BAD WIX FILTER

[Alfonzy]

NEWS FLASH! BAD WIX FILTER...WIX AGREES TO REPLACE ENGINE!

I just saw on a local TV investigator report [out of Medina Ohio]
a guy took his 2007 Kia Sportage w/ 20000 mi. in for an oil change. Driving away from the shop "THERE GOES THE OIL LIGHT NND BOOM THERE GOES THE ENGINE"

The Auto shop was not at fault, The canister of a WIX oil filter installed split at a seam and blew out[shown on camera was a black painted WIX] WIX admited fault and paid cost of repairs!

 

[Bill in Utah]

As would Fram, Champ or any other oil filter company.

I've got a few WIX filters (incl one on my Corolla @ 9k right now) and will continue to use them if the price is correct.

Good to see that companies stand behind their products.

I've cut open hundreds of filters over the years and never had one fail.

Prob will never see one.

Bill

 

[VK56VD]

Things like this happen with mass produced items.

 

[sunfire]

When I got home yesterday, I noticed a bunch of sand all over the street I live on. My neighbour told me some that someone's oil filter blew and left a trail of oil all over the street. I guess blown oil filters are pretty common. I would have liked to know that kind of filter blew on that person's car. I'm sure it wasn't a WIX.

 

[Pablo]

That could really explain the amount oil blows I've seen!!

https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/posts/1155823/

 

[Big Jim]

The most common cause of a burst filter can isn't the filter, but rather a stuck oil pump pressure relief valve that is stuck in the full open position.

 

[Bill in Utah]

Or improper install of the oil filter.

 

[BGK]

In over 35 years of driving and changing my own oil filters, I have never had a filter blow; Fram, Purolator, Motorcraft, A/C Delco, Mobil 1, Lee (remember them?), K & N, etc. Has quality dropped recently? Would be interesting to know what past and current failure rate statistics are!

 

[sunfire]

How do you improperly install an oil filter? Too loose?

 

[OVERKILL]

I've got a picture of an SRT-4 Neon engine that blew apart and the K&N oil filter on it is still intact and stuck to a piece of the block

Those things have some SERIOUS casings on them. A tad overkill, but don't the M1 filters have basically the same case?

 

[Triple_Se7en]

I'm glad to see Wix stands behind their products. Knowing this, now I'm more inclined to buy their oil filter products first.

 

[63Avanti]

Makes me feel good about my pro-Wix bias after the study I did. http://systems-engineering-associates/avocation Wix's behavior contrasts strongly with K&N's attitude of "prove it" after their oiled air filter destroyed 5 $200+ MAFs. My mechanic showed me several articles about this, and got me to go back to paper air filter. Ran 50K over the MAF change interval without any issues.

Originally Posted By: Alfonzy
NEWS FLASH! BAD WIX FILTER...WIX AGREES TO REPLACE ENGINE!

I just saw on a local TV investigator report [out of Medina Ohio]
a guy took his 2007 Kia Sportage w/ 20000 mi. in for an oil change. Driving away from the shop "THERE GOES THE OIL LIGHT NND BOOM THERE GOES THE ENGINE"

The Auto shop was not at fault, The canister of a WIX oil filter installed split at a seam and blew out[shown on camera was a black painted WIX] WIX admited fault and paid cost of repairs!

 

[Bill in Utah]

Originally Posted By: sunfire
How do you improperly install an oil filter? Too loose?


Too tight.

No gasket.

Double gaskets. (common)

 

[badtlc]

or a wrong filter whose threads don't line up properly and it gets jacked on there anyway.

 

[Pablo]

Originally Posted By: badtlc
or a wrong filter whose threads don't line up properly and it gets jacked on there anyway.


Yep - seen that happen outside a jippynube.

 

[steve20]

this is impossible
must I now stop genuflecting before approaching a WIX filter?

 

[Kestas]

I've been driving and changing oil for 34 years. Never have I had, witnessed, or heard of cars blowing up the oil filters until now, where we have two threads on this subject. Why all of a sudden the pandemic?

 

[Virtuoso]

Well, hopefully they didn't have to jump through hoops to get the engine replaced. A good outcome, none the less.

 

[Steve S]

There are three reasons for filter problems.
the engine
the oil filter
the installer
I have seen all three.

 

[D-Roc]

Originally Posted By: BGK
In over 35 years of driving and changing my own oil filters, I have never had a filter blow; Fram, Purolator, Motorcraft, A/C Delco, Mobil 1, Lee (remember them?), K & N, etc. Has quality dropped recently? Would be interesting to know what past and current failure rate statistics are!


I'm sure we would see more filter issues in Dodge Cummins (maybe not blown open) if Fram became the usual install on most oil changes.