When they’re creased on the ends of the dent like that, the flexing (from oil pump pulses) can cause a crack. For what Fleetguard filters cost, the shipper needed to do a better job-a lot of my poorly packaged OG Ultra 6 packs from eBay (a few years back) would have a couple with fairly major dents. They went back or got scrapped!
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I agree with you, but I don't think this is a sharp enough crease to matter. This is why I quit buying fleetguard filters. Really can't ever order one without some kind of issue. Then you try and return it and they think you're just being petty. I wonder why I didn't just buy a fram ultra from Walmart. Anyways, my main concern was whether or not the dent messed up anything inside, but being that it's domed i'd imagine it didn't even make contact with anything.
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Who sold and shipped these filters?
+1-so others know who to avoid when buying them!
The oil filter won't fail in the PICS the OP shared.
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I just ordered it from cummins and I think they shipped out of a nearby warehouse based on where i lived. Came from Houston. It didn't actually tell me where it was coming from until I received the package
I'd try calling Cummins and tell them you received dented filters because they didn't package them well. They shouldn't arrived dented.
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No, but the question is what's damaged inside?
dont know, but by the time you find out, either the filter will be cut open, and thereby trash, OR it will not wok in the engine, which is super bad....either way, for me it would be a rifle target at 300 yards, and I would be getting an new filter. Not worth the risk.
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I'd try calling Cummins and tell them you received dented filters because they didn't package them well. They shouldn't arrived dented.
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I tried, but I was like 7 days past the 30 day return policy, so they wouldn't do anything.
I'd try calling Cummins and tell them you received dented filters because they didn't package them well. They shouldn't arrived dented.
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I tried, but I was like 7 days past the 30 day return policy, so they wouldn't do anything.
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I think we have enough dissected oil filters on this site to know that nothing is behind where that dent is. This filter has metal endcaps, so I'd imagine it has 1/4" or so of space before it pushed into the endcap since the bottom of the filter is domed slightly. I don't even think they have glue right there in that spot.
Again, I dont know. And not sure I would guinea pig it.
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Well cummins already gave me the middle finger about exchanging it and I'm too cheap to toss $25 in the trash, so I'll just use it I guess. Not sure why I didn't grab a fram ultra at Walmart instead. I guess its because I tend to order things late at night when everyone is closed.
It will probably be fine.
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I already have the other one with an identical dent in the exact same spot already installed on the boat. I think it went unnoticed until I pulled the plastic off and in my haste to get it installed I was just like whatever at the time. Really weird how they both got damaged in the same spot. The oil pressure is way more steady with this filter than that pos motorcraft I had on it.
If they use a leaf spring, a dent like that could cause the leaf spring to not function properly, and if so the guts could become loose and rattle around. I think these filters may use a coil spring in the dome end, and if so then no worries about that.
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You mean the bypass valve? I think it has a spring that's in the middle of the dome like you described. I also did not hear anything rattle around when I shook it. I looked at a youtube video that cut the filter open. It has a coil spring. I think it's okay. That ding may have pressed the endcap up just a smidge, hard to tell. Not sure if that matters, but I don't see anything that's going to cause any failure. I also don't think it has glue holding the endcap against the filter like I thought which was my concern that possibly the glue could have broken off, but that's not the case here. There isn't any.
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Coil spring. I looked at a youtube video that had it taken apart. It's an LF3487
