On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 00:57:27 GMT, "Jim" <Jim@aaabbbcccspam.com> wrote:

>
>"JM" <jmattis@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>news:de3b9c1b.0406051532.76aa4ee0@posting.google. com...
>> "Howard" <Howard@noyesnoaaa.com> wrote in message
>news:<yGlwc.4144$c76.2242884@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv. net>...
>> > Is this good for my accord? someone mentioned an inferior leaf type
>bypass
>> > valve as opposed to spring coil as found in OEM?
>>
>> I've looked closely at this filter out of curiosity. It is probably
>> made by FRAM, which is crap. Get yourself a Wix or a Purolator for $4
>> to $6 from Pep Boys, Autozone, O'Reilly, etc.
>>
>> JM
>> Wal-Mart Stockholder (but I won't lie to you)
>
>It is made by Champion labs, not Fram. Please do not post on subject matter
>you have no expertise in.

There's a note and picture here
http://www.ntpog.org/reviews/filters/filters.shtml where they say it, and
the corresponding Bosch & STP are no longer a quality filter but are made
off-shore. Looks kinda meager to me, as a filter.

Rgds, George Macdonald

"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??