you really should have an analysis done, mine had 105k on it and is still giving good results wear wise, if the engine is kept up with there shouldnt be anything in there to shorten the oil life.




also where is the string used to hold the filter media in position during the assembly on that purolator you posted up?? i know that they all have it since every single one (except yours) that i have seen opened up has had it.

 

I'm sure I shouldn't need to change it as often as I do. It's mostly just habit. Most of the cars that my grandpap, my dad, and I worked on in the past are late 60s to late 70s gms and chryslers with well over 200k miles. Several of them are even over 300k miles. Since those cars were so old and had such high milage we'd always change the oil at 3k miles, and I just got in that habit with my Durango (which was the newest car we had until 2009).

I was waiting for someone to ask that. I was surprised not to find a string in it. I didn't see it anywhere and I'm sure I wouldn't have missed it. There weren't any binding marks on the filter from it either. That kind of confused me too.

 

im wondering if yours was defective off the assembly line especially with that string missing . . .

 

I've been wondering that too. It's my understanding that the string is there to hold the filter together while the glue is drying. It does make sense. I was genuinely surprised with how badly that filter held up.

 

bringing this back to the top since i posted up another look at the purolator classic filter for these trucks

 

looks to me like both end caps on this filter are starting to separate, not a good sign IMO

 

No, the top one was very good and the bottom one was only a bit torn up from the hacksaw cutting the filter apart. Even on the one that the saw hit there wasn't any indication of the cap separating or deteriorating.

 

So ya think that filter is doing it's job???Hope you never pull the oil pan off and find all the crap in the bottom that the filter is suppose to catch.OMG OMG!!!It will bring tears too your eyes....

 

ill clarify, i didnt mean the caps coming off(im not sure if thats what you meant or not), it looks like the cardboard caps are delaminating, it may be the camera, as you noted yourself the picture is on the blurry side

 

oh, ok. That must be the picture being blurry. I didn't take the time to check the picture before I tossed the filter since my hands had oil all over them. The bottom cap got chewed up some around the edges from the saw. The top one was fine. The picture being blurry just makes it seem like its coming apart.

Here's the first picture again, but zoomed in on the top cap. You can see it more clearly than in the fuzzy picture. On the right side it's just sitting in a puddle of oil on the paper towel still.