DanW
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I guess the Pentastar just likes to put the twist on oil filters. The Mopar, which seems to do just fine, bothered me because after 2,000 miles, it came out twisted. Then again, every new in box Mopar filter I checked at Wal Mart, had twist to it when new. The one that came out of my engine looked as good as or better than the new ones. Here it is after 2k miles:
Really, it looks good. There is no tearing and the media appears to have held up very well. I also didn't see any metal shavings or significant gunk from break-in, so that was good. All in all, I could have easily gone many more miles on it. The oil itself was analyzed and was in good shape, too. Those of you running a full oil change interval on the factory oil should be just fine.
Fast forward to last week, when I did my 2nd oil change at about 5300 miles, with about 3,300 on the oil, which happened to be Mobil 1 EP 0w20. I chose a Fram Ultra oil filter because it filters extremely well (best published data, 99% at 20 microns), it has a strong synthetic media designed to last 20k miles, and the pleats are backed by metal mesh, adding strength and support. Well, it went from beautifully straight when new, to....you guessed it....some twisting! Here it is new, just before I installed it...
And here it is after approximately 3,300k...
The filter, in terms of any gunk in it, looked great. The pleats and media looked great, too, with no fuzziness. You can see, though, that it has been twisted a bit. I think it is just the nature of the 3.6. We'll see how the next one looks. It is another Fram Ultra and it looked perfect going in. I expect to change the oil in early October. It should have 4k to 7k miles on the oil/filter at that point.
The other filter on the market that is backed by a metal mesh is the Mobil 1 filter. I may give it a try at some point. It isn't as efficient as the Fram, though. It is rated 99% at 30 microns, which is still outstanding, and it is also rated for 20k miles.
I should have the used oil analysis back soon from this oil change. It might show some added crud, though. I accidentally removed the filter before taking the sample, so some of the unfilterd oil may have run off the pleats and down into the sump. Blackstone Labs doesn't think the sample results will be effected, but we'll see. Stay tuned! I plan on doing used oil analyses for at least the next two or three oil changes, then maybe every 2nd or 3rd one after that.
Really, it looks good. There is no tearing and the media appears to have held up very well. I also didn't see any metal shavings or significant gunk from break-in, so that was good. All in all, I could have easily gone many more miles on it. The oil itself was analyzed and was in good shape, too. Those of you running a full oil change interval on the factory oil should be just fine.
Fast forward to last week, when I did my 2nd oil change at about 5300 miles, with about 3,300 on the oil, which happened to be Mobil 1 EP 0w20. I chose a Fram Ultra oil filter because it filters extremely well (best published data, 99% at 20 microns), it has a strong synthetic media designed to last 20k miles, and the pleats are backed by metal mesh, adding strength and support. Well, it went from beautifully straight when new, to....you guessed it....some twisting! Here it is new, just before I installed it...
And here it is after approximately 3,300k...
The filter, in terms of any gunk in it, looked great. The pleats and media looked great, too, with no fuzziness. You can see, though, that it has been twisted a bit. I think it is just the nature of the 3.6. We'll see how the next one looks. It is another Fram Ultra and it looked perfect going in. I expect to change the oil in early October. It should have 4k to 7k miles on the oil/filter at that point.
The other filter on the market that is backed by a metal mesh is the Mobil 1 filter. I may give it a try at some point. It isn't as efficient as the Fram, though. It is rated 99% at 30 microns, which is still outstanding, and it is also rated for 20k miles.
I should have the used oil analysis back soon from this oil change. It might show some added crud, though. I accidentally removed the filter before taking the sample, so some of the unfilterd oil may have run off the pleats and down into the sump. Blackstone Labs doesn't think the sample results will be effected, but we'll see. Stay tuned! I plan on doing used oil analyses for at least the next two or three oil changes, then maybe every 2nd or 3rd one after that.
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