Been a faithful Purolator user since 1992, even the tears didn't really bother me. I cut open three and found none so I am thinking it was less than what people made it look like.
Even if you did get a tear it would not be catastrophic failure just some minor wear.
No the deal breaker is because of that stamped perforated center tube. Some look like they have no holes. I bought a Pure One and I can barely see the slit. Picked up a classic and I can see the slit but not much better. Some are decent, some are not. Regardless I am not going to handpick oil filters.
I like seeing nice round holes in there. I ll never use a E-Core. I want a steel center tube with holes. So I am switching to Fram Ultra.
I think Fram has really improved thier Quality Control and I would even use their Orange cans but since I ve switched to pretty much Synthetics, I ll go with the Ultra.
Purolator spent so much money and time on release of thier new filters and I think they made them worse. Louvered slits don't get it and it's funny because the smaller filters still have the holes so why just the slits in the bigger filters? Whatever.
Even if you did get a tear it would not be catastrophic failure just some minor wear.
No the deal breaker is because of that stamped perforated center tube. Some look like they have no holes. I bought a Pure One and I can barely see the slit. Picked up a classic and I can see the slit but not much better. Some are decent, some are not. Regardless I am not going to handpick oil filters.
I like seeing nice round holes in there. I ll never use a E-Core. I want a steel center tube with holes. So I am switching to Fram Ultra.
I think Fram has really improved thier Quality Control and I would even use their Orange cans but since I ve switched to pretty much Synthetics, I ll go with the Ultra.
Purolator spent so much money and time on release of thier new filters and I think they made them worse. Louvered slits don't get it and it's funny because the smaller filters still have the holes so why just the slits in the bigger filters? Whatever.
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