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What a disappointment.I believe they are Wix
All my Fords did not come new with a 820
What a disappointment.I believe they are Wix
All my Fords did not come new with a 820
When it gets warmer I have another OEM one to take off and I will cut itWhat a disappointment.
Every few months someone here makes a post about the FL820 and then the haters come out of the woodwork, saying it tears or that it will destroy your engine. Take it all with a grain of salt. Ford wouldn't use it and risk engines blowing under warranty if it was bad.
Every few months someone here makes a post about the FL820 and then the haters come out of the woodwork, saying it tears or that it will destroy your engine. Take it all with a grain of salt. Ford wouldn't use it and risk engines blowing under warranty if it was bad.
Every few months someone here makes a post about the FL820 and then the haters come out of the woodwork, saying it tears or that it will destroy your engine. Take it all with a grain of salt. Ford wouldn't use it and risk engines blowing under warranty if it was bad.
I believe they are Wix
All my Fords did not come new with a 820
Source? They were Purolators...The FoMoCo FL820S filter is a Wix Filter.
Source? They were Purolators...
And? Which post says it's a Wix?Factory Ford filter cut open
This is off of a 2019 F250 with a 6.2 gas engine. This is the factory equivalent to the Fl820s. The base plate is different in that it has round holes instead of slots. The center tube has holes instead of louvers and the adbv is stamped parker instead of fomoco. The base mounted bypass is...bobistheoilguy.com
Ford doesn't put these on from the factory on new vehicles
And considering how many are found torn that doesn't bode well for the remaining 99%.You'll only know about the tearing problem by visiting this forum. Of all the 820S filters being used, less than 1% get cut open and "analyzed".
Just the act of cutting them open could result in them tearing, especially when some people were using a hack saw or cut off wheel. Thought we covered this many times before.And considering how many are found torn that doesn't bode well for the remaining 99%.
That sounds more like a convenient excuse by those who don't want to face facts rather than a plausible explanation for as many as we see.Just the act of cutting them open could result in them tearing, especially when some people were using a hack saw or cut off wheel. Thought we covered this many times before.
Source? They were Purolators...
So why is it automatically assumed this is a terrible issue? Are the engines in vehicles that use that filter blowing up? Or wearing out prematurely? Maybe ask the taxi and limo fleet owners who use the filter on cars that routinely see 300,000 and 400,000 miles. If after all those miles the engines are still running using that filter, I'd say it's a fine filter to use.I guess that from the pictures I've seen I don't see the type of tearing that would be the result of a hacksaw blade or cutoff wheel. What we see are in the inside pleats or directly at the glue line, not abrasion down at the base that's across the pleat fold.
Yeah. Like I said about excuses.So why is it automatically assumed this is a terrible issue? Are the engines in vehicles that use that filter blowing up? Or wearing out prematurely? Maybe ask the taxi and limo fleet owners who use the filter on cars that routinely see 300,000 and 400,000 miles. If after all those miles the engines are still running using that filter, I'd say it's a fine filter to use.