Originally Posted By: oil_film_movies
Originally Posted By: bullwinkle
There was never any media glued to those endcaps-Jay Buckley/motorking will be VERY interested to see that one! Good news is, the media was never there, so it couldn't have been pulled into the engine. It would be just like running with no filter, unless you were driving in a dust storm, I bet very little permanent harm was done.
Not quite like no filter at all. Some dirt would have been eventually, if not quickly, caught in what media is there.
I see what you mean about the glued media, as it would be easy to tell if a glue line was present or not where the missing media was.
I'm a little skeptical that this might be a hoax, but my apologies to the original poster if I'm wrong.
There's no sign of any glue on the endcaps (at least the one that's visible)-I would call manufacturing defect on this one. Probably the media supply (roll?) ran out before the filter was fully made, QC missed it. Bet he gets some free ones for his trouble, but this is another potential issue to look out (down the center tube before installing) for!