PROTEC PXL 51348 CUT OPEN

[53' Stude]

Good day folks. Filter and Safety Kleen 5w30 synthetic oil off of a Mazda CX-90 SUV with inline 6 cylinder. 7,500 oci
Typical Purolator slacking quality: endcap fell right off as I went to pull element out of can. After I took photos; went to toss out filter and other endcap fell off. Shoddy glue job and shoddy filter

In/on: same oil and filter.

 

[Glenda W.]

Cap popper? Thanks great pics!

 

[53' Stude]

Cap popper? Thanks great pics!

Yeah, typical Puro junk. Can’t even glue metal endcaps on correctly I see

 

[JavierH19]

And Walmart recently put these with gold painted cans on their shelves. Isn't that wonderful...

 

[KCJeep]

Well, the louvers are open and the pleats look nice. The "glue caps" are ridiculous. Puro can't seem to get it all together in one filter.

 

[Zee09]

Looked great to me....................
The caps dropping off out of the can only mean it's easier to spread the media out once cut.

 

[53' Stude]

Looked great to me....................
The caps dropping off out of the can only mean it's easier to spread the media out once cut.

Means Purolator: JUNK! Sad that I cut a PZ filter open last night with end crimp looking like Purolator and China style baseplate; had no tears and endcaps on solid.

 

[53' Stude]

Well, the louvers are open and the pleats look nice. The "glue caps" are ridiculous. Puro can't seem to get it all together in one filter.

Purolator: dumpster fire

 

[JoelB]

Is there a functional effect of the caps coming off after being cut open? Aren't they forced to stay in place during operation?

 

[Zee09]

Means Purolator: JUNK! Sad that I cut a PZ filter open last night with end crimp looking like Purolator and China style baseplate; had no tears and endcaps on solid.

When the life of my motor depends on the ultimate filtration I only reach for Purolator ...

 

[Chris142]

The caps don't fall off the Chinese or Vietnam made filters.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

Helping the Quality Assurance Dept. out at a few MFG locations over the decades I know how this happens.

Spec notes on the part or mat'l print calls for clean parts, one of three suppliers sends in a lot of stamped mild steel parts with RP342 or similar anti-oxidant coating on it.
The Incoming inspector flags and moves the incoming lot to the Material Resource Board quarantine storage for Mgmt. Team evaluation and supplier followup. The is no chem cleanline in our mfg facility. It's costly and a pain dealing with EPA tsca and sara.

Second shift Mfg Manager comes in, needs the parts to meet quota, some flunky supervisor says "they look good to me" and they get used. We go to do a MRB later in the week and ... no part! Then the finger pointing begins.

Why cardboard end caps - or no end caps can be better.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

They are not designed to be taken apart. Likely meets ISO spec.

And if it a tad leaky - as with the ruffles on FRAM, Most of the oil is going through the filter media constantly at high volume, the oil pumped from the sump is clean - unless you are silly and doing a parking lot autocross engine expiration session and stirring up dregs.

Remember that Any filter with a dome-end bypass is dumping accumulated garbage into your engine periodically. So what then?

It's a Fail Safe that is not so safe

 

[53' Stude]

When the life of my motor depends on the ultimate filtration I only reach for Purolator ...

No, you’re a Microgreen/ K&N and Ecoguard green lover. Ask me how I know

 

[Zee09]

No, you’re a Microgreen/ K&N and Ecoguard green lover. Ask me how I know

Royal blues and Mitsu blacks

 

[Sayjac]

So, clean (not broken apart) endcap popper shown which according to member Jim Allen's reasoning when phenomena first seen, means no oil bypass in use with compression spring intact. That being the case here, beyond the aesthetics of it with c&p, looks to have gotten the job done at 7500 miles. Not bad for a jobber filter, imo

Thanks for c&p.

 

[53' Stude]

So, clean (not broken apart) endcap popper shown which according to member Jim Allen's reasoning when phenomena first seen, means no oil bypass in use with compression spring intact. That being the case here, beyond the aesthetics of it with c&p, looks to have gotten the job done at 7500 miles. Not bad for a jobber filter, imo

Thanks for c&p.

Yes, and least no tears finally.

 

[fantastic]

This one looked ok. Thanks

 

[Sayjac]

Yes, and least no tears finally.

Yes, always a good thing with M&H Puro made. In my observation, beyond the endcap popper results very similar to your other recent US made Protec at 8k miles. No idea what they cost, but what I've seen generally, decent to my eye.

 

[53' Stude]

Yes, always a good thing with M&H Puro made. In my observation, beyond the endcap popper results very similar to your other recent US made Protec at 8k miles. No idea what they cost, but what I've seen generally, decent to my eye.

Supposedly they are in the $3.85 range which is 76 cents cheaper than champ labs. I would love to have champ labs back.