MC FL-500s | 8,196 Miles | 6 Months | Cut Open

[CarbonSteel]

Filter from my 2014 Explorer; this was used with Kendall GT-1 F/S 0W-20. For those interested, the iOLM displayed 16% remaining and UOA (sans TBN--no point since I am no longer using Kendall) will follow soon. M1 0W-20 AFE is in the sump now along with a FRAM XG10575. It will be interesting to see if the iOLM is really "i" and will count down slower with the M1 versus the Kendall (not that anything is wrong with the Kendall).

I find no fault of any sort with this MC--no tears or indication or tears and the end caps could not be pulled off by hand. My primary reason for shifting to Ultras are twofold--security provided by wire backing and increased efficiency (99.9% versus 93.7%). Last but not least, I took extra photos of the threads (front and back) because (I think) Oilchanger mentioned sloppy threads on the MCs. The threads on this one are normal and in addition, the holes in the base plate are about the same size as the Ultra (he indicated the Ultra was smaller). I forgot to take a photo of the baseplate of the Ultra before I installed it, but I will update this post later this week when my shipment of Ultras arrives.

Enjoy!

 

[Shellguy]

For what its worth, on my f150 it seemed like the olm wouldn't move much with mobil 1 0w20ep...Not the case with other full syns. Filter looks good! I too went with a wire backed filter for piece of mind..

 

[GSCJR]

Filter looks good; Thanks for posting.

I was under the impression that an iOLM monitors the conditions which will affect oil life (temp, RPM, etc.), not the actual condition of the oil.

 

[oldhp]

I don't see how the OLM could tell the difference of engine oils.

 

[C4Dave]

According to Ford, the iOLM is calibrated with Motorcraft oil. It doesn't know what you put into the crankcase. It is based on number of revolutions, cold starts, hot starts, fuel burned, etc.

As long as it meets the manufacturer's specifications, you will be fine.

 

[dernp]

Very nice quality pics.

 

[SilverC6]

Good looking filter.

Thanks for posting.

 

[WankelRotorHead]

Originally Posted By: oldhp
I don't see how the OLM could tell the difference of engine oils.


They don't, they are set assuming you are using the recommended oil which for most current Fords is Motorcraft Semi-Syn and Motorcraft filters.

They cannot detect oil brand, style, grade, etc.

Motorcraft filters are made by Purolator, looks good for the mileage.

 

[CELICA_XX]

Then what makes it "intelligent" ?

 

[dnewton3]

The "intelligent" system is based upon certain algorithms and parameters of operations (how many hot/cold starts, at what temps, fueling info from the TPS, etc, etc). GM has been doing them for years, Ford and others have jumped on board recently. Not sure who first came out with this, but it's becoming common place now.

A "dumb" OLM is one simply based upon X,xxx miles. You reset the counter and it just counts down from the preset.

 

[webfors]

Looks good! Add a pleat at the seam and this is a perfect filter.

 

[dlundblad]

Looks excellent all the way around.

 

[ZeeOSix]

Originally Posted By: dnewton3
The "intelligent" system is based upon certain algorithms and parameters of operations (how many hot/cold starts, at what temps, fueling info from the TPS, etc, etc). GM has been doing them for years, Ford and others have jumped on board recently. Not sure who first came out with this, but it's becoming common place now.


I'm thinking GM stated it all back in 1986 or so. It's matured since then, but GMs' system even back in 1986 took into account way more than just mileage driven.

http://www.google.com/patents/US4742476

https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pdfs/US4742476.pdf

 

[KonaMustangGT]

By any chance, were you able to take any measurements? I cut one apart a couple of weeks ago and counted 58 pleats, height of ~2.807", depth of ~0.347".

 

[tig1]

Originally Posted By: BikeWhisperer
Originally Posted By: oldhp
I don't see how the OLM could tell the difference of engine oils.


They don't, they are set assuming you are using the recommended oil which for most current Fords is Motorcraft Semi-Syn and Motorcraft filters.

They cannot detect oil brand, style, grade, etc.

Motorcraft filters are made by Purolator, looks good for the mileage.


But made to MC soecs.

 

[KCJeep]

Nice! Motorcrafts are still one of my favorites, just tremendous value and performance.

 

[Stewie]

Nice pics.

 

[crazyoildude]

It cant !

 

[crazyoildude]

The mounting threads always seem to look a little wonky on the motorcrafts (purolater) compared to the frams and some others.

 

[CarbonSteel]

Originally Posted By: crazyoildude
The mounting threads always seem to look a little wonky on the motorcrafts (purolater) compared to the frams and some others.

Can you define "wonky"?