Purolator ML16817 cut open

[brian_06328]

Hello, I'm new to the group but have been a lurker for a long time. I have a 1996 Honda VFR750F that I usually run a Purolator L14610 on, but at my last oil change the store was out of the 14610 so I went with the powersport model designated for my engine.

The oil used was Delo 400 LE 5W40, I don't get to ride as much as I used to and only managed 1,100 miles on this OCI. I know that I could have gone longer however I am not comfortable keeping the oil in there longer than a year so I change annually whether it needs it or not

I thought the can was well made and I have no complaints about what I found inside. When I changed the oil this season I used the L14610 so with luck I'll be able to get it cut and posted next season. BTW I used Rotella T 15W40 this year, doesn't seem right using a synthetic for so few miles.

 

[ZeeOSix]

Doesn't look bad. I wonder if Purolator has "Hi-Flo" or someone similar make their PowerSport oil filters. Does it say on the label where the filter was made?

I see it has a coil spring to hold the guts tight, and a "P-ring" style base gasket. Those are not used on any passenger car filters that Purolator manufactures in the USA from what I've seen.

 

[daman]

Wow what a shady glue job.

 

[brian_06328]

The only location I can see on the label is Purolator LLC Fayetteville, NC. It is definitely put together different than the L14610.

I noticed the glue job too, but it did hold together.

 

[Chris142]

Maybe that huge amount of glue is there answer to the tearing?

 

[Oregoonian]

Don't bother cutting open another filter with only 1100 miles on it. Any low-grade and low-priced filter will do its job with only that mileage on it.

Changing your oil and filter at 1100 miles, is just a waste of $$$ and good resources. If I were you, I would do an OCI every 2 years instead of one. Hopefully you do several 30 to 40 mile highway runs each year to burn off any H2O and fuel that might have entered the oil.

 

[jk_636]

Saints preserve us, another Purolator without any tears! This is madness!!!

Good looking filter, thanks for the cut and post!

 

[steve20]

FWIW I would have re-used the Delo in some OPE

 

[slowdime]

fellow Oregonian!

 

[goodtimes]

Has bypass valve? From Purolator site they say to not use the auto pure one due to high efficiency and the oil pump. First time I heard that.

 

[3311]

What is the diiference between a puro classic and power sports?

 

[ZeeOSix]

^^^ As mentioned, the PowerSports had a coil spring instead of a leaf spring, has a P-ring instead of a flat base gasket, and the media definitely looks different.

 

[brian_06328]

Originally Posted By: Oregoonian
Don't bother cutting open another filter


My main curiosity was for the construction compared to the Classic, I thought others might be curious about the same and that wouldn't matter whether it had 0 miles or 10K.

Believe me, I'd rather put more miles on the bike in any given year but between a ridiculous work schedule, family and other hobbies, I run out of time pretty quickly. My rides vary between 150 miles to 400 miles so I think I've got the 30-40 miles beat.

Slowdime, I ride through Cascadia almost every time I go out on the bike, I like Highway 20 through there. I usually stop up above you a little ways at the Lost Prairie campground to rest my backside

 

[jk_636]

Dont pay any attention to him. 1k miles on a motorcycle filter isn't the same as 1k miles on a car filter. Keep cutting and posting. That is the best part about this site

 

[daman]

Originally Posted By: jk_636
Dont pay any attention to him. 1k miles on a motorcycle filter isn't the same as 1k miles on a car filter. Keep cutting and posting. That is the best part about this site

X2 he should be put in solitary for making a statement like that. This isn't the home and garden channel.

 

[SJohnson]

Originally Posted By: daman
Originally Posted By: jk_636
Dont pay any attention to him. 1k miles on a motorcycle filter isn't the same as 1k miles on a car filter. Keep cutting and posting. That is the best part about this site

X2 he should be put in solitary for making a statement like that. This isn't the home and garden channel.


I don't know about that. Lots of bloviating around here. A pictures' worth a thousand words.

 

[jk_636]

Originally Posted By: SJohnson
Originally Posted By: daman
Originally Posted By: jk_636
Dont pay any attention to him. 1k miles on a motorcycle filter isn't the same as 1k miles on a car filter. Keep cutting and posting. That is the best part about this site

X2 he should be put in solitary for making a statement like that. This isn't the home and garden channel.


I don't know about that. Lots of bloviating around here. A pictures' worth a thousand words.


Hence the need for a steady stream of cut filter pictures! Especially of Purolators that didn't fail. Those pictures are worth a thousand posts

 

[SJohnson]

Originally Posted By: jk_636
Originally Posted By: SJohnson
Originally Posted By: daman
Originally Posted By: jk_636
Dont pay any attention to him. 1k miles on a motorcycle filter isn't the same as 1k miles on a car filter. Keep cutting and posting. That is the best part about this site

X2 he should be put in solitary for making a statement like that. This isn't the home and garden channel.


I don't know about that. Lots of bloviating around here. A pictures' worth a thousand words.


Hence the need for a steady stream of cut filter pictures! Especially of Purolators that didn't fail. Those pictures are worth a thousand posts

Actually, to be correct, a PHOTO is worth a thousand words.

 

[jk_636]

Potato, Poetatto

 

[webfors]

So Purolator *can* make a filter with straight pleats!

Other than the couple of gaps in pleating that's a nice looking filter.