I've had a couple issues with their air filters here lately. Last year I had bought one of their drop in replacements for my 2011 Scion Xb that I used to have and I did not care for the way it sealed in my air box. The outer part of the filter was a hard plastic and it had a rubber seal that fit around the outer edge of it. The rubber was sort of hard and not very pliable. I returned it and went with a factory toyota filter then.
My second issue was this weekend. We got a 05 Explorer for my wife this week and I decided to check the air filter today. It had a Purolator in it, the typical paper pleated filter with a foam/rubber type seal with the filter media molded into it. The seal was "warped" a bit along the one side, sort of squeezed out and allowing dirt to get past it. The underside of it was also cracked in the one corner, like it had dryed out, but judging by the little bit of dirt that was on the underside of the filter, it had not been in very long. Anyone else have poor experiences with Purolator air filters?
My second issue was this weekend. We got a 05 Explorer for my wife this week and I decided to check the air filter today. It had a Purolator in it, the typical paper pleated filter with a foam/rubber type seal with the filter media molded into it. The seal was "warped" a bit along the one side, sort of squeezed out and allowing dirt to get past it. The underside of it was also cracked in the one corner, like it had dryed out, but judging by the little bit of dirt that was on the underside of the filter, it had not been in very long. Anyone else have poor experiences with Purolator air filters?