would YOU trust this oil filter??
 

notice minor tear in the perforated lower enclosure and minimal surface corrosion on upper housing.

*edit: pics of interior - http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/104768-oil-filters-one-buy-15.html

Sand down the rust and use POR on it. :D

great. I might as well make my own filter!

What brand is that filter?

I would not put that in my engine.

Three words- Cotton Gin Waste.

Knecht / Mahle from Austria...along with some other logos have never seen. It may be pretty old (tecafiltres / micro-star)



Yeah.. I think I can hear the bugs and twigs rattling around inside of it.

Rust = abrasive.
Sanding rust = adding abrasive.

It's an oil filter, better to just buy a filter locally, Purolator isn't bad in a pinch and available at Advance Auto et al.

good call. I'll cut it open for the oil filter thread.

Looks like a storage/handling issue. Wonder where the filter was stored, how old it is, etc. Filters don't have expiration dates. Did the box look like it had been wet?

there was no box. If it got soaked I would imagine the bottom cardboard type material would be warped... just a guess.

It looks more like the media inside the upper portion absorbs moisture and that resulted in minor surface corrosion around 80% of the holes in the metal.

The tear in the paper is nothing, since it's the part of the filter exposed to the dirty oil and it's the part that retains the filter element, not the pleated insert which does the filtering.

The corrosion on the outside is similar (it's on the dirty side of things).

Having said that, why bother using it, since they're cheap enough.

-CTH

i have taken most of my filters out that are in better condition - even doing it on the cheap i would leave it out before using that piece of garbage - jz

Most of the other companies make the filtere without the paper part with the holes in it.
The rusted area looks like the cotton inside absorbed moisture and it rusted from the inside out (could be more rust inside).
I in fact it reminds me of a filter that might have been left in a the trunk of a car for a long time.

I've been having luck finding the Turkish Fram filters at Shucks stores lately. Easily visible cotton bag inside the top portion as well, on each that I've checked on the shelves.

With moisture in the oil causing enough problems with short trips, I don't think I'd want the added moisture from a damp filter, not to mention any rust particles that this might introduce.

If you do tear it apart, I'd like to see pictures of the inner tube area. I have to wonder if it's rusted as well, which would have put rust particles into the oil stream after filtration.