This came off my Sienna earlier this month, in use from October 2020 through August 2021, for 4530 miles, with Pennzoil Platinum 5w30.
This is the first filter I've cut from my minivan. I was interested primarily in verifying that there wasn't much gunk in the oil that was caught, so when I change the oil & filter next time at 180K, I can use a filter for 10K intervals. I was a bit concerned, because for the first 120K miles, this vehicle had conventional oil changes for an average of 8K OCI. Since then, I've put it on a diet of mainly synthetic, and often high mileage, but I was wondering how much gunk might still be circulating and caught by the filter.
The only other filter I cup open had a nitrile ADBV. I was surprised at how much more flexible this was, and how light it seemed. I saw no tears at all, nor even the waves that you occasionally see in Fram EGs & TGs. The pleat that is slightly off was caused by me when I had to press with my box cutter to get the blade in to separate the media.
I know EGs can go more than 4500, but this looks about as good as I expected one to look. I do see bits of gunk there, but nothing that would make me thing that a Wix or Fram TG couldn't handle a 10K run.
This is the first filter I've cut from my minivan. I was interested primarily in verifying that there wasn't much gunk in the oil that was caught, so when I change the oil & filter next time at 180K, I can use a filter for 10K intervals. I was a bit concerned, because for the first 120K miles, this vehicle had conventional oil changes for an average of 8K OCI. Since then, I've put it on a diet of mainly synthetic, and often high mileage, but I was wondering how much gunk might still be circulating and caught by the filter.
The only other filter I cup open had a nitrile ADBV. I was surprised at how much more flexible this was, and how light it seemed. I saw no tears at all, nor even the waves that you occasionally see in Fram EGs & TGs. The pleat that is slightly off was caused by me when I had to press with my box cutter to get the blade in to separate the media.
I know EGs can go more than 4500, but this looks about as good as I expected one to look. I do see bits of gunk there, but nothing that would make me thing that a Wix or Fram TG couldn't handle a 10K run.
