Carquest with no holes

I fear I have only seen bad things ordering from RockAuto. Between this and the countless packages damaged from the cheap shipping boxes they use, it makes me very unlikely to order from them.

FWIW Ive been ordering thru rockauto for about 17 years now and have had only 2 actual problems out of the hundreds of orders Ive place. I personally have made many more times mistakes on the actual orders then anything on their end.
 
I have never purchased anything from Rock Auto but I just searched that part # and Rock Auto has it noted as Famous Brand "Wholesaler Closeout 30-day Warranty" $0.89...

Yea, I would not do that again, you get what you pay for comes to mind as does Caveat emptor but thats totally uncool something like that getting past QC.
I would be on the phone emailing pics to someone who can do something about that.
Thanks for posting op, thats crazy!
 
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This is not a defect. Old design, but there were some applications that used these (European vehicles maybe, I don't remember.) I have seen similar in the military also (portable crane if I recall correctly.) Wild you got one for a current car on RockAuto though.
 
Standpipe...Learn something new every day! So perhaps IF my old Crown Vics filter had a Standpipe and a filter always full of oil I would not get that valve rattle after it sits a few days???
 
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As noted several times now, a standpipe filter for Jaguar applications specing them. Props to @ZeeOSix for looking for an alternative explanation rather than jumping to conclusion of epic fail defect. As also noted, topic is an older (RA nos) Wix made CQ Blue filter. Standpipes can be found on some base end down diesel filters.

Edit: Linked an older Bitog thread showing some standpipe filters. Old Photobucket pics not the best, but standpipe concept observable.

https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/adbv-standpipe-running-a-big-filter-inverted-etc.135269/
 
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Looks fine to me. Some Euro applications run a “weird” filter with a standpipe or a different BPV config. VW and Mercedes were known to use upside-down spin-on filters.

If you found a British-made Crosland or EU-made filter, it would be very similar.
 
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