Has Purolator fixed the tearing issues?

[camrydriver111]

One of my cars currently has a Purolator installed from a shop oil change.

A few years ago there were reports of Purolator tearing.

I was wondering if Purolator has addressed the issue? Did any BITOGers contact Purolator about this?

 

[Escape08]

Not anymore, unless there's a post I missed recently. I have been using Motorcraft 910S made by Purolator on myFord Escape for years and so far so good.

 

[sopususer]

Been using Purolators on all of our Subarus as well as the Purolator made Motorcraft FL500s on my F150 with no issues. Since Mann Hummel owns Wix, which I previously used, and Purolator, I didn't see much difference. I may regret it later, but as for right now I'm okay with Purolator made filters.

 

[HangFire]

That was a last-gen Purolator issue, seems to have been resolved with the current Boss/One/Premium generation. It's been a few years, I'll have to give them a try again.

 

[slacktide_bitog]

I don't trust them

 

[wpod]

I don't trust them

It is hard to trust anything these days.

 

[Chris142]

I don't trust them

X2

 

[SC Maintenance]

Does a purolator really exist anymore? Mann bought Purolator years and years ago. They bought wix more recently and wix is just a porolator underneath at this point, or at minimum a mix of components. There all Mann now - for better or worse.

 

[Deleted member 89374]

I was wondering if Purolator has addressed the issue?

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=Has+Purolator+fixed+the+tearing+issues?

 

[slacktide_bitog]

Does a purolator really exist anymore? Mann bought Purolator years and years ago. They bought wix more recently and wix is just a porolator underneath at this point, or at minimum a mix of components. There all Mann now - for better or worse.

Purolator exists a lot now! Wix is the one to question if they exist anymore

Mann has been using the Purolator design on the non-XP Wix now. They have not used the German/European Mann design on Wix-branded filters, except when they are the OE supplier (for example, the 51334 is sometimes a W811/80 because Hyundai uses Mann from the factory)

 

[2strokeNorthstar]

Just stick with Supertech

 

[BlueOvalFitter]

I didn't know they had a "tearing" issue.

 

[53' Stude]

I didn't know they had a "tearing" issue.

Yup, we back in 2014 I think it started. Ibe cut hundreds of them and their “jobber/made by Purolator” that tore

 

[ZeeOSix]

I think it was sarcasm ... anyone here who's been around before 2014 and read the forum all the time should have seen all the threads showing torn media.

 

[Lubener]

I don't trust them

I am with you. I don't think they ever admitted to anything.

 

[demarpaint]

I don't trust them either.

 

[RedSpider]

I have used the Boss's in the not too distant past and none of them ever had tears, but during the Tear-o-lator days I had a number of the Ones that were torn. I'd trust a Boss, but I'm still leery of the others.

 

[ZeeOSix]

^^^ The Purolator Boss will never tear because of the nylon mesh backing on the media.

 

[Brian123]

One of my cars currently has a Purolator installed from a shop oil change.

A few years ago there were reports of Purolator tearing.

I was wondering if Purolator has addressed the issue? Did any BITOGers contact Purolator about this?

I contacted them and they told me that if I had a problem that I should use another Oil Filter, and that is what I did.

 

[kschachn]

I think it was sarcasm ... anyone here who's been around before 2014 and read the forum all the time should have seen all the threads showing torn media.

And as to the OP’s question, it is a whole lot easier to show that something exists rather than it does not.