new style Fram Ultra XG3614

[BrendanC]

another shop hand’s truck.
2004 toyota tundra 5.7L 230,000 miles
in service 5800 miles

out/off: unknown oil with Fram Ultra XG3614

on/off: 8 quarts Valvoline Extended Protection High Mileage 5w30 with OG wire backed Fram Titanium FS3600

this filter looks horrible but it didn’t tear. i went to the oversize FS3600.

 

[Zee09]

No beauty pageant awards here.
Great cp..thanks

 

[slo town]

Good to see another man barehanding it like I do!

Scott

 

[Sayjac]

Word that comes to mind immediately, yikes. Since it didn't tear at 5800 mi., best can be said, it survived.

I'm going far out on a limb (/s) saying the replacement OG media Titanium won't look like this one.

Thanks for c&p.

 

[Mewbs]

Its shorter than the OE YZZD3 i find it weird fram does not cross it to the 3600 which is more fitting for a v8 application

Ugly and looks pretty caked up with oil at 5k id expected to look more clean.

 

[53' Stude]

another shop hand’s truck.
2004 toyota tundra 5.7L 230,000 miles
in service 5800 miles

out/off: unknown oil with Fram Ultra XG3614

on/off: 8 quarts Valvoline Extended Protection High Mileage 5w30 with OG wire backed Fram Titanium FS3600

this filter looks horrible but it didn’t tear. i went to the oversize FS3600.

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Holy that filter looks hammered to hell and back! I’d have used a tough guard if I knew it would be torture tested.

Nice cut and post though BrendanC. Thank You for great photos.

 

[53' Stude]

No beauty pageant awards here.
Great cp..thanks

More like drag queen winner

 

[Zee09]

Holy that filter looks hammered to hell and back! I’d have used a tough guard if I knew it would be torture tested.

Nice cut and post though BrendanC. Thank You for great photos.

I'm waiting for @ZeeOSix wavy pleats rhetoric to surface

 

[Mewbs]

I'm waiting for @ZeeOSix wavy pleats rhetoric to surface

Waiting for that essay why wavy media does not matter.

 

[ZeeOSix]

I'm waiting for @ZeeOSix wavy pleats rhetoric to surface

LoL ... are you becoming a wavy pleats troller these days.

 

[gfh77665]

Thats an outlier for sure. Most C&P filters with twice that mileage look great. Somethings not right.

 

[ZeeOSix]

Waiting for that essay why wavy media does not matter.

They don't ... unless you're only judging pleats by looks. Tell us why and how it actually matters besides visual looks.

 

[Zee09]

They don't ... unless you're only judging pleats by looks. Tell us why and how it actually matters besides visual looks.

Here we go...

 

[KCJeep]

Blech! That thing could be a poster child for why the Ultra has fallen from grace here.

 

[ZeeOSix]

Tell us why wavy pleats actually matter except that they "look bad" to C&P centerfold critics. Zero proof they cause any issues.

 

[Zee09]

Tell us why wavy pleats actually matter except that they "look bad" to C&P centerfold critics. Zero proof they cause any issues.

They don't, but if I was Fram I'd be embarrassed and worried that the pictures give the perception my product is bad and my sales will diminish in short order.
Ugly was never attractive eh?

 

[Zee09]

And all of this at 5800 miles...makes one wonder what it would look like at 10k miles let alone 20K...
I thought about picking one up...but right now I'm going ECOGARD

 

[ZeeOSix]

They don't, but if I was Fram I'd be embarrassed and worried that the pictures give the perception my product is bad and my sales will diminish in short order.
Ugly was never attractive eh?

True ... most of the world operates on how things "look", which at times generates a perspective that's based on non-sense. This principle can be applied to many things these days.

This one does look a lot worse than most, so not in the "norm" of the bell curve. And it being short makes it puzzling as the shorter filters should show less wavy. Wondering if the media was too long to begin with when it was made. Also wondering if that engine has more than normal condensation and/or possible coolant leak in the oil, which could cause excessive wavy media.

 

[Zee09]

True ... most of the world operates on how things "look", which at times generates a perspective that's based on non-sense. This principle can be applied to many things these days.

This one does look a lot worse than most, so not in the "norm" of the bell curve. And it being short makes is puzzling as the shorter filters should show less wavy. Wondering if the media was too long to begin with when it was made.

Agreed...
Too bad we couldn't see what it looked like prior.
It may have not been pretty to begin with like you alluded to with oversized media or ???

 

[Zee09]

I'm half tempted to buy a new one to cut. I have some reward cash on Amazon. I'd buy this model #