Howdy all,
I ran this PH8A for 6 months on my Jeep, which worked out to be 3,400 miles, the summer run. Fill was Pennzoil High Mileage. It was noted that the PH16 and the PH8A had been improved last year, I ran a PH16 last summer that worked great so this last summer tried a PH8A for fun. I mangled it cutting open, took a look and threw it away. However I rescued it from the trash and took a couple pics for the benefit of a few that were interested. PH8A had 36 pleats, (formerly 32) all very straight, seam gap was average overall looked very good. I would run one again had no issues other than a couple start up rattles the first 500 miles that then went away.
On the flip side this PH3600 was run for about 7k on my son's Chrysler Concorde. There were no tears or compromises but this is one of the ugliest 3600's I've seen. Not sure why, but I am guessing it had larger than average gaps at the pleat. I have run several other of these and none ever looked like this, so I was surprised to say the least. I also ran a Tough Guard 3600 on the same car for about 11k and it looked great so I'm not sure what's up here.
You will see some damage to both elements, I literally snipped them open not intending to post at the time. Both filters were structurally sound with no rips or tears, and nothing of note on ADBV's or bypasses. All systems normal. The endcap damage on the filters is also from my rough extraction.
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I ran this PH8A for 6 months on my Jeep, which worked out to be 3,400 miles, the summer run. Fill was Pennzoil High Mileage. It was noted that the PH16 and the PH8A had been improved last year, I ran a PH16 last summer that worked great so this last summer tried a PH8A for fun. I mangled it cutting open, took a look and threw it away. However I rescued it from the trash and took a couple pics for the benefit of a few that were interested. PH8A had 36 pleats, (formerly 32) all very straight, seam gap was average overall looked very good. I would run one again had no issues other than a couple start up rattles the first 500 miles that then went away.
On the flip side this PH3600 was run for about 7k on my son's Chrysler Concorde. There were no tears or compromises but this is one of the ugliest 3600's I've seen. Not sure why, but I am guessing it had larger than average gaps at the pleat. I have run several other of these and none ever looked like this, so I was surprised to say the least. I also ran a Tough Guard 3600 on the same car for about 11k and it looked great so I'm not sure what's up here.
You will see some damage to both elements, I literally snipped them open not intending to post at the time. Both filters were structurally sound with no rips or tears, and nothing of note on ADBV's or bypasses. All systems normal. The endcap damage on the filters is also from my rough extraction.
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