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- From: jslee@nrtc.nrtc.northrop.com (John Lee <jslee>)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: AC Delco oil filters?
- Message-ID: <43559@gremlin.nrtc.northrop.com>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 04:20:22 GMT
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- Reply-To: jslee@nrtc.nrtc.northrop.com (John Lee)
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- > pnelson@opus.Tymnet.COM (Phil Nelson) writes:
- >
- > I bought a PF13 because the K-Mart book had the wrong filter listed for
- >my '90 LeBaron GT with the 3 liter V6 (they listed the same filter that the
- >4 uses). It looks like it will fit, it is the same size as the FRAM PH16
- >that I ordinarily use, although the AC box says it crosses to FRAM PH3963.
-
- AC is the only filter I use, and that's on my GM, Toyota and Suzuki cars.
- My friends use AC on their Jeep. FRAM is the one I stay away from.
- They seem to be more cheaply built that AC-Delco ones. That's my opinion
- after having used both.
-
- Filters as it turns out are quite interchangable, and I have seen the
- same part number crossing problems you describe. For example, a AC
- PF53 on the AC box will cross to a FRAM PH-xx, but on the PH-xx box,
- the cross comes back to a PF54. Then GM changed the spec on the Geo
- Tracker from PF54 to PF1245. So we have PF53==PF54==PF1245.
-
- The PF54 has a anti-drain back valve, the PF53 doesn't. The FRAM PH-xx
- filter does NOT have the valve, but FRAM will claim it replaces a PF54,
- which DOES have the valve.
-
- Here are some other crosses, depending ONLY if there is physical room
- for the larger filter. I always install the largest that will fit,
- more media means more filtering. Ordered small to large physical size
- (if different sized):
- PF25->PF35
- PF40->PF47->PF51->PF52
- PF53->PF54->PF1245
-
- K-Mart has AC-Delco Oil filters on sale for $2; I bought 12 of each
- size I use. The PF54 costs $7.99 at Pep Boys.
- JSLee
-