Originally Posted By: ZeeOSix
Originally Posted By: HKPolice
I've stayed pretty neutral about the whole tearolator hate train because I think while tears are bad, it's not significant enough to cause much of a bypass because the tears only account for maybe 0.01% of the total surface area on the filter media.
1 tear @ the top of the filter with a wide V spacing pleat. The bottom of that same pleat is narrow and didn't tear, rest of the filter looks perfect.
I still have a Bosch 3422 filter left and will probably still use it, but
won't be buying Purolator again.
Synopsis: I thought the tearing issue was all "hogwash", but now that it actually happened to me I'm not gonna use Purolators anymore.
Some song heard many times. Looks like another entry into the torn filter spread sheet. jk_636, you not have to find an additional 100 good Purolators to keep that 1% failure rate alive.
Wrong. I knew about the tearing issue
before buying the filters on clearance @ Walmart about a year ago. The main reason I'm not buying Purolator again is because Walmart stopped carrying them and there are no other major retailers selling them in Canada. I'm not scared by the tearing because I know it doesn't affect overall filtering ability.
If Walmart were still selling these @ clearance pricing I'd get more. They were $5 each, compared to $11 for Fram Toughguards with cardboard end caps. Fram Ultras are $13.5 each up here.
