Originally Posted By: kschachn
Originally Posted By: BJD78
I have over the years used Fram, STP, Napa, ACDelco , Wix, purolator. Never had a filter fail including Motorcraft.
Originally Posted By: BJD78
I figure as long as my vehicles still run well there is no failure at the filter and I have had several vehicles that went well past the 300K mark. I have zero interest in cutting a filter open.
Well neither do I, but you can't tell if the media has torn or had other internal failures unless you do. You really can't say you've never had one fail unless you cut it open.
Originally Posted By: kschachn
(Well neither do I, but you can't tell if the media has torn or had other internal failures unless you do. You really can't say you've never had one fail unless you cut it open.)
Originally Posted By: BJD78
OK, I certainly will lose no sleep wondering if the filter media is torn. Come OC time which is about 5k for me I take the old filter off and toss it and put on new one. Perhaps one day I might decide to cut one open, but since I find oil changes to be messy enough as it is, I doubt it.
kschachn is correct, you can not tell if the media has torn unless you cut it open.
Motorcraft filters used to be my favorite filter. I saw one too many C&Ps of MC oil filters with torn media here on BITOG. I convinced myself that if I wanted to know the answer for my circumstances, I would have to start opening the filters for inspection. The very first filter I cut open had tears on the dome and base plate ends on the wide pleat space near the seam. All this in a moderate climate.
I am not trusting this is fixed just because Ford has adopted USCAR-36.
“Trust but verify” - Ronald Reagan