Oil filter has only 2k miles but 2 years on it. Can I leave it on for next oil change?
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OP, why not use a Motorcraft or WIX oil filter? They're just as good, or better than a FRAM.
Somebody didn’t oil the gasket and/ or put it on way too tight.
1 year is nothing but I would change it after 2 years. The media might not be loaded with particles yet, but age does matter and I understand that any moisture/condensation or other water in the oil has a negative effect on oil filter media, even after it's been boiled off at normal engine temperature. It's not worth saving a few dollars here.
What will using a wire backed oil filter do that one without a wire backing do? Please, elaborate.
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Good question … the wire is there because the fiberglass has different structural properties than cellulose media … guess you could assume the glass is more inert … but once in oil bath who knows ?What will using a wire backed oil filter do that one without a wire backing do? Please, elaborate.
What will using a wire backed oil filter do that one without a wire backing do? Please, elaborate.
Wire backed synthetic media should hold up longer over time without falling apart. Iv cut up a few filters and find paper ones disintegrate easily. Fram ultra is hard to tear.
Also mann here in the uk have some filters made with some sort of fiberglass media which is also very resilient to tearing
Yes, the better filtration media requires the backing for structural integrity.
Okay.
I didn't think an ordinary oil filter would fall apart like that. That reflects poor quality and workmanship on said oil filter manufacturers. I need to do a GOOGLE search on this subject so as to avoid these oil filters, and to advise family and friends to do the same.
Many people have just given you really good advice! That being said......I can't help but ask, considering all the expenses involved with owning that car, storage, insurance, registration, etc, etc, it just seems strange that you wouldn't want to change the filter along with the old oil just in keeping with best practices in the preservation of your classic car? Penny wise but maybe pound foolish my dad would have said.
Of course there are paper filters that tear, is that what you’re going on about? You'll find examples of those filters on your Google search.
What you will not find is a wire-backed synthetic filter that has similarly torn.
No, not at all.
And, I wasn't "GOING ON" about ANYTHING.
I just didn't think an ordinary oil filters media would just fall apart if it sat for a long period of time.
Your turn to reply.
If you don't want a filter to fall apart, stop using Purolator made filter (including M________ ) ...
M? Please, elaborate. You, of all people, shouldn't have to hide.If you don't want a filter to fall apart, stop using Purolator made filter (including M________ ) ...
That depends if that engine calls for the infamous "820S". If that's the case, I'd skip the Motorcraft.
I've used Fram Ultra filters, Mobil 1 filters, and the less expensive Fram offerings in excess of two years many times on my 88 E-150. I change oil based on miles, not time. Having said that the filter itself never went 2 OCIs. In other words never in those two+ years was the oil changed and the filter not changed.
im in the UK, and the WIX filters we get here are made in Poland. iv cut one of these filters open and the paper media inside was just tearing apart as i was trying to lay it flat. it was very brittle.
mann filters much better quality here.
