Purolator PureONE PL10241 *torn*

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Cut open the PL10241 off my 08 Toyota 4Runner and found 4 definite tears and a 5th one starting. The pics suck but then again I suck at taking pics ha ha. Anyways I only had 3,000 miles on this filter and did the oil change sooner than usual as I was curious after all these filter tears I have been seeing on here. It is definitely torn and that filter media is so very brittle it's no wonder it happened. I got this filter in some oil change special I believe, but wont be using them in the near future after this happened on such a short change in one of the "premium" filters. Very disappointed to say the least.










 
I used the oversized PL20195 on my Tacoma when I had it. I wonder now if those were tearing too. I imagine so.
 
Originally Posted By: Miller88
How is this affecting the Motorcraft filters made by puroilator?


No reported tears in Motorcraft filters.
 
Originally Posted By: Bandito440
I used the oversized PL20195 on my Tacoma when I had it. I wonder now if those were tearing too. I imagine so.


No reports of Purolator 20195 tearing. Open the link in the first post in the thread below to see the Excel spreadsheet of recorded torn filters.

Link: List of Torn Purolator Filters
 
Honestly, I don't think Purolator cares. We are such a small portion of users here on BITOG. The majority of people just buy them and use them and never know.
 
Originally Posted By: Cooper
Honestly, I don't think Purolator cares. We are such a small portion of users here on BITOG. The majority of people just buy them and use them and never know.



I'm beginning to think the same... It's a shame...they have/had a lot of supporters on this site.. myself included...
But it's just not the issue with the failures, I understand that things happen..but it's their lack of caring for me that's the let down.
 
Originally Posted By: Cooper
Honestly, I don't think Purolator cares. We are such a small portion of users here on BITOG. The majority of people just buy them and use them and never know.


That's why I don't buy them anymore. Customer service goes a long ways these days.
 
Originally Posted By: ZeeOSix
A pretty old one ... made Oct 22, 2009.


So this may have been going on for nearly 5 years now??? Zikes!
 
Originally Posted By: KCJeep
Originally Posted By: ZeeOSix
A pretty old one ... made Oct 22, 2009.


So this may have been going on for nearly 5 years now??? Zikes!


This one I found back in May 2011 had a date code of F08A26D1 = 8/26/2009. Doesn't say so in the thread linked below, but I looked it up in my oil change records. So yeah, even filters made back in 2009 had some tearing going on.
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Link: Torn Classic Found in May 2011
 
I don't see the tears, I believe it though. Could the next person that sees one of these stick a light in the element so we can see what's going on?
 
I won't say I was a loyal Purolator user, but I had a small stash of 6 PureOne filters that I no longer have. I will no longer use them. I have also told everyone I know that does their own oil changes to stay away from them as well and showed them the proof. I am now using Wix filters until proven that there is something better out there.
 
Originally Posted By: oaklandish_wrx
hmmm, got a PL14476 used for 5400 miles and a PL 14460 @ ~6000 miles....gonna make me check now.


the 14476 dated from march 2011 looks ok...gonna check again tomorrow now that I know where to look specifically. Overall the filter looks in great shape.
 
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