This filter has been sitting in the garage for about 2 1/2 months and I finally got around to cutting it open. This was on the GP for a 7,333 mile/7 month OCI using Valvoline MaxLife NextGen 5W-30. Date code on the dome is F03027B2.
Disassembled. The ADBV was very pliable.
Nice and evenly spaced pleats with a little waviness on the dome end.
However, at the glued pleat seam, the pleats were a bit wide.
No tears on the wavy side.
But on the other side...a slight tear.
Oh well! I will be sending an oil sample in for a UOA so we will see in a month or so when I get the results back if there are elevated insolubles.
We'll also see in a few months how the PureOne on there now does. I know there is a good chance that it too has torn already (2 1/2 months, 2,500 miles on it at his point), but I will continue to use it for the remainder of the OCI, which I will probably cut short at about 7,500 miles (OLM would probably take me to 9,000), depending on the results of the UOA on this Bosch filter run.
Disassembled. The ADBV was very pliable.
Nice and evenly spaced pleats with a little waviness on the dome end.
However, at the glued pleat seam, the pleats were a bit wide.
No tears on the wavy side.
But on the other side...a slight tear.
Oh well! I will be sending an oil sample in for a UOA so we will see in a month or so when I get the results back if there are elevated insolubles.
We'll also see in a few months how the PureOne on there now does. I know there is a good chance that it too has torn already (2 1/2 months, 2,500 miles on it at his point), but I will continue to use it for the remainder of the OCI, which I will probably cut short at about 7,500 miles (OLM would probably take me to 9,000), depending on the results of the UOA on this Bosch filter run.
