This was off my 2015 Mustang GT, 5.0L V8 Coyote. Mileage was only ~2500 miles and ~2 years on the filter. This is a pleasure car that doesn't get driven over the winter months so doen't get many miles since I also have a truck (main driver) and two motorcycles that get ridden a lot in the summer. Every time it's driven the oil is at full operating temperature for at least 30-50 miles to ensure any water and fuel gets burned off.
Date code is "020921" which is Feb 09, 2021. Bought this filter a few years before installing it in 2023. Black dot on the can is my Sharpie mark to gauge the turn amount after the filter makes initial contact with the filter seat. I go for 3/4 to 7/8 turn.
No crud in the bottom of the can, and this filter sits at a 45 deg angle with the dome down. The black marks are not debris, but maybe from the leaf spring contact. Oil was Valvoline Advanced Full Synthetic 5w30. New oil was Valvoline Extended Protection 5W-30. Ford "recommends" 5W-20, but I like HTHS headroom, lol. And Ford actually bumped up the "recommended" viscosity to 5W-30 not to recently on the Coyote.
Center tube louver shot. Of course I did inspect them before buying this filter. I had to go through all of them on the shelf to find a couple of good ones at the time of purchase. I gave up on Motorcraft now, mainly for the crap glue that comes off, which I show later in this thread. And no more louvers to inspect.
The infamous black potting material/glue. Keep in mind this filter was made in Feb 2021, so it's actually been going on for many years now.
These two pieces of black glue where found in the pleats. I just put them on the end cap for this photo. There were also about 5 other very small pieces of glue down inside the pleats. Luckily, there was no sloppy glue on the base end cap where the bypass valve is, only on the dome end cap, so the glue that came off didn't seem to migrate towards the base bypass valve. Some Motorcrafts posted here have lots of glue on the base end cap right next to the bypass valve, and that's a major risk of this getting swept into the engine whenever the bypass valve opens. I would not be happy if this glue got into the oiling system and messed something up ... therefore the decision to stop using Motorcraft oil filters.
The two large pieces of glue dislodged during use.
Base end cap with bypass valve ... no sloppy glue job there.
Media area measurement and calculation to follow in another post.
Date code is "020921" which is Feb 09, 2021. Bought this filter a few years before installing it in 2023. Black dot on the can is my Sharpie mark to gauge the turn amount after the filter makes initial contact with the filter seat. I go for 3/4 to 7/8 turn.
No crud in the bottom of the can, and this filter sits at a 45 deg angle with the dome down. The black marks are not debris, but maybe from the leaf spring contact. Oil was Valvoline Advanced Full Synthetic 5w30. New oil was Valvoline Extended Protection 5W-30. Ford "recommends" 5W-20, but I like HTHS headroom, lol. And Ford actually bumped up the "recommended" viscosity to 5W-30 not to recently on the Coyote.
Center tube louver shot. Of course I did inspect them before buying this filter. I had to go through all of them on the shelf to find a couple of good ones at the time of purchase. I gave up on Motorcraft now, mainly for the crap glue that comes off, which I show later in this thread. And no more louvers to inspect.
The infamous black potting material/glue. Keep in mind this filter was made in Feb 2021, so it's actually been going on for many years now.
These two pieces of black glue where found in the pleats. I just put them on the end cap for this photo. There were also about 5 other very small pieces of glue down inside the pleats. Luckily, there was no sloppy glue on the base end cap where the bypass valve is, only on the dome end cap, so the glue that came off didn't seem to migrate towards the base bypass valve. Some Motorcrafts posted here have lots of glue on the base end cap right next to the bypass valve, and that's a major risk of this getting swept into the engine whenever the bypass valve opens. I would not be happy if this glue got into the oiling system and messed something up ... therefore the decision to stop using Motorcraft oil filters.
The two large pieces of glue dislodged during use.
Base end cap with bypass valve ... no sloppy glue job there.
Media area measurement and calculation to follow in another post.
