Had less than 4k miles on it, Changed last fall with Pennzoil yellow bottle. Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera with 3.3 v6.
Failed Purolator Classic
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ZOMG. The 2012 oil filter prophecy has come true!!!
BRB I'm going to round up my purolator filters and go stick my head in the oven!!!
BRB I'm going to round up my purolator filters and go stick my head in the oven!!!
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What kind of engine would be mean enough to do that to this poor little guy?
There there...to the scrap yard with ya.
What kind of engine would be mean enough to do that to this poor little guy?
There there...to the scrap yard with ya.
Originally Posted By: 2010_FX4
It can happen to any of them and Purolator cannot be the exception even though it has a true following (myself included). Bang for the buck it is hard to beat Purolator and its OEM branded equivalents.
+1
Thanks for the pics OP
It can happen to any of them and Purolator cannot be the exception even though it has a true following (myself included). Bang for the buck it is hard to beat Purolator and its OEM branded equivalents.
+1
Thanks for the pics OP
Originally Posted By: jeepman3071
How old is that filter? I thought Purolator Classics didn't have a thread end bypass?
I don't think that one has any bypass valve ... looks to be for a GM which has the bypass in the block.
How old is that filter? I thought Purolator Classics didn't have a thread end bypass?
I don't think that one has any bypass valve ... looks to be for a GM which has the bypass in the block.
Looks familiar. I had a Classic do the same thing.
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubb...902#Post2260902
cronk - what's the date code on that filter of yours?
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubb...902#Post2260902
cronk - what's the date code on that filter of yours?
Originally Posted By: Texan4Life
Originally Posted By: 2010_FX4
It can happen to any of them and Purolator cannot be the exception even though it has a true following (myself included). Bang for the buck it is hard to beat Purolator and its OEM branded equivalents.
+1
Thanks for the pics OP
+1 more. Add all the Puro 'made for' equivalents including ProMotive, AAP TG, Group7, PB ProLine, QuakerState, Pennzoil and Valvoline and others, all with very similar construction to the Classic.
Originally Posted By: 2010_FX4
It can happen to any of them and Purolator cannot be the exception even though it has a true following (myself included). Bang for the buck it is hard to beat Purolator and its OEM branded equivalents.
+1
Thanks for the pics OP
+1 more. Add all the Puro 'made for' equivalents including ProMotive, AAP TG, Group7, PB ProLine, QuakerState, Pennzoil and Valvoline and others, all with very similar construction to the Classic.
Originally Posted By: ZeeOSix
Originally Posted By: jeepman3071
How old is that filter? I thought Purolator Classics didn't have a thread end bypass?
I don't think that one has any bypass valve ... looks to be for a GM which has the bypass in the block.
The 3.3L V6 is a lower displacement version of the 3.8L Buick V6 and the oil filter bypass valve IS in the engine, not in the oil filter.
That filter looks to me like it suffered from the result of a sticking, plugged, or non-functioning oil filter bypass valve. On a car that old it would not be an uncommon failure. If it were my car I would replace that bypass valve ASAP.
Originally Posted By: jeepman3071
How old is that filter? I thought Purolator Classics didn't have a thread end bypass?
I don't think that one has any bypass valve ... looks to be for a GM which has the bypass in the block.
The 3.3L V6 is a lower displacement version of the 3.8L Buick V6 and the oil filter bypass valve IS in the engine, not in the oil filter.
That filter looks to me like it suffered from the result of a sticking, plugged, or non-functioning oil filter bypass valve. On a car that old it would not be an uncommon failure. If it were my car I would replace that bypass valve ASAP.
Bad bypass valve ... maybe. But this failure was similar, and this filter had it's own bypass valve.
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubb...902#Post2260902
If the pleats have room to physically fold over that much (due to excessive open spacing), then the flow will fold them over and probably cause them to tear.
The Classic I showed in the link above had media that would tear very easily for some reason ... more so than on other Purolator filters I've ever cut open for inspection.
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubb...902#Post2260902
If the pleats have room to physically fold over that much (due to excessive open spacing), then the flow will fold them over and probably cause them to tear.
The Classic I showed in the link above had media that would tear very easily for some reason ... more so than on other Purolator filters I've ever cut open for inspection.
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