That makes sense. Well, my original statement stands, but the look of it would not really matter.
Amsoil ea15k04 close inspection question
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Below is my c&p of the same filter that started this thread. Amsoil ea15k04. To my neophyte eye, it looks good best I can tell. Center support tube looks good and the wire mesh backing of the filtration media is intact. I used a hacksaw to cut this off the tube, so please forgive any messy edges. @Pablo @ZeeOSix
I think I’m going to have to belly up and eat crow given what I started with. Let me know what you think. TIA.
I think I’m going to have to belly up and eat crow given what I started with. Let me know what you think. TIA.
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All the potted filters have glue inside, it’s something people are showing often. This is on the part easily seen. Does it matter if it’s in the middle rather than hiding at the ends? It looks like Amsoil says it doesn’t matter.
I don’t know what vehicle this is for but Toyota filters are one of the few, maybe the only, who don’t pot the media into an end cap with the center tube potted there too. Their center tube isn’t potted in glue.
I don’t know what vehicle this is for but Toyota filters are one of the few, maybe the only, who don’t pot the media into an end cap with the center tube potted there too. Their center tube isn’t potted in glue.
Thanks.
I did write them 3 times, but it must have been more than me, or well, just luck of the draw. Nice!
BrendanC
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im right here with you. i would pay top dollar for someone to remake a filter like the OG ultra but with a coil spring.Psst… Donaldson if you’re listening… I’d pay $18-20 for Synteq 99%@15u media, punched flow holes & silicone BPV in the FE10575 and FE7317-sized filters with coil spring BPVs at factory-rated pressures… $25 if external surfaces (including block thread area) are formed in 300-series stainless sheet with no paint
You’ve got my number- 1-844-HPL-FILT
Looks great!
agreed. Finally one worthy of the Amsoil name!
Date code looks to be 9/23/24 on this one, so not real new construction. The sloppy one was 2/23/24. So hard to say if manufacturing QA improved or it's luck of the draw. When was sloppy QA first noted on Amsoil filters. There were sloppy louvers brought up on some models too a while back.
Totally plausible luck of the draw. I do hope seven months is enough time for a smaller operation to jerk a knot into someone’s backside should it be needed though. But to your point, yes - that remains to be seen.
