Fram PH3614 C&P off the shelf looking for leaks

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I've been reading all the Fram threads with the oil leak path at the leaf spring interface, I bought a few (6) off Amazon, as $4.38 cdn this is about half price of what Cambodian Tire sells them for, I think thats around $2.50 usd or close to it! I was wondering if they were all junk, this one seals good as the bottom of the filter with a continous impression found on the fiber endcap, I did the flashlight test, no light leaks. The ripples in the leaf spring are almost just dark lines, without much protusion.

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The impression shows that the leaf spring doesn't contact the end cap totally flat either. I'm betting where the impression isn't as deep in the end cap is the where the rippled sides were making contacting.
 
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