Originally Posted By: addyguy
Originally Posted By: ekpolk
Well, this one should go a long way to undoing the "paper end caps are good enough" argument.
That distortion would never have happened if the filter medium were being held firmly in place by rigid metal end caps.
That's a pretty silly statement, ek. Even if the paper element was held in by metal, the paper could still distort slightly between the metal end caps. Paper bends a lot easier than metal, you see.
Except the metal end-caps are physically attached to the centre tube. So even if the media distorts, the entire assembly doesn't "squish".
In the above scenario, as is clearly depicted, the cardboard and garbage "media assembly" was able to compress all by itself while riding on the centre tube like a guide, allowing the oil to completely bypass the media, permanently disabling the filter from being able to perform its primary function: FILTRATION.
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The end-caps on this filter are still perfectly straight, so their structural rigidity hasn't been compromised at all.
Except the entire unit is COMPRESSED as indicated by the severe deformation of the pleats. The cardboard is NOT ANCHORED to the centre tube!
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Also not that the media hasn't detached at all from the end caps. This filter held up just fine.
Except it's floating in space, riding the centre tube and essentially providing zero filtration. That doesn't fit my definition of "fine".
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The anti-Fram nazi's on here are becoming just comical!
The guys with their head so far in the sand that they cannot see an obviously flawed design, even when there is physical evidence of how the design can, and apparently DOES fail are comical.
