Fram XG11665 w/ three changes on it.
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Looks good what vehicle was this in and what oil did you use for each OCI?
Looks good! Waves are normal and no big deal.
IMO, it was used (2) times more than it should have been. What was the reason for using it (3) times? Was it too hard to get access to? You didn't want to spend money on another filter? What vehicle is it from?
What kind of oil did you use? What did you replace wit with? 
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Looks mean little.
Either the filter is working or its not working. With that many miles, what makes you think it wasn't sitting in bypass a majority of the time?
If no physical damage, filter held together. That is about all you can get from cutting open a filter.
I don't understand the competition here to see who can use a filter the longest. Lets trash the engine to save the incinerator from a couple filters?
Either the filter is working or its not working. With that many miles, what makes you think it wasn't sitting in bypass a majority of the time?
If no physical damage, filter held together. That is about all you can get from cutting open a filter.
I don't understand the competition here to see who can use a filter the longest. Lets trash the engine to save the incinerator from a couple filters?
This filter doesn't need to be cut open. It's a cartridge type filter, synthetic media and a plastic mesh behind it and rated for 15k miles.
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Semantics, cut open canister, cartridge.... filter inspections mean little unless there is a filter hard part failure. Other than that, it sure looks pretty.
Ratings of a filter are marketing. UP TO 15k depends on engine soot/crud loading. It would have to be tested ON EVERY ENGINE to blindly be used for the full 15k miles. Only fools and suckers believe in marketing and they are being born by the second these days.
Ratings of a filter are marketing. UP TO 15k depends on engine soot/crud loading. It would have to be tested ON EVERY ENGINE to blindly be used for the full 15k miles. Only fools and suckers believe in marketing and they are being born by the second these days.
Some people don't check the dipstick nor change the oil after 15k on the same fill.... OMGGGGG.
That must be off your Durango. It looks a lot like the Jeep filters I use. Looks good to me since a little wave is kind of normal IMO.
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Right the guys in marketing want you to use a filter 3 times longer so they sell less of them.
And that’s why they are a totally different design using better materials …
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It’s 9000 miles on two of them … and not running the oil that long so two rounds on a Fram XG is 10k
That could potentially be 15K+ miles on certain vehicles that say change the filter every other OC. It's a CYA statement to, and all filter makers use a similar legal statement.
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For anyone reading something into the “waves “ = this is a factory filter with only 500 miles
(next to the Fram XG that went in … subject filter)…
(next to the Fram XG that went in … subject filter)…
next time try a Wix XP/Napa Platinum
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