'03 CR-V Oil filter...new one looks smaller

OK - here's another one. I'm posting from Google Groups, so I'm not
sure if there have been any responses to my last post.

http://www.lesabret.com/filters/filter.html

This guy took apart a Fram PH3387A (AC PF47 equivalent) after it had
been used. The only time I took apart a filter (a Fram) was a few
hundred miles, and I had first heard about the materials used by Fram.
I noticed some cardboard fibers had started to separate.

The filter element seems to have flexed a little too much (because
of the lack of stiffness of the cardboard?), and a hole developed
in the media. The anti-drainback valve (which I find to be really
thin in Fram filters) had also folded over such that unfiltered oil
was leaking through a gap.

I remember some years back someone was chiding me for criticizing
the use of cardboard in Fram filters. His point was that cardboard
was used as a gasket material in high pressure military applications
(i.e. submarines). However - I started thinking about it, and it
gaskets need no structural strength (i.e. usually sandwiched between
two metal surfaces). What happens when the cardboard flexes?

 

OK - here's another one. I'm posting from Google Groups, so I'm not
sure if there have been any responses to my last post.

http://www.lesabret.com/filters/filter.html

This guy took apart a Fram PH3387A (AC PF47 equivalent) after it had
been used. The only time I took apart a filter (a Fram) was a few
hundred miles, and I had first heard about the materials used by Fram.
I noticed some cardboard fibers had started to separate.

The filter element seems to have flexed a little too much (because
of the lack of stiffness of the cardboard?), and a hole developed
in the media. The anti-drainback valve (which I find to be really
thin in Fram filters) had also folded over such that unfiltered oil
was leaking through a gap.

I remember some years back someone was chiding me for criticizing
the use of cardboard in Fram filters. His point was that cardboard
was used as a gasket material in high pressure military applications
(i.e. submarines). However - I started thinking about it, and it
gaskets need no structural strength (i.e. usually sandwiched between
two metal surfaces). What happens when the cardboard flexes?

 

OK - here's another one. I'm posting from Google Groups, so I'm not
sure if there have been any responses to my last post.

http://www.lesabret.com/filters/filter.html

This guy took apart a Fram PH3387A (AC PF47 equivalent) after it had
been used. The only time I took apart a filter (a Fram) was a few
hundred miles, and I had first heard about the materials used by Fram.
I noticed some cardboard fibers had started to separate.

The filter element seems to have flexed a little too much (because
of the lack of stiffness of the cardboard?), and a hole developed
in the media. The anti-drainback valve (which I find to be really
thin in Fram filters) had also folded over such that unfiltered oil
was leaking through a gap.

I remember some years back someone was chiding me for criticizing
the use of cardboard in Fram filters. His point was that cardboard
was used as a gasket material in high pressure military applications
(i.e. submarines). However - I started thinking about it, and it
gaskets need no structural strength (i.e. usually sandwiched between
two metal surfaces). What happens when the cardboard flexes?

 

Add about 30% to USD to get CDN.
My bad, call it ~$145CDN, plus 7% federal tax on the whole deal.

Still good for decent rotors, just a long way from US prices.

I've been shopping for aftermarket bits for my 91 EX-R. It's tough up here.

Best deal so far has been a cat-back from www.hottexhaust.com
$563CDN *in my hands* for a Magnaflow 15687.
Local shops tell me "Oh, around $800",....of course, plus taxes, so more
like $920. Same part #, pushed across the counter.

Sorry, but I *work* for my money.

Is the Can$ falling with the US$? Do you

me??

 

Add about 30% to USD to get CDN.
My bad, call it ~$145CDN, plus 7% federal tax on the whole deal.

Still good for decent rotors, just a long way from US prices.

I've been shopping for aftermarket bits for my 91 EX-R. It's tough up here.

Best deal so far has been a cat-back from www.hottexhaust.com
$563CDN *in my hands* for a Magnaflow 15687.
Local shops tell me "Oh, around $800",....of course, plus taxes, so more
like $920. Same part #, pushed across the counter.

Sorry, but I *work* for my money.

Is the Can$ falling with the US$? Do you

me??

 

Add about 30% to USD to get CDN.
My bad, call it ~$145CDN, plus 7% federal tax on the whole deal.

Still good for decent rotors, just a long way from US prices.

I've been shopping for aftermarket bits for my 91 EX-R. It's tough up here.

Best deal so far has been a cat-back from www.hottexhaust.com
$563CDN *in my hands* for a Magnaflow 15687.
Local shops tell me "Oh, around $800",....of course, plus taxes, so more
like $920. Same part #, pushed across the counter.

Sorry, but I *work* for my money.

Is the Can$ falling with the US$? Do you

me??

 

$1 US is currently about $1.30 Cdn.

He's optimistic. He'll pay about $163 Cdn. The provincial goons now rough
you up for the provincial tax even on items purchased outside the country.

Yes. The price is figured on item plus shipping plus provincial sales tax,
then the federal GST tax is calculated on that figure. Yes, we are paying
tax on tax. Lovely country, no?

A pair of OEM rotors for my Integra are $69 each. That's about $160 Cdn,
tax in.

 

$1 US is currently about $1.30 Cdn.

He's optimistic. He'll pay about $163 Cdn. The provincial goons now rough
you up for the provincial tax even on items purchased outside the country.

Yes. The price is figured on item plus shipping plus provincial sales tax,
then the federal GST tax is calculated on that figure. Yes, we are paying
tax on tax. Lovely country, no?

A pair of OEM rotors for my Integra are $69 each. That's about $160 Cdn,
tax in.

 

$1 US is currently about $1.30 Cdn.

He's optimistic. He'll pay about $163 Cdn. The provincial goons now rough
you up for the provincial tax even on items purchased outside the country.

Yes. The price is figured on item plus shipping plus provincial sales tax,
then the federal GST tax is calculated on that figure. Yes, we are paying
tax on tax. Lovely country, no?

A pair of OEM rotors for my Integra are $69 each. That's about $160 Cdn,
tax in.

 

It's still not clear to me what the $155. or $163 covers: just shipping or
including the parts?

I was going by the price at http://www.acuraautomotiveparts.org/ plus Can$
conversion.

Rgds, George Macdonald

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

 

It's still not clear to me what the $155. or $163 covers: just shipping or
including the parts?

I was going by the price at http://www.acuraautomotiveparts.org/ plus Can$
conversion.

Rgds, George Macdonald

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

 

It's still not clear to me what the $155. or $163 covers: just shipping or
including the parts?

I was going by the price at http://www.acuraautomotiveparts.org/ plus Can$
conversion.

Rgds, George Macdonald

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

 

Stephen Bigelow's post says:

"$85.33USD (shipping in)
Plus UPS brokerage charges of around $30CDN"

That's $110.93 Cdn for the parts (at an exchange of 30%), shipping
included, then $30 Cdn for the brokerage. Total about $140.93 Cdn. He may
have been using a slightly different exchange rate when he posted.

In addition, he will pay 8% provincial tax (assuming he's in Ontario), and
7% federal GST on that total, so his grand total will come to either
$162.07 or $162.86, depending on whether I am right about GST being applied
to the PST.

 

Stephen Bigelow's post says:

"$85.33USD (shipping in)
Plus UPS brokerage charges of around $30CDN"

That's $110.93 Cdn for the parts (at an exchange of 30%), shipping
included, then $30 Cdn for the brokerage. Total about $140.93 Cdn. He may
have been using a slightly different exchange rate when he posted.

In addition, he will pay 8% provincial tax (assuming he's in Ontario), and
7% federal GST on that total, so his grand total will come to either
$162.07 or $162.86, depending on whether I am right about GST being applied
to the PST.

 

Stephen Bigelow's post says:

"$85.33USD (shipping in)
Plus UPS brokerage charges of around $30CDN"

That's $110.93 Cdn for the parts (at an exchange of 30%), shipping
included, then $30 Cdn for the brokerage. Total about $140.93 Cdn. He may
have been using a slightly different exchange rate when he posted.

In addition, he will pay 8% provincial tax (assuming he's in Ontario), and
7% federal GST on that total, so his grand total will come to either
$162.07 or $162.86, depending on whether I am right about GST being applied
to the PST.

 

I was at the parts dept of an Acura dealer last weekend to pick up a
ground wire. They had a special on several of the filters, including
the Filtech (15400-P0H-305) for $4.99 each. However - the shrink
wrap on each filter was compromised, and they must have been kept in
a moist environment. There was mild rust on the baseplate of each
filter. It probably wasn't that big a deal. The Denso filters for
the Legend were $10 each.

 

I was at the parts dept of an Acura dealer last weekend to pick up a
ground wire. They had a special on several of the filters, including
the Filtech (15400-P0H-305) for $4.99 each. However - the shrink
wrap on each filter was compromised, and they must have been kept in
a moist environment. There was mild rust on the baseplate of each
filter. It probably wasn't that big a deal. The Denso filters for
the Legend were $10 each.

 

I was at the parts dept of an Acura dealer last weekend to pick up a
ground wire. They had a special on several of the filters, including
the Filtech (15400-P0H-305) for $4.99 each. However - the shrink
wrap on each filter was compromised, and they must have been kept in
a moist environment. There was mild rust on the baseplate of each
filter. It probably wasn't that big a deal. The Denso filters for
the Legend were $10 each.