Originally Posted by VQ35DE
Not going by the photo. I have had the filters in my hand. Even used them but , no more. When you look at one and THINK about it, the ends not being totally covered with something makes no sense.
You're failing to comprehend the issue. Unless you really have a defective specimen, there should be glue between the pleats blocking oil from bypassing, as well as the obvious covering on the inner part of the ends. See if you can slip a thin knife blade between pleats the way you believe oil bypasses.
As ZO6 already said, we can't see from the photo whether that blocking glue is present. It did appear to be missing from the other-brand filters of similar design I saw in Advance Auto. I didn't have a knife handy, though.
I have yet to see a photo of an endcapless filter with torn media.
Not going by the photo. I have had the filters in my hand. Even used them but , no more. When you look at one and THINK about it, the ends not being totally covered with something makes no sense.
You're failing to comprehend the issue. Unless you really have a defective specimen, there should be glue between the pleats blocking oil from bypassing, as well as the obvious covering on the inner part of the ends. See if you can slip a thin knife blade between pleats the way you believe oil bypasses.
As ZO6 already said, we can't see from the photo whether that blocking glue is present. It did appear to be missing from the other-brand filters of similar design I saw in Advance Auto. I didn't have a knife handy, though.
I have yet to see a photo of an endcapless filter with torn media.