purolator classic

[browning300wsm]

purolator classic L20195 ..i bought 4 for my JEEP liberty at WALLMART ..and after reading media tearing on the forum i decided to cut one open [brand new oil filter] and found a 1 inch tear where the media is glued together ..F11E 09B1 ....i won't even open the other 3 remaining oil filters ..very disappointed ..so much for the 97.5 efficiency ..i also noted that WALMART went back to the FRAM oil filters [now i know why]

 

[GreenFocus]

Pics please.

 

[michaelluscher]

I'm calling trolling unless evidence supporting your statement is given.

 

[demarpaint]

I'm not surprised.

 

[Bud_One]

Any pics ??

 

[Nate1979]

Originally Posted By: browning300wsm
purolator classic L20195 ..i bought 4 for my JEEP liberty at WALLMART ..and after reading media tearing on the forum i decided to cut one open [brand new oil filter] and found a 1 inch tear where the media is glued together ..F11E 09B1 ....i won't even open the other 3 remaining oil filters ..very disappointed ..so much for the 97.5 efficiency ..i also noted that WALMART went back to the FRAM oil filters [now i know why]


Why not cut the other 3 and post pics of all of them? The more data the better.

 

[DemoFly]

If at Walmart, why not just buy Motorcraft?

Same price...

 

[browning300wsm]

thanks to BOB IS THE OIL GUY i can now sleep in peace ...

 

[demarpaint]

Wow am I glad I unloaded mine.

 

[901Memphis]

That's not a tear, that is the glued seam at the media joint. Cut the media all the way around at the end caps and hold that portion up to the light and see if the hole goes through or not.

 

[dlundblad]

Looks bad no matter what you call it. Thanks for sharing.

 

[GSCJR]

Originally Posted By: DemoFly
If at Walmart, why not just buy Motorcraft?

Same price...


Canadian W*M's do not sell them.

 

[browning300wsm]

Originally Posted By: 901Memphis
That's not a tear, that is the glued seam at the media joint. Cut the media all the way around at the end caps and hold that portion up to the light and see if the hole goes through or not.


the hole goes through i can see the metal on the other side ...

 

[fdcg27]

Yep, those Mann guys really have done a lot to improve Purolator's quality control.
Glad you posted this, especially since the "2XX..." Purolator part numbers were supposed to be better.

 

[901Memphis]

The hole might go through, but I can't tell for sure. If it does well just add it to the long list of filters with extra built in bypassing.

 

[ThirdeYe]

Thanks for posting the pic. It just helps to re-affirm my decision to no longer use Purolator filters aside from their Synthetic line.

 

[bullwinkle]

Geez, that's the worst one yet! Seam not glued, pleats all over the place, that's even worse than any Chinese knock off I've seen.

 

[Nate1979]

It's the new high flow oil filter model!

 

[boundarylayer]

What possible incentive does Purolator have to build more reliable oil filters when very few people see inside there?

 

[DuckRyder]

Well, I guess that is one way to keep the media from tearing at the end cap potting, just let all the oil go through the seam...

I jest ... sort of ...