Update: The Fram Tech Chassity from the chat above followed up with an email and offered to send me another FS3506 filter. I said "Sure!" and I was excited to see what would arrive! Well the package arrived today with two new FS3506 filters inside ... one wire backed and one not! So I wrote back to Chassity and made a video:
Hey Chassity,
Two replacement FS3506 oil filters arrived today! Thank you! BUT they were both different internal constructions!
The first one I looked in did have the metal screen backed media:
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Just like it says on the box:
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BUT the media in the second filter you sent has no metal screen backing:
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Here’s the date code for the metal screen backed filter:
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And here’s the date code for the filter with no metal screen backing:
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Here’s a video I made to clarify:
I feel like I can speak for all Fram Titanium customers in saying - we do want the filters to have the advertised “metal screen backed media”.
Could you please send me a metal backed replacement for the non-metal backed FS3506 I received today?
Thank you so much for your help!