Oil Filture failure

[username77]

So looks pretty rusty
Installed in April
No road salt here in April until now
Pretty sure the rust is not thick enough to cause the failure..
I almost think it was crack, and the rust came because of the crack.

No physical damage to the filter and no way for it to get hit in the position




Around the nut it is cracked.
The nut was not used to install the filter
All oil left the engine through that crack

 

[CT8]

Did the engine fail?

 

[username77]

Originally Posted By: CT8
Did the engine fail?

Yes

 

[Kool1]

Did you notify K&N about the filter failure and the consequential damage to your engine?

 

[CT8]

Originally Posted By: username77
Originally Posted By: CT8
Did the engine fail?

Yes
I am sorry to hear that.

 

[username77]

Originally Posted By: Kool1
Did you notify K&N about the filter failure and the consequential damage to your engine?


Not my engine..
No contact with K&N yet

 

[Revving2Redline]

Note to self..Avoid KN air filters and oil filters. Sorry for your misfortune. That is pitiful and someone should get a earful and a kick in the rear.

 

[robo339]

Why is the date code blacked out?

 

[username77]

Originally Posted By: robo339
Why is the date code blacked out?

I blacked it out because I thought it was a lot number or serial number
And I do not want to mess up any future claims for the person if they decide to try
If you let me know how to read the date code I will say it

 

[ZeeOSix]

Must have been salt that started the corrosion. Looks like it got under the area where the nut is welded on.

 

[holdorf333]

that's a 6 month filter? it looks like at least 5 years or more

 

[robo339]

Should be 10/2/2012

 

[username77]

Figured out the date code

I think it says 122812

So 2012?

Oil filter was changed in April..
Its common is see rotted/rusted cars here, but a oil filter that quick was shocking

I have no stake in this either way.. Just curious if this is common or happened before..

not my images
A quick google search shows the crack location is common on these filters and examples are in google images but the rust is not common

 

[Kool1]

WOW!!! Thanks for sharing those photos. K&N oil filters are being erased from my list of oil filters.

 

[username77]

Here is the date

 

[ZeeOSix]

Looks like the cracks started at the spot welds - seen in photo of inside the dome shot. Welding probably caused the metal to get brittle, and crack from the oil pump pulsations over time. The rust is a mystery though, but something really corrosive beside water must have got it going.

 

[Kuato]

Not good....glad I've invested in Amsoil (Donaldson) filters for my vehicle.

 

[heynow]

I don't think there's any way that filter didn't get run through AT LEAST one winter of salt spray.

 

[Sayjac]

If that's the inside of the dome pictured and the filter cut open now, any redress that 'might' have been available from K&N is now very likely gone. That's assuming it could/would have been determined to be the cause of the stated engine failure.

While filter manufacture date not exactly old, not exactly new either. Wondering what kind of storage environment it had prior to installation.

 

[Kool1]

I wonder if K&N honors their oil filter warranty?

http://www.knfilters.com/oilwarranty.htm