I don't believe the ecore gets a bigger pass here than the orange can. As said on another recent orange can dissection thread, the biggest issue 'most' here now have with the orange can is cost for construction. Paying more for less.
The ecore otoh, has a number of things going against it. One is the use of a nitrile combo valve in many applications. And, the open cage nylon center tube combined with less than tight uniform pleating.
Nitrile is known to become less pliable with use and temperature change, hot and cold. When it's just functioning as an adbv in a traditional separate adbv and bypass, the worst you get with degradation may be some start up rattle. Not generally a catastrophic event. However, in a combo valve design the bypass function may also fail or not function properly which can lead to other issues, perhaps even the blown out media that has been posted here (see link below)*. The flattening of media in spots and blown out media are what concern many here.
All that said, looks like the ST16 posted here held up and did it's job. The same exact filter can now be found as a MicroGard MGL16, but instead of costing ~$2.84 at Wally it now lists for $3.79 at O'R.
*http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1806202&page=1
The ecore otoh, has a number of things going against it. One is the use of a nitrile combo valve in many applications. And, the open cage nylon center tube combined with less than tight uniform pleating.
Nitrile is known to become less pliable with use and temperature change, hot and cold. When it's just functioning as an adbv in a traditional separate adbv and bypass, the worst you get with degradation may be some start up rattle. Not generally a catastrophic event. However, in a combo valve design the bypass function may also fail or not function properly which can lead to other issues, perhaps even the blown out media that has been posted here (see link below)*. The flattening of media in spots and blown out media are what concern many here.
All that said, looks like the ST16 posted here held up and did it's job. The same exact filter can now be found as a MicroGard MGL16, but instead of costing ~$2.84 at Wally it now lists for $3.79 at O'R.
*http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1806202&page=1
