This Motorcraft FL-500S oil filter served for about 6,000 miles on my 2016 Ford Explorer Platinum equipped with the turbocharged 3.5-liter EcoBoost engine. I dumped the factory fill at 1,770 miles and installed this filter along with six quarts of Mobil 1 Extended Performance 5w-30 synthetic motor oil. When the SUV hit 7,760 miles, I changed the oil and filter again, once more using Mobil 1 EP oil and a new Motorcraft filter.
When I installed this filter, I decided to affix a small donut-shaped rare-earth magnet to the filter can. You can see the magnet on top with the filter positioned on my filter cutter. After cutting, it's obvious that the magnet attracted and held a small amount of ferrous metal -- most likely because this engine was still in its break-in phase while this filter was in service.
The only other interesting thing I noticed during the oil-filter autopsy was a small piece of what appears to be black paint trapped between the media pleats. This paint chip was probably dislodged from somewhere within the engine, and the filter did what it was supposed to do.
When I installed this filter, I decided to affix a small donut-shaped rare-earth magnet to the filter can. You can see the magnet on top with the filter positioned on my filter cutter. After cutting, it's obvious that the magnet attracted and held a small amount of ferrous metal -- most likely because this engine was still in its break-in phase while this filter was in service.
The only other interesting thing I noticed during the oil-filter autopsy was a small piece of what appears to be black paint trapped between the media pleats. This paint chip was probably dislodged from somewhere within the engine, and the filter did what it was supposed to do.