I know people here love to see things pushed to the limits. This was not my intention! Wanted to change the oil in the '97 Mustang this morning, but had to move mother-in-law's Suzuki Aerio in some driveway Tetris to get the Mustang out. I had been asking sister-in-law, the usual driver of the Aerio, if it needed an oil change. She kept saying no and I assumed she was checking the mileage against the little oil change sticker. NOPE! So this filter was on the Aerio for 13,000 miles, three years, and oil was likely Penzoil conventional 5W-30. (Sister-in-law got a good talking to by yours truly re: checking the sticker versus the odometer) The Aerio is a 2005 with just under 100,000 miles on the clock.
I'm somewhat shocked at how well the Fram TG stood up to such abuse! Being blunt, I don't like the fiberboard element end-caps...but clearly they held up okay even though they were fragile / brittle after such rough service.
Yeech! Look at the gunk in the bottom of the can:
Nothing really remarkable about the pleats:
The one issue I found. When I went to pull the element from the can, I grabbed the edge with my finger and a chunk broke off. The end-cap material is pretty darn brittle.
Some of the pleats are a little wavy:
No drama with the ADBV or mounting plate. The little chunk is the piece that broke off when I removed the element from the can.
thanks much,
ben
I'm somewhat shocked at how well the Fram TG stood up to such abuse! Being blunt, I don't like the fiberboard element end-caps...but clearly they held up okay even though they were fragile / brittle after such rough service.
Yeech! Look at the gunk in the bottom of the can:
Nothing really remarkable about the pleats:
The one issue I found. When I went to pull the element from the can, I grabbed the edge with my finger and a chunk broke off. The end-cap material is pretty darn brittle.
Some of the pleats are a little wavy:
No drama with the ADBV or mounting plate. The little chunk is the piece that broke off when I removed the element from the can.
thanks much,
ben