OG Wire Backed Fram Ultra XG7317 73,000 miles

[Dave Hess]

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.

I was wondering the same as you but after seeing lots of great photos of various Ultras I decided to run it for 4 years with just drain & refills.

 

[Dave Hess]

73,000 miles but what interval of time? Just curious.

4 years.

The filter was NOT disturbed or removed for 4 years.

 

[JWC86]

Meanwhile some people are freaking out because some of us choose to change the filter on every second of our 5k OCI’s …

Thanks for sharing guys!

 

[JohnnyJohnson]

Oil filters are cheap. If you'd opened it and found a tearolator when did it happen at 1000 miles or 72,000? Filters are cheap shop time isn't.

 

[dlundblad]

The filter looks very good.

 

[thetricky]

Super cool, thanks for posting! Phenomenal build quality for it to still be intact like that.

 

[Dave Hess]

Super cool, thanks for posting! Phenomenal build quality for it to still be intact like that.

Yes, excellent build quality.

 

[Mewbs]

Super cool, thanks for posting! Phenomenal build quality for it to still be intact like that.

Yep, these filters are goated! A few days ago, I cut open an old stock of a larger size of these and are overbuilt on the inside.

 

[thetricky]

Running Fram endurance now which seem solidly constructed as well. Going to push my filter change after seeing this!

 

[We're Metals]

I wish I could get the ones that I threw away 10 years ago and continue running them.

I still use Ultras, Never had an issue. But I will be moving to Endurance for every other oil change on good running engines in my fleet.

 

[Dave Hess]

Sand from construction zone.

 

[malibuguy79]

The OG is likely the only filter that can even handle that. Awesome results! When I ran an OG on my Yaris back in the day Id run em to 20k (on a 4x5k OCI). Seems like a waste now

 

[Dave Hess]

Battery tray that I cleaned when I installed a new battery looked like the vehicle was driven on the beach.

 

[ltslimjim]

Helpful information would have been provided with a UOA.

1. Insols or soot %
2. Particle Count

 

[thetricky]

The OG is likely the only filter that can even handle that. Awesome results! When I ran an OG on my Yaris back in the day Id run em to 20k (on a 4x5k OCI). Seems like a waste now

I’d be willing to bet the endurance can too. Gave up on an attempt to cut the media out of one recently because of the wire backing, what a beast.

 

[malibuguy79]

I’d be willing to bet the endurance can too. Gave up on an attempt to cut the media out of one recently because of the wire backing, what a beast.

The Endurance is essentially the same media as an OG FUG right?

 

[BrendanC]

The Endurance is essentially the same media as an OG FUG right?

no, it’s not the same.

 

[thetricky]

Thought it was a synthetic blend media whereas the endurance is the full synthetic Champs labs goodness found in the Amsoil filters.

 

[OVERKILL]

Thought it was a synthetic blend media whereas the endurance is the full synthetic Champs labs goodness found in the Amsoil filters.

OG Ultra had the multi-layer pink FRAM proprietary media that pre-dates the merger. The Titanium also used that same media (it was basically an OG Ultra with a grippy can).

After the merger, the Ultra and Titanium were both transitioned to a cellulose/synthetic blend media with a synthetic "topper" and the Endurance was created, which appeared to be the same filter as the Royal Purple and AMSOIL filters, a Champ Labs construct, using their media, not FRAM's.

 

[thetricky]

Nice info, thanks! So is it safe to compare the older pink media to the new endurance media as being on the same level?