![]() ![]() If you have a UFI HOUSING, both filters fit (there are MANYreports of dealers installing wrong one, and arguing eith the customer, refusing to change it until PROVEN WRONG days later. Cost more per filter and most 3rd party filter manufacturers do not even make filters for the UFI filter housing. We have the UFI with the drain back valve on the filter. THE HENGST or UFI filters are NOT INTERCHANGEABLE- the exsct same situation exists on on Chevy Trax, Sonic, andCruze models. One included the oil drsin back valve (keeps the filter full of pil to prevent startup with no oil in the top end of the engine) These teo housings take 2 different filters. Of course we got the less used oil filter housing and filters are nearly impossible to find.GM used both HENGST and UFI Pil Filter Housings. Best example is the two (2) COMPLETELY different oil filters used on 2019 and other model year Encores Use the wrong one and oil starvation will cause excess wear. They have the capability, engineering and facilities to make world class vehiclesīut you need to spend hundreds of hours and be am engineer yourself to avoid getting into a mess with GM's management nightmare. This disdain for their customers and "bean counters" making engineering decisions are the entire reason I stay away from GM products. So GM, to keep the price down does the exact WORST thing for the consumer. They could have made the better engine STANDARD and economies of scale would make it perhaps a $100 increase in the base price. First make it impossible to get, then stop offering it because no one even knows about it. The take rate was tiny, and then GM DISCONTINUED THE IPTIONAL ENGINE. It could ONLY BE HAD ON a car you ordered built. ![]() The upgrade engine was instslled on precisely ZERO pre-built Encores at dealers. 15 more horse power, 10% more torque (super important) and better fuel efficiency. The shame is that Buick had an optional engine that worked out to just $200 more. Biggest issue is the base engine is ridiculously underpowered with so much tube lag off the line making a left in front of oncoming traffic is a death defying feat every time. Good value, reliable up to 48k miles, but materials are cheap, grill completely delaminated the clear coat starting in the 1st year, tailgate trim holds enough water to take a bath in. 1st GM car, and only bought because Mazda MX5, Honda CR-V, too expensive. ![]()
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