An unfortunate event took place with a Fram CH10955 filter on my beautiful and exceptionally well maintained Pentastar V6 engine. Sometime during the OCI between October 2018 and April 2019 the inner plastic frame of the filter had failed. This is my 12th oil change in this vehicle and nothing like this had happened before. I've been using Fram and Mopar filters interchangeably in the past as both are available at local Walmart.
My concern is the missing plastic piece, - area circled in the last picture. The other pieces were intact initially until broken off while I was trying to realign different areas of the frame to see if there are any missing pieces. The plastic is very brittle.
What are the chances of the missing piece blocking an oil channel and leading to an oil starvation in some part of the engine? Is anyone familiar with Pentastar's oil supply channels downstream from the filter?
My concern is the missing plastic piece, - area circled in the last picture. The other pieces were intact initially until broken off while I was trying to realign different areas of the frame to see if there are any missing pieces. The plastic is very brittle.
What are the chances of the missing piece blocking an oil channel and leading to an oil starvation in some part of the engine? Is anyone familiar with Pentastar's oil supply channels downstream from the filter?