With all due respect, I'm looking at the pic of the tear earlier in this thread, and I don't see any oil on the media tear. I mean while in use with a tear there would be oil surging through the tear. So you would think the tear would look just as dark oil soaked as the rest of the media. Why does it look different? The tear appears fresh, like maybe it happened accidentally during the cut open? Or maybe that's how the media looks when it is torn. Just my observation. I'm hoping the P1 is still a good filter.