Originally Posted by blupupher
Originally Posted by Farnsworth
No need to repeat the obvious. I already said what you show. Maybe reading all what people say helps? If there is no glue over the tips of the exposed pleats, there is a path for oil to go into the center tube unfiltered. It's a manufacturing defect to have the end cap off to one side and the pleats exposed. It's a lot off too, as the orange circle makes the offset defect amount more obvious. It really is nothing to argue about, no worries as they say.
I read what you said, I showed what is covered by the spring and ADV, there is no leak.
Is it perfectly centered, no. Does it need to be if the spring seat or ADV seal of that area, no.
If you fail to understand that then I can't do any more.
My idea hinges of course on the tips of the pleats being open. It's like saying what if the Denso pleats are not sealed on the ends, which is hinted at every time they are shown. Oil will travel up the pleat and since the gasket is not present all the way over them, oil can go into the center unfiltered. Whether this one is fully sealed with wax or not has no bearing on the topic. Ir's a serious manufacturing defect, hopefully the new owners will fix it. Thanks for being polite unlike a few others who get all excited if someone says a Fram has a defect.
No worries as they say.