All I had to cut this open was a pair of tin snips and a screwdriver
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Things I like about this filter:
Filter element itself seems strong like it would never really collapse or tear.
metal in caps.
Soft flexible anti drain back valve
Things I don't like about this filter:
Very small element
Thin metal case
The pressure relief valve is a separate piece that fits into the center tube that could leak by where it fits in. On some other filters the bypass valve is built in so that the spring is on top and the oil would have to apply enough pressure to force the valve open before anything could leak by.
The relief valve is on the dome end where when it does open or leak by it would introduced contaminants back into the engine.
The car had a rattling noise and shook after startup and at idle. I did several things to the car trying to fix the problem throughout the use of this filter. I change spark plugs and coils clean the throttle body and mass air flow sensor and change the air filter put seafoam through the vacuum lines. Reset the computer to retrain itself. None of that changed anything. Soon as I change the filter those symptoms are gone so then I realized that the problem was the oil filter which I never thought about until then.
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