Napa Gold 7712 C&P 5,000 miles oci

[mt23]

Off a 2011 Subaru Impreza non turbo ej253 with only 47,000 miles (!) Glad to help this one along.

Unknown 5w30 out

Fram endurance fe7317 and m1 0w40 went back on/in

Media tear at wide pleat area

 

[KCJeep]

I bet a lot of those tear, no idea why you’d spec something so small.

 

[redhat]

Thanks for the C&P. Never like seeing the tears, but I can't look away.

That is a tiny filter.

 

[ZeeOSix]

Media tear at wide pleat area

Somewhat surprising with such short pleats. The longer the pleats, the more stress they will have if they are widely spaced and start bending over from oil flow dP. Brittle weak media along with wide pleats is the main cause of torn pleats at the root where it meets the end caps.

 

[slacktide_bitog]

and it's torn

The smaller filters tearing didn't happen until the Mann takeover

The longer ones (Purolator 14610, etc) were always torn, but the shorty cans (14612, etc) were more stout before Mann took over Wix

If there is a Napa nearby, consider the Full 2-OSB007

 

[JohnnyJohnson]

The reason I don't run filter for more than one OCI!

 

[Sayjac]

Not good, but seeing other anecdotes (many brands) with same coo, can't say I'm all that surprised. Ironically, this one even uses Wix traditional base end bypass piece. Likely why element so small. When my local Napa had semi annual 40% off Gold sale I bought and used many 'US' made (5)/7356 on Honda and Nissan. Posted all c&p, never an issue. No, longer have sale, so I've gone to other options now.

Thanks for c&p.

 

[fantastic]

It's ugly.. real ugly. No Mobil 1 filters for me that's for certain. Race to bottom for some of these companies. If they'd learn to keep their media uniform & even w/no wide spacing this could be prevented.

 

[53' Stude]

It's ugly.. real ugly. No Mobil 1 filters for me that's for certain. Race to bottom for some of these companies. If they'd learn to keep their media uniform & even w/no wide spacing this could be prevented.

This is a NAPA “GOLD” not a M1 filter. Different construction also

 

[fantastic]

This is a NAPA “GOLD” not a M1 filter. Different construction also

That's right, my mistake. I know M1 Mexico's have been bad lately too.

 

[MuzzleFlash40]

Thanks for the C&P!

 

[FlyingVan]

Fiber end caps would have saved this filter from tearing.