OG Wire Backed Fram Ultra XG7317 73,000 miles
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I kept drain and refills at 6K miles instead of 8K miles due to the construction zone driving.
Once Brendan dries the media we can see how much dirt was trapped in the pleats.
Fumoto valve on this engine made the drain & refills very easy.
I always drained the oil when it was hot…. maybe an hour after driving on highway.
How many miles on that 18' CX5 ?
105K
Yeah I'm thinking run the fe3600 oil filter on my lawnmower till it rusts.
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Thats very impressive. This makes me want to build a flow test jig and have filters sent to me before they’re put through an autopsy review. I’d love to compare the flow rates side by side with a new filter of the same.
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This post is akin to walking up to the Puritans in heaven, and bragging about all the sins you committed but still got in.
I got tired of people seeing Fram Ultras cut open with only 20K miles and everyone impressed how they looked with such low miles.
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I think the "Various sale clearance oils used" is also a sin to many here.
It could be a bigger sin, had you used whatever viscosity was cheaper, anything from 0w20 to 20w50 - whatever was on clearance.
It could be a bigger sin, had you used whatever viscosity was cheaper, anything from 0w20 to 20w50 - whatever was on clearance.
Great run. I’d go for 90m or 100k next time. As all know I ran ancient tough guard with screen over bypass valve to mid 20k without issues.
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That's like showing the Puritans a photo album of the women's ankles you've admired.
I Should know this from being on this forum for as long as I have but, what is “OG” when referring to from ultrafilters?
OG = Original
If it's not got any leaks and the air filter is secure this is to be expected! I'm impressed by the willingness to go that many intervals, no try start to worry about as the filter wasn't removed. I WOULD be worried had this been in a high snow and salt environment as I have seen a couple of filters rust out. Great pictures!
To each, his own. However, even when oil is changed often as to now allow the filter to have excessive build up of debris....I can't help but wonder that the adhesives in the filter, the bypass valve, or even the media itself wouldn't have some sort of degradation over that length of time / miles.
At 55K miles I installed a new air filter. The ‘dirty’ side of air box had lots of sand so I was expecting to see sand inside the filter after Brendan cut it open.
I vacuumed all the sand, got damp paper towels and wiped the air box so it was spotless….. not just install the new air filter.
I will see the car next week and take a photo of sandy engine bay due to the construction zone driving.
I vacuumed all the sand, got damp paper towels and wiped the air box so it was spotless….. not just install the new air filter.
I will see the car next week and take a photo of sandy engine bay due to the construction zone driving.
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73,000 miles but what interval of time? Just curious.
