Last weekend I did a lot of work on the "old enough to drink" John Deere STX38 lawn tractor. I got around to taking pictures of the cut open filter only this morning. Filter was in service for one year, which is less than 40 hours of operation. Oil was most likely Delo 400 synthetic 5W-40, engine is a Kohler Command CV-12.5.
I really don't care for the paper end caps on the Fram TG series filters...but based on this one and several others I've cut apart, they hold up just fine without any issues. Some of the pleats are kind of irregularly spaced, but remain flexible and have no tears. I used to be a Purolator fan-boy, but after the whole Tearolator thing and finding two Purolators with tears on my own equipment and vehicles, I'm back to using Fram. The ADBV fell on the floor and rolled under the workbench, so I don't have a photo of it. It was orange in color (silicone?) and was nice and supple.
Again, like the OEM Toyota filter I just posted, no drama here.
Another TG3614 went on the tractor and it was refilled with Delo 400 synthetic 5W-40.
I really don't care for the paper end caps on the Fram TG series filters...but based on this one and several others I've cut apart, they hold up just fine without any issues. Some of the pleats are kind of irregularly spaced, but remain flexible and have no tears. I used to be a Purolator fan-boy, but after the whole Tearolator thing and finding two Purolators with tears on my own equipment and vehicles, I'm back to using Fram. The ADBV fell on the floor and rolled under the workbench, so I don't have a photo of it. It was orange in color (silicone?) and was nice and supple.
Again, like the OEM Toyota filter I just posted, no drama here.
Another TG3614 went on the tractor and it was refilled with Delo 400 synthetic 5W-40.