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Was on my car for 5,000 miles.. in pure coincidence, to the mile. Fram Ultra. About 14,000 miles on the oil. 3rd filter change on the OCI.
Date code was A21642
Reason for removal was to get a peel at engine health (any evidence of bearing material? I want to get oil tested to see if there is coolant in it) and also a brand new Fram Endurance or FE9688 went on and.. wow, that's a BEAUTIFUL filter.
The FE9688. We are again doing away with the sealed container. Look how good this looks...
I'll cut open the FE9688 next week so we can see.
@Soft Cars
Oh, ABSOLUTELY it is! I just tried to cut the media and peeled up a wire...
I MIGHT do a virgin cut-open of the FE9688 tomorrow before it becomes an oily mess...
(Cuts were with a utility knife just under top and bottom of the metal piece then tried to go across before going to screwdriver to keep the knives perfect and not mess up the blade. Seems like I was cutting into metal here.)
Date code was A21642
Reason for removal was to get a peel at engine health (any evidence of bearing material? I want to get oil tested to see if there is coolant in it) and also a brand new Fram Endurance or FE9688 went on and.. wow, that's a BEAUTIFUL filter.
The FE9688. We are again doing away with the sealed container. Look how good this looks...
I'll cut open the FE9688 next week so we can see.
@Soft Cars
That one is wire backed; correct?
Oh, ABSOLUTELY it is! I just tried to cut the media and peeled up a wire...
I MIGHT do a virgin cut-open of the FE9688 tomorrow before it becomes an oily mess...
(Cuts were with a utility knife just under top and bottom of the metal piece then tried to go across before going to screwdriver to keep the knives perfect and not mess up the blade. Seems like I was cutting into metal here.)
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