Originally Posted By: Tones
Originally Posted By: INDYMAC
...There was a guy that cut open a Toyota Tundra OEM filter (YBBZ5 I think the number was back then) that he had just bought from a dealer. He said the filter media crumbled in his fingers when he tried to examine it. That was enough information for me to make the switch. The timing couldn't have been worse either, because I had just bought 5 of the filters to start doing my own oil changes.
Not trying to hijack this thread, but I think this needs addressing. Have you cut one of these open yourself? I assume not because I have. Like its predecessor the -1009, The -B5 has a media that looks like a fiberglass mat embedded in a resin on a plastic cage. I could not tear the media apart with my hands it was so strong. A well made filter. Much better than paper. I have never heard of a story like that, his experience must have been a fluke.
It may have been a fluke, because I never cut one open myself. I did use a couple of the ones I bought over the years though, only to go back underneath the truck and replace it with a PureOne or Wix to get rid of the annoying start-up noises within a few days. My visual inspection of the intact filters did not reveal anything about why they wouldn't work well, so I decided that the nitril (black) ADBV must be leaking the oil out of the can while sitting overnight.
Originally Posted By: INDYMAC
...There was a guy that cut open a Toyota Tundra OEM filter (YBBZ5 I think the number was back then) that he had just bought from a dealer. He said the filter media crumbled in his fingers when he tried to examine it. That was enough information for me to make the switch. The timing couldn't have been worse either, because I had just bought 5 of the filters to start doing my own oil changes.
Not trying to hijack this thread, but I think this needs addressing. Have you cut one of these open yourself? I assume not because I have. Like its predecessor the -1009, The -B5 has a media that looks like a fiberglass mat embedded in a resin on a plastic cage. I could not tear the media apart with my hands it was so strong. A well made filter. Much better than paper. I have never heard of a story like that, his experience must have been a fluke.
It may have been a fluke, because I never cut one open myself. I did use a couple of the ones I bought over the years though, only to go back underneath the truck and replace it with a PureOne or Wix to get rid of the annoying start-up noises within a few days. My visual inspection of the intact filters did not reveal anything about why they wouldn't work well, so I decided that the nitril (black) ADBV must be leaking the oil out of the can while sitting overnight.
