Originally Posted By: car51
LOL! Yeah, thought that being made earlier in 2014, it would have had a chance. NOT!
The ProMotive by Tearolator made in Dec 2014 was torn also, so apparently nothing has changed with the manufacturing. Super wide pleat spacing causing the pleats to fold over from oil flow, and pretty brittle/weak media is the formula for tearing. Same failure formula from the start of this problem.
Push the pleats sideways across the whole length of the pleat, and you'll probably hear media tearing sounds.