Fs3600 titanium c&p

[Adambomb7777]

This was run with Castrol 5w30k in my Fiesta ST with a bigger turbo. It has about 3500 miles on it.

I’d changed the oil a few weeks ago and decided to finally cut this open. Idk why, but in my mind it was a Wix (what I posted in the oil change thread)

I don’t have pics of the flashlight test where the spring meets the core but it passed (my camera taking those pics, not so much)

Good looking filter otherwise. No wire backing. I did have some magnets on the filter as well.

 

[fantastic]

When I brighten my screen I do see the ridges around the leaf spring. Kind of hard to tell since there's oil on it. Good pics & filter media looks good. Hardly used in fact. Thanks for posting it.

 

[53' Stude]

This was run with Castrol 5w30k in my Fiesta ST with a bigger turbo. It has about 3500 miles on it.

I’d changed the oil a few weeks ago and decided to finally cut this open. Idk why, but in my mind it was a Wix (what I posted in the oil change thread)

I don’t have pics of the flashlight test where the spring meets the core but it passed (my camera taking those pics, not so much)

Good looking filter otherwise. No wire backing. I did have some magnets on the filter as well.

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Nice post and pictures. What went back in and on?

Thank You

 

[Adambomb7777]

Nice post and pictures. What went back in and on?

Thank You

More Castrol edge 5w30k and a Boss pbl20195

 

[Adambomb7777]

When I brighten my screen I do see the ridges around the leaf spring. Kind of hard to tell since there's oil on it. Good pics & filter media looks good. Hardly used in fact. Thanks for posting it.

Let’s just say my wife and I were taking pics of the flashlight test and those pics never happened.

My wife was the camerawoman.

It’s easier to blame my phone than my wife if you know what I mean. I do enjoy not being in the doghouse

 

[Glenda W.]

Thanks for the c&p. I noticed holes and not louvers. Wire backed? Media appears to be the new style.

 

[Adambomb7777]

Thanks for the c&p. I noticed holes and not louvers. Wire backed? Media appears to be the new style.

The filter is still wicking before I cut it apart. I didn’t see any wire backing through the holes.

 

[EvoMan]

Date code looks to be: A30202. So that would be a build date of January 20th, 2023, if I’m reading it correctly.

 

[ZeeOSix]

Too many thin pleats to be the wire backed media.

 

[Sayjac]

Looks good at 3500 miles. As pleating and spacing would indicate, definitely not OG XG media. But at this oci/fci, current XG media should easily handle it. Very good that it passed your flashlight test. While I see some ripples, they look to be outside the area where seal contact made. Bypass piece looks pretty good. I'd say this one got the job done.

Thanks for c&p.

 

[Fair enough]

It was found the side nubs on the bypass spring were also a factor in leaving a gap. I found it on the new mini size PH4967 filter. The nubs prevent the seal area from pressing together, no matter the force applied. I don’t see them on this filter, but it’s oily.

 

[ZeeOSix]

Date code looks to be: A30202. So that would be a build date of January 20th, 2023, if I’m reading it correctly.

Could be why the leaf spring is stamped correctly ... made 2 years ago, to the day.