Originally Posted by blupupher
Originally Posted by Farnsworth
Originally Posted by blupupher
Originally Posted by Farnsworth
... What about the pleats showing through the end cap? That doesn't look perfectly fine. Trying to think how the end cap seals that when there is a gap. Seems like maybe the oil will pass through those open pleat ends at the gap. Maybe not, but the manufacturer surely didn't have that gap on a blueprint.
Has been discussed multiple times. That area is sealed by either the ADV or the spring. Look at it, you can seen the indentation of the seal of the spring. It is not an issue.
I see the indentation from the leaf retainer, of course. I see a gap, the ends of the pleats showing, and then the center tube. This is fact. The end cap indentation is not all the way in. The ends of the pleats are not sealed by the end cap there.This is a manufacturing flaw. Regardless if there is some glue there or not on the pleat ends, it is still a defect.
See the indentation here in orange:
this is where the spring/ADV is sealing the center tube.
This is what is exposed to dirty oil when the filter is together:
There are no leaks.
No need to repeat the obvious. I already said what you show. Maybe reading all what people say helps? If there is no glue over the tips of the exposed pleats, there is a path for oil to go into the center tube unfiltered. It's a manufacturing defect to have the end cap off to one side and the pleats exposed. It's a lot off too, as the orange circle makes the offset defect amount more obvious. It really is nothing to argue about, no worries as they say.