NapaGold Oil Filter vs Purolator Boss

Side View - NapaGold Oil Filter vs Purolator Boss
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Bottom View - NapaGold Oil Filter vs Purolator Boss
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Filter Disassembled - NapaGold Oil Filter vs Purolator Boss
Filter Disassembled
  Napa Gold Purolator Boss
Part # 7060 PBL12222
Weight (G) 246.5 350.7
Height (in) 3.36 3.3
OD (in) 2.95 2.993
# of Drain Holes 8 8
Drain Hole ID 0.25 0.225
Inside Media Paper Synthetic
Phenolic Resin Yes No
Anti-Drain Back Valve Yes Yes
Uses a Coil or Leaf Coil Leaf
End Caps Metal Metal
# of Pleats 47 62
Pleat Connection Glued Clamped
By Pass Yes Yes
Can Thickness 0.015 0.024
Center Tube Style Single Spiral Single Spiral
Media Height 1.817 2.018
Media Length 56.75 51.5
Media Area 103.11475 103.927

Notes:

  • Purolator Boss uses a leaf spring, rather than a coil spring.
  • Purolator Boss has a synthetic media, rather than a paper media.
  • Purolator Boss weighed the most of the seventeen filters.
  • The Purolator Boss and the Napa Platinum were the only two to have synthetic media.