing a pleat after say 3000 miles. Not just filters from them of mine disguised with another brand Bosch I cut open, but, Tear-O-Later is a known RASH all over the internet.

Last I checked Bosch is now a painted can made by the conglomerate formally known as FRAM. This was a Puralator made one years ago. No, Tear-O-Later haven't corrected the pleat tearing problem.

You can get the same T-shirt stuffed in a can Zero filtering performance, media failure, from a far cheaper FVP from China.

 

[Tuesdak]

FRAM didn't care when a can painted with Mobil 1 was defective. They informed me cutting it open was a way they wanted to take out of any liability... FRAM didn't care once second they may have had a bad batch! Oh yeah Mobil 1 referred me to their supplier for any claims or defect concerns.

Bottom of the FVP can due to 4 photo limit post above.

Speaking of putting an "old filter back on": Here is a defective out of the box Wix for a Cummins/Onan generator oil change. Sure I could Mail order from Shop.Cummins, but, they have a bad habit of sending me "shelf life expired" 8 year old fuel filters for a vintage generator that they have to refund me.

What is wrong with this Wix?! Aside of it got returned as defective... The Anti drain back valve is also off.

 

[Tuesdak]

The New WIX Air filter for 2018 RAM Cummins looks like this. Bigger holes for chunks to get through when mice make a nest in the air box from the air filter, etc.

VS. What they used to look like.

 

[AH64ID]

The New WIX Air filter for 2018 RAM Cummins looks like this. Bigger holes for chunks to get through when mice make a nest in the air box from the air filter, etc.

View attachment 140614

View attachment 140615

VS. What they used to look like.

View attachment 140616

Looks like Wix isn’t the same as OEM anymore, which I guess was just speculation but now there are distinct differences.

 

[NIsaacs]

The New WIX Air filter for 2018 RAM Cummins looks like this. Bigger holes for chunks to get through when mice make a nest in the air box from the air filter, etc.

Just using Napa's web site for a picture of the 6930 air filter, it still shows up as a Wix. That may change if the web site is outdated. Looks like your "good" one.

Picture of my Napa cabin filter, appears to be a better one than Mopar. Don't remember where it was made.

It sounds like some Wix will go away from Napa. I buy Napa Gold, so whatever is in the box is what I will get and use.

You pointed out all your filter fails, seems like a lot for one guy/truck. Maybe blame it on the Jiffy Lube guys? Who do you recommend/use, and why, if I might ask?

Please don't write a book

#ad

#ad

 

[Tuesdak]

You pointed out all your filter fails, seems like a lot for one guy/truck. Maybe blame it on the Jiffy Lube guys? Who do you recommend/use, and why, if I might ask?

Please don't write a book

I cut my old filters open to drain the remaining oil thus I see any failures or defects. Several pickups, several generators, and time of about 15 years. I was known to run RV's and auto parts putting on 550+ miles a day in the past.

Regardless I am not just "one guy" say for the Tear-O-Later FAILS. The standard some have of being all over the internet if it was a problem, well, they are. I am one of many.

When I need something immediately from the local parts store I generally reach for a OEM filter, or when no other choice, a Wix. I do a lot of mail order for filters to get away from Last Resort Wix because the quality and level of not caring if the filter product does as intended... Like the FVP: there are worse out there. We have a bunch of "better" choices for our Cummins, but, try and find a good PF-47: nearly all made by Fram or Mann+Hummel. Few oddballs available by mail order...

Clearly I will not run a Wix fuel filter anymore.

My last mail order for generators alone was 9 total Fleetguard filters. Eh, I have more of em than vehicles.

My buddy got a used car and borrowed my garage for the FVP FAIL. The oil change shops could choose a better filter otherwise not their fault.

The above isn't an all inclusive list of filter fails I have had leaving off a few like say the OEM Fail, Donaldson, now revised for the Duramax...

Now they have a stop in them for media failure situations.

 

[Cummins12V98]

Were you just posting something about them being made in the USA not that long ago? Or was that just the EaO80?

the GC filters both have been China every time.
The last Ea080 was Mexico.

 

[AH64ID]

Went thru some of the oil filters I have today and here is what they say. Of note, 1 of the 4 Amsoil filters says made is china. First I’ve personally seen that.

 

[Cummins12V98]

Im thinking the drop in filters are the ones AMZ/OIL is having made in China.

Speaking of CHINA!!!!! Picked up a set of Interstates for my dads truck my son is buying and accidentally grabbed an AGM equivalent. Looks like Interstate now has batteries made in CHINA.

 

[Cummins12V98]

Sorry! I know off topic but this is insane.

 

[Turbo Terry]

Fleetguard from the Cummins dealer for me . Genos shipping to Alaska is to much . But I know that I’m paying for shipping to my Cummins dealer just not as much