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The damage to the filter looks to me like the person who did it did it while cutting it apart.
That FRAM looks fine otherwise.
I get so tired of the FRAM bashing here .
You either have pretty warped eyes or sense of something. You can see it is defective in the first picture. You can see the missing piece before cutting it apart. It was cut apart at the suggestion, or question raised here. Then the pleats that did not want to separate were separated.
There is no way that little piece could have been cut out before tearing it apart. (well maybe there are laser knives somewhere, but that is beyond my reach, skill, or objective)
Also, although you can't touch and feel it like I could. The solidified retention valve is not "fine", nor the rattle it made in the filter.
You don't have to believe it. It is a free country and forum. You can also believe the astronauts didn't land on the moon and there are aliens in underground labs in the southwest USA.