Any filter with really wide pleat spacing has the potential to tear media, unless the media is wire or nylon backed.
Hard to say exactly how each manufacturer comes up with an "up to xyx miles" use rating. All kinds of factors can effect the mileage rating, but the holding capacity should be the main factor.
Does this apply to certain vehicles only? I have a 2018 Ram 1500 Hemi that I do 5,000-5,500-mile oil changes on but Amsoil posted a bulletin a while back about not recommending their EA15k50 filter due to it plugging up too quickly, I think.
So is that only at long intervals or just period? I run full synthetic in my 2018 Ram 1500 Hemi but I try to change my oil between 5,000 and 5,500 miles. Matter of fact, I was told recently by a Wix rep that if I’m only going 5,500 miles at most on my oil changes that their plain Wix 57060 filter would be the better choice because since it’s not a long OCI filter like the 57060XP, the non-XP actually filters out smaller particles than the XP version because it’s not meant to go as long of OCI’s and that that’s why the XP version doesn’t filter like the plain one so that it can go the longer OCI distance.
