Fram XG7317 7500 miles C&P
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How's the metal smoothness on the other side of the relief valve? Wavy metal is the biggest complaint with those filters; waves means gaps, so flow will bypass.
O ya...the post will be coming.....This may irritate a few Fram haters
This may irritate a few Fram haters
I'm not a hater, I'm an OG Ultra loyalist
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Leaf spring looks pretty good on this one.
Yeah, one of the better ones I’ve seen recently.
Looks great! I ran those filters on my Honda for several years, and no complaints. The most recent one I cut apart had minor waves on the leaf spring. Nothing alarming on mine, but some others...
Edit....sad to see that is not a newer one. I'd love to go back to Fram if they'd get that spring right.
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Those bumps inside the end cap hole may not allow the spring to seat, and further in the end cap the cone shaped metal looks torn on the edges. The new ones may be worse if they did the adbv does not cover the holes manufacturing technique.
Just being candid, one of the better/best looking current media XG post use anecdotes posted here, and at 7500 miles. Seen many c&p with the media looking 'much' worse at significantly less miles. In my observation of posted anecdotes, 7500 mi the absolute max for current XG. 5/6k mi would be more my comfort level. As for the 20k mile rating,
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Curious the time frame for the interval?
While a flashlight test would have added more info, this one looks like it got the job done. Thanks for c&p.
.Curious the time frame for the interval?
While a flashlight test would have added more info, this one looks like it got the job done. Thanks for c&p.
The Force is strong with This One.
This one Looks good, I'd almost say you got lucky but I'm not wearing my flame suite right now... Getting ready for bed. 
I like to think that we're expert opinion on quality control...This may irritate a few Fram haters
^^^ Did you try really driving the leaf spring down into the end cap to see if it would seal better? Are the areas right under the ears showing any light? If not, then it's down as far into the end cap hole as it's going to go.
October 2023 build. Looks pretty good.
I still have some early 2023 build ones I have been running.
Thanks for posting.
I still have some early 2023 build ones I have been running.
Thanks for posting.
I pushed hard as I could using both hands. And it was sitting tight, no wiggling
A tiny line of light was coming out of the both sides where are no ears.
Metal on metal, and this is expected, I don’t believe this is a showstopper as the most of oil is still being filtered using this type of bypass.
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