Came off of a 2007 Durango, had Mobil Special 5w20 for oil. Filter had 8300 miles on it since last LOF 2 years ago. Torn in 8 separate spots that I can see, tried to get pics of the most obvious ones.
Napa Proselect 21085 C&P
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What do these cost 3 4 bucks? Better off with orange can.
That's the second one I've seen with a tear
Thanks for the pics. Another reason to use a Fram Ultra.
Cheapo filters from any manufacturer and being in service too long can look like this.
I use the orange cans plenty and on a subaru and have yet to see any tears or issues or poor uoa’s what so ever. But if I used a pro select or some of the puralotors I would have some concerns.
Eeek. That is what is on my jeep now.
Too long of oil run for a low quality filter.
No filter should tear like that, even if the delta-p gets to the point of the bypass valve setting. I think this one takes the all time tear record.
I did see a Proselect 21372 (replacement for an FL820S) from a Lincoln Navigator that was close to this bad,but not quite. Sadly PimTac, we use these filters where I work, as do many Napa autocare centers in the area, so a new 21085 went back on. Definitely pointed it out to the boss though. Also, we've been in the process of trying to switch to Napa Gold filters wherever possible, but until Napa has one of their filter sales it gets tough to be competitive on price.
Indeed. No one knows when those tears occurred. This is a defective filter and when and how the defect manifested itself is unknown. The only sane course of action is to avoid them.
Use a NAPA Gold instead. Or the WIX 51085 for those who don’t work at a NAPA shop like OP does. Fram Ultra is a non sequitur. It is apparent that NAPA seems to have changed the supplier of ProSelect recently from some other posts this week. Just showing the outside of a new ProSelect and one of same model number from a few year ago they look quite different. That thread is still active. True we don’t know how soon this oil filter tore.
Many many lower quality oil filters have survived much longer oci's than 8k. It is what it is, lousy qc.
What mileage is that filter rated for then? I know Super Tech filters NOW are rated to go 10,000 miles -- I would not but that is what they claim/say on the box.
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