Oilchange: collapsed filter?
 

I changed the oil today, in my SEL, and was alarmed to see that the outgoing filter had collapsed on itself around the center bolt.(see photos) Black as pitch, and lots of sludge at the bottom of the canister. filter came out in three pieces.:eek: top cap filter and smaller gasket. New Beck Arnly filter went in, no probs..
Oil level before change was on par, although only about 6 liters came out. 8 Liters went in and was again on par. :confused:

Phone pics, as I don't typically take my Nikon with me for oil changes.

WOW! When's the last time you changed the oil?

I'm a little overdue, yes..I changed in december.

What Brand of Oil Filter?
 

You won't use that Brand again ,I hope?

That's not that long of a time, and I wouldn't expect for a filter to look like that if you were just a little overdue. I wonder if some oil passage is restricted? Do these cars have bypass valves on the filters? Just brainstorming a little...

I wouldn't have expected a gasser to get the oil black so quick. If you used a good oil perhaps it cleaned old deposits out?

-Jason

What brand was that?

I usually use NAPA filters, WIX brand.

I did, yesterday replace a liter of oil with ATF in hopes of getting some deposits out. the sludge wasn't hard packed or anything, just there. Clean up was easy.

The filter was a WIX brand filter. never again. The B/A filter was actually almost 3$ cheaper than the WIX @ $11

Oil this time is a semi synthetic 10W30, next change will be full synthetic.

The damage to the filter looks almost as though it was plugged, and the pump was drawing so hard on it that it collapsed. I'm sure losing any filtering effect.