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WIX vs Fram Ultra vs WIX XP vs Walmart Supertech Oil Filters Review – CUT OPEN AND WEIGHED!

WIX XP vs Fram vs Walmart SuperTech vs WIX oil filter. Find out which one is made the best and why you pay more for a WIX XP.

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THIS PSEUDO EXPERIMENT HAS MORPHED INTO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN I INITIALLY ANTICIPATED OR INITIALLY THOUGHT ABOUT AT FIRST I HAD HEARD THAT WIX AND SUPERTECH OIL FILTERS WHICH IS SOLD SUPERTECH IS SOLD AT WALMART WIX IS SOLD AT OREILLY AUTO PARTS I HEARD THAT THEY ARE THE EXACT SAME OIL FILTER SO THEN I DECIDED TO GET THESE TWO FILTERS THAT ARE EXACTLY THE SAME FOR THE SAME VEHICLE FOR A 98 CHEVY GMC OR CHEVY PICKUP AND THEN I THOUGHT WELL I
GOTTA GET A FRAM FOR COMPARISON RIGHT A BASELINE AND THEN I THOUGHT WELL HEY I’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WIX THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WIX AND WIX XP IS SO I WENT AND GOT A WIX XP FILTER TOO SO I’M GOING TO CUT THESE OIL FILTERS OPEN I HAVE A HANDY DANDY CUTTING TOOL RIGHT HERE I BORROWED FROM A GOOD BUDDY OF MINE BUT THIS IS GOING TO DO A NICE CLEAN SMOOTH CUT ALONG THE OIL FILTERS AND WE CAN SEE WHATS INSIDE OF THEM BUT FIRST THING I WANT TO
DO I WANT TO WEIGH THEM I WANT TO SEE HOW MUCH EACH INDIVIDUAL OIL FILTER WEIGHS SO THESE WERE ALL BOUGHT FROM THE STORE THESE TWO WIX OIL FITLERS WERE BOUGHT FROM O’REILLY AUTO PARTS THE FRAM FILTER WAS BOUGHT FROM AUTOZONE AND THE SUPERTECH WAS BOUGHT FROM WAL MART I’M NOT SPONSORED BY ANY OF THESE PEOPLE THEY DID NOT SEND ME THESE OIL FILTERS I USED MY HARD EARNED MONEY TO BUY THESE OIL FILTERS LET’S CHECK THEM OUT SO LET’S TURN THE SCALE ON
MAKE SURE IT’S CLEAR THE WIX XP 51036XP COMES IN AT 11 OUNCES 11.3 OUNCES THE FRAM OIL FILTER COME IN AT 9.1 OUNCES THE SUPER TECH OIL FILTER COMES IN AT 9.5 OUNCES AND THE NON XP WIX OIL FILTER COMES IN AT 9.9 OUNCES WHATS WAS THIS AGAIN 11.3 LIKE I SAID PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT THESE TWO OIL FILTERS THIS FILTER THE SUPERTECH IS MADE BY WIX SO I WANT TO FIND THAT OUT SO I’M ACTUALLY GOING TO CUT THEM OPEN AND FOR A BASELINE I CAN TELL RIGHT OFF THE
BAT THAT THE FRAM OIL FILTER IS NOT MADE BY WIX SO GET THIS OUT OF HERE SOME OF THE SAME THINGS I HAVE NOTICED ABOUT THE WIX AND THE SUPERTECH OIL FILTERS IS THAT THE RIDGES ALONG HERE ON TOP FOR A HAND GRIP ARE THE SAME SOME OF THE MARKINGS ON TOP ARE THE SAME AS WELL IS HAS THE DATE IT WAS MADE I BELIEVE AND THEN IS HAS THIS D3 YOU PROB CANT SEE HERE BUT THERE IS A D3 ON HERE AS WELL YOU FLIP THEM OVER KIND OF THE SAME THE DRAIN BACK IS A
DIFFERENT COLOR THIS IS BLACK THAT’S RED AND THE WEIGHT WAS ALSO DIFFERENT AS WELL SO LETS CUT ONE OF THESE OPEN LETS CUT THE SUPERTECH OIL FILTER OPEN FIRST WE GOT THAT OPEN THERE ALRIGHT SO LET’S SEE WHAT FELL OUT OF HERE THERES THE ELEMENT JUST A PAPER ELEMENT WELL WE HAVE THE SUPERTECH OIL FILTER OPEN GONNA CUT OPEN THE WIX OIL FILTER RIGHT HERE THERES THE INSIDE OF THE WIX OIL FILTER HERES THE WIX ELEMENT I THINK THEY ARE VERY SIMILAR IN
CONSTRUCTION I DONT THINK THERE EXACTLY THE SAME SO I WANT TO SAY AH OH YEAH THIS ONES A 100 PERCENT MADE BY WIX CAUSE I DON’T THINK IT IS THEY MIGHT COME OUT OF THE SAME PLANT BUT I’M GOING TO LABEL THESE ELEMENTS ALRIGHT LET’S CUT OPEN THE WIX XP WELL CUT OPEN THE FRAM OIL FILTER GOT THE XP ONE OPEN WHITE ELEMENT THERES THE SPRING THERES THAT IT HAS THIS METAL BRACKET IN THE MIDDLE I THINK THESE ELEMENTS WEIGH DIFFERENT AS WELL SO BEFORE WE GO
ANY FURTHER I KNOW IT’S WHITE BUT WIX XP LET’S WEIGH THESE REAL QUICK THE WIX XP OIL FILTER ELEMENT HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN SEE THAT 4.2 OUNCES THE REGULAR WIX 3.0 OUNCES I BET IF I WAS TO PUT ALL THE PIECES ON HERE IT WOULD PROB BE THE SAME WEIGHT EXACTLY THE SAME LET’S TRY IT HERES THE REGULAR WIX OIL FILTER 7.0 OUNCES RIGHT THERE BRING IN THE WIX XP OIL FILTER ELEMENT 7.0 (LAUGHTER) CAN YOU GUYS SEE THAT SEVEN POINT ZERO JUST LIKE I CALLED IT
SO THE DIFFERENCE IS IN THE ELEMENT SEVEN POINT ZERO SO WE GOT TO CUT THESE ELEMENTS OPEN I’LL DO THAT ON THE NEXT VIDEO LET ME CUT THIS FRAM OIL FILTER OPEN SO THATS CRAZY THE CASING ALL THE ELEMENTS INSIDE THE ORING THE LITTLE SPRING ON TOP FOR THE DRAIN BACK IS ALL THE SAME SEVEN POINT ZERO OUNCES THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE THE ELEMENTS SO YOUR PAYING MORE FOR THE ELEMENT LAST ONE I’M CUTTING THIS FRAM IS SUPER LIGHT FRAM FILTER WIX XP
SUPERTECH FROM WALMART WIX FROM OREILLY AUTO PARTS HAS I HAVE SHOWN PREVIOUSLY THE WIX AND THE WIX XP ARE THE SAME WEIGHT EXCEPT FOR THE ELEMENT ITSELF THIS FRAM OIL FILTER IS THE MOST POORLY DESIGNED ONE OUT OF ALL FOUR OIL FILTERS HAS PAPER ELEMENTS AT THE END DOES NOT ACTUALLY HAVE A SPRING FOR THE DRAIN BACK HAS THIS LITTLE I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT THIS IS I DON’T EVEN KNOW IF THIS WOULD COMPRESS THAT REALLY DOESN’T DO ANYTHING THE DRAIN BACK
IS A LITTLE BIT THINNER THERE YOU GO GUYS NEXT VIDEO I DO I’LL SHOW YOU GUYS CUTTING OPEN THE OIL FILTER ELEMENTS I THINK THE SUPERTECH OIL FILTER FROM WAL MART IS BETTER THAN THE FRAM EXTRA GUARD THIS DOES NOT DO ANYTHING THIS YOU CAN COMPRESS THESE SPRINGS FOR THE DRAIN BACK BUT THIS DOESN’T DO CRAP DOESN’T DO JACK THERES NO WAY TO COMPRESS THAT WITH THE CHINCY I DON’T EVEN KNOW YOU CAN’T EVEN CALL THIS A SPRING IT’S JUST PAPER AT THE ENDS BOTH
ENDS JUST PAPER PAPER NOTHING HOLDING THIS THING IN ALRIGHT SO NEXT I’LL CUT THESE OIL FILTER ELEMENTS OPEN I’LL PUT THAT IN THE VIDEO DESCRIPTION BELOW I’LL CUT THE OIL FILTER ELEMENTS OPEN AND WE CAN SEE HOW MUCH COVERAGE THEY HAVE BUT OUT OF ALL FOUR OF THESE I THINK WIX IS A GREAT BRAND BE THAT THE XP OR THE PLAIN WIX OIL FILTER ONLY DIFFERENCE BEING THE ELEMENT THEN I WOULD GO WITH THE SUPERTECH FROM WALMARK AND THEN A DISTANT 21ST PLACE I
WOULD GO WITH A FRAM OIL FILTER LOOK IN THE DESCRIPTION BELOW I’LL PUT A LINK TO THE ELEMENTS BEING CUT OPEN IF YOU HAVE FOUND THIS VIDEO HELPFUL PLEASE CONSIDER SUBSCRIBING TO BUNDYS GARAGE ON YOUTUBE QUESTIONS COMMENTS CONCERNS YOU CAN REACH OUT TO ME AT BUNDYS GARGE AT GMAIL DOT COM