Virgin Mobil 1 M1-210A Annual Filter C&P

[blupupher]

Well, here is the new Mobil 1 Extended Performance 1 yr/20,000 mile oil filter cut and posted for your viewing pleasure.
It is a M1-210A because they are all the same price, and that was the size that fit my truck, so it was my choice.

Box:




Can:

Date code of December 12, 2016:


Internal:


Louvers:


Baseplate with silicone ADV:


And pleat spacing:










Top of filter element with bypass button:


I guess this is excess glue, it would not rub off:


Everything:


Side by side with Motorcraft FL-820S:




Hefty filter, 1 lb, 0.9 oz:


Motorcraft is 12.9 oz:


M1 baseplate:


Purolator baseplate:


And a ST2 filter just for weight comparison:

 

[Mr Nice]

Nice work !

 

[Kuato]

Thanks for that!

 

[blupupher]

Oops, I put the wrong date, it was made 12/01/16, not 12/12/16.

 

[THafeez]

thank you very much for the C&P. Doesn't look like they did much to change it at all.

 

[53' Stude]

Nice job sir!

Pleat spacing, Sean area on M1 filter is *****!

 

[OVERKILL]

Yeah, that's some ugly pleat spacing there

 

[slacktide_bitog]

Thank you for the cut and post

The pleat spacing at the seam is so wide

 

[AirgunSavant]

Originally Posted By: car51
Nice job sir!

Pleat spacing, Sean area on M1 filter is *****!


Yip, not to my liking...

 

[Shellguy]

First off, thanks for the post... I will say I'm not in love with that spacing, i guess id have to see how they hold up after a run...

 

[53' Stude]

I'd bet it would "possibly" tear as that seam spacing is downright shameful

Heavens, the Parts Plus 820 I cut and posted looks better

 

[SatinSilver]

I'd rather run an Ultra for 20k miles. Just the media looks so much better compared to the M1.

 

[53' Stude]

Originally Posted By: SatinSilver
I'd rather run an Ultra for 20k miles. Just the media looks so much better compared to the M1.


Very true

 

[blupupher]

Well, I held my comments for a bit till others posted, but basically I had the same thoughts. The pleat spacing is horrible.
Yes this is only 1 filter, so this may be an anomaly, but it was the one on the shelf that I grabbed, so any other filter could look the same.

I will say the filter is hefty. The can is thick and base plate is heavy. No burrs or sharp points on the holes either.
I don't have access to a good micrometer, but the cheap plastic HF one I have shows the can to be almost 1 mm thick.
The Motorcraft is 1/2 that. Even cut open, the can is stiff, where the Motorcraft is easily flexible.
This can took a little longer to cut than the Motorcraft did.

I have no way to judge the media except by feel, and well, it feels like media. At least the Ultra looks different (because we all know looks are what matters).
I will be cutting it once I get another razor blade for my utility knife (thought I had more) and will post those pics up here also.
Center tube is louvers, but they look fine and I have no issues with properly done louvers.

Overall, not impressed.
I just don't see the justification for the price. Seems they are heavily relying on the Mobil 1 name as well as their new oil.
Buy Mobil 1 Annual oil, gotta buy a Mobil 1 Annual filter, right?
A Fram Ultra is just a better all around filter for less money (and the Napa Platinum is on sale now for about the same price as the Ultra).
Neither of them are marketed as 1 year/20,000 mile filters though (but we here know they could handle it).


Funny thing is I went to Walmart looking for some of the Bosch Distance Plus for $5, but both Walmarts I went to did not even have shelf space for them anymore.
I had about $8 left on a Walmart giftcard from work so figured I would not make it a wasted trip.

I do find it ironic that I have had 3 new filters for my truck, This M1, the Motorcraft FL820s and a Supertech, and the only one I actually plan on using is the Supertech

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[FlyingVan]

Bosch and Fram High Mileage are gone together with their shelf space in my local Walmart also.

 

[jongies3]

Maybe it's just me, but I'd never go 20k on a cellulose filter. Fram Ultra still reigns king for extended OCI's in my book!

 

[Shellguy]

The more we get into these filters the more you realize the ultra is the filter to use. Mobil didn't do anything special here and was really hoping for a better physical showing.

 

[goodtimes]

So much for the Mobil 1 media turning white and synthetic with the new box. I wouldn't be particularly happy with that pleating if I knew about it.

 

[53' Stude]

Originally Posted By: Shellguy
The more we get into these filters the more you realize the ultra is the filter to use. Mobil didn't do anything special here and was really hoping for a better physical showing.


Yeah, Mobil dropped the ball here. I'll stick with my FRAM Pro Synthetics

 

[4WD]

I'd go 20k on exactly nothing ... last time I looked my vehicles have no sensor to tell me how often I'm in bypass ...