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Originally Posted by 97 SL320
It is odd that the hole is going the other way as oil is filtered from outside in. I'd vote for the paper having a blob of unknown in the mix that fell out.
Is the element too tall? It almost looks like it was crushed during install.
With any liquid filter I wet the paper during install to prevent puncture. High initial air flow then a slam of liquid can crush the element. If your oil filter bypass valve is jammed, the delta across the filter will be very high and lead to crushing as well. ( Cold thick oil is the worst )
I think MB was offering elements with better paper to withstand synthetic oil / extended change intervals.
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^^ excellent
I learnt that the hard way too - since my experience I always wet the paper element filters with oil then install it. Be it can type or cartidge type.
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