Ran this filter on my 2011 Mazda2 for two OCIs... both on Castrol Edge 0W20. That also means this filter saw 103 autocross runs. 41 in the first OCI and 62 on the second.
No problems found... but MAN the filter media is tiny!
Sorry I didn't get super clear pics and didn't really tear into the filter more... was a bit pressed for time and also had no gloves and [censored] lighting... so yeah. No notable amount of anything in the media.
I went back to a Fram Toughguard because frankly I felt weird NOT changing the filter, and can't justify buying an Ultra for 5k intervals. When I do 5k in 2-2.5 months. If I DO run an Ultra again, it'll be the 7317 for it's slightly larger size. I'll probably entertain the idea of doing a 10k oil+filter interval in the winter when I'm not redlining it every weekend or two.
The first time I put the XG6607 on, my thinking was using a smaller filter(that is adequately rated to go 15k on this car) would mean less "unchanged" oil when the oil gets dumped but filter reused.
A UOA will be sent off shortly so we'll see how that comes out. No problems expected, though I'm curious to see if anything has changed since the car's been tuned/rev limit raised to 7500rpm, and this is the most autocross runs I'll have had on a sample yet. Also this is the first sample taken with Castrol 0W20 as opposed to Pennzoil Platinum 0W20 previously used.
And for your viewing pleasure... a photo of the car in question... because why not?
No problems found... but MAN the filter media is tiny!
Sorry I didn't get super clear pics and didn't really tear into the filter more... was a bit pressed for time and also had no gloves and [censored] lighting... so yeah. No notable amount of anything in the media.
I went back to a Fram Toughguard because frankly I felt weird NOT changing the filter, and can't justify buying an Ultra for 5k intervals. When I do 5k in 2-2.5 months. If I DO run an Ultra again, it'll be the 7317 for it's slightly larger size. I'll probably entertain the idea of doing a 10k oil+filter interval in the winter when I'm not redlining it every weekend or two.
The first time I put the XG6607 on, my thinking was using a smaller filter(that is adequately rated to go 15k on this car) would mean less "unchanged" oil when the oil gets dumped but filter reused.
A UOA will be sent off shortly so we'll see how that comes out. No problems expected, though I'm curious to see if anything has changed since the car's been tuned/rev limit raised to 7500rpm, and this is the most autocross runs I'll have had on a sample yet. Also this is the first sample taken with Castrol 0W20 as opposed to Pennzoil Platinum 0W20 previously used.
And for your viewing pleasure... a photo of the car in question... because why not?