FL-820S cut open

[sonofbumperbolt]

Filter: MC FL-820s
Oil: QSUD 5w-20
Vehicle: 2007 Ford F-150, 155,000 miles, 5.4L Triton Flex
Miles on filter: 5,000

This is the widest spacing so that is why I took a picture. There were no tears of any kind in the filter media anywhere. All the pleats the rest of the way were uniform.

 

[Texan4Life]

You scared me... I thought MC went to fiber end caps.. must be getting late...

lol thanks for the pics.

 

[ZeeOSix]

^^^ Just an end cap popper.

 

[daves87rs]

Nice...

 

[Bud_One]

 

[jmb3675]

That filter looks really clean.

 

[bullwinkle]

Goes to show the metal seam is the problem-as wide as that pleat is, it would have torn for sure if it wasn't a glued one!

 

[lugNutz]

This gives me a little relief running my 820s given the recent cut-opens posted.

 

[ZeeOSix]

Originally Posted By: bullwinkle
Goes to show the metal seam is the problem-as wide as that pleat is, it would have torn for sure if it wasn't a glued one!


I think it's more about how much V-spread the pleats have then how far the pleats are spread apart at the seam. We have seen quite a few filters with large pleat spacing at the seam without any media tears, but those filters all seemed to have very little pleat V-spread.

There have been a few filters with glued seams that had media tears ... 20195s I believe.