For sure, you are definitely right about that. My only point is that this filter isn't a cheap "jobber" type filter, and it makes me skeptical about the blanket claims many of these filter companies make about 20,000 mile filters. I'd be very curious what a Supertech MP filter for this application would look like after 16k miles, or even something like a Fram TG.
Good point jeepman3071. I won’t ever use these anymore.
Because the old filter was torn apart after the new filter already put on. New filter will be short changed and different new filter will be put on.
M1 filters have a 20,000 mile rating so I'd speculate its a manufacturing defect in the media.
Though I always wonder how many filters fail and we never know. Unless you're cutting your filters regularly you probably would have no idea in most cases. After all, a lot of vehicles ran with no oil filters before they became a thing. Not saying it is a good thing, just that oil filtration may be well down on the list of things to worry about.
For some, it's just as important than other things that keep an engine healthy.
Not ignoring anything in the trifecta of engine heath (oil, oil filter & air filter) is an good thing IMO.
So much for “extended performance”. Louvers look like a blind man made them. I’ll stay far away from these. Nice photos sir. Thank You
The louvers on the filter in post #1 look pretty good. The media tearing, not so good however.
I pushed ancient fram tough guard to 20k plus without issue. And it was on a beater Toyota that drank oil like water.
Wonder if they can get the silicon down any. Or try to get Universal mileage avg to get an idea how much silicon these produce to see if it's out of the ordinary. The avg Iron reading is 4.459 for all samples shown. That is not terrible but not exactly great & the Avg's that blackstone has would clear that up. Thanks for sharing!
Seems that Blackstone's "Universal Avg" wear particles number is just the average without any mileage reference. IMO, their Universal Avg should be expressed in ppm/1000 miles, that would normalize it for a better reference to compare someone's UOA numbers to, which should also be looked at in the ppm/1000 miles format.
For the price they charge... That would be wonderful! It would save me from doing more math
. I'm fairly sure BS has an average mileage but they choose to state it only once in a while on the analysis results given to the customer.I'll look into the silicon for sure. Intake seems well sealed from dirt but I'll check for sure. Thanks for the insight!
