Do you have any pics of one cut open or the pleated filter length?
No, these were literally just released on October 9. I just received mine today. You can find other cutouts of the same filter design elsewhere, as it's the same media AMSOIL uses in all of their EA oil filters.Do you have any pics of one cut open or the pleated filter length?
Yes. Glad you've done your research. Just verify fitment, as the EAO17 is 4.45" long and the EA15K50 is 3.4" long.Okay so I have a Gen 2 cruze 2016. I believe oil filters that will fit are EA15K50 but those are rated for 15k miles. If I got an EAO17 filter, would I be able to go 25k on that one filter? I'm going by this sheet:
https://www.amsoil.com/graphs/eao/filterspecs.pdf
A 4.45" filter will fit no problem, I've been putting the 4.77" Wix XP WL10255XP on the SGE engines for a few months now.Yes. Glad you've done your research. Just verify fitment, as the EAO17 is 4.45" long and the EA15K50 is 3.4" long.Okay so I have a Gen 2 cruze 2016. I believe oil filters that will fit are EA15K50 but those are rated for 15k miles. If I got an EAO17 filter, would I be able to go 25k on that one filter? I'm going by this sheet:
https://www.amsoil.com/graphs/eao/filterspecs.pdf
Keep in mind, 25,000 miles is the normal service interval. If driving in severe service (lots of stop and go, frequent trips under 10 miles, spirited driving, etc), you would need to revert back to 15,000 mile intervals.
If you do grab the EAO17, please let me know about fitment as I'll start recommending that instead. The extra oil capacity always helps.
Not sure what the bypass rating is. Don't put too much weight on it though, as the filter media will flow better especially when loaded than cellulose media will. Bypass ratings are based on a lot of things. Bear in mind, your filter is in bypass 100% of the time, as your oil pressure will fluctuate from 40psi to 80psi, a range that is always higher than 22psi. Rhetorically speaking, I'd rather have a synthetic filter with a bypass rating of 16psi that flows 2x as well as a cellulose filter with a bypass rating of 22psi.A 4.45" filter will fit no problem, I've been putting the 4.77" Wix XP WL10255XP on the SGE engines for a few months now.
Does the EA017 have the required 22psi+ bypass rating? It took most of the other oil filter outlets many months to come out with PF63E/PF64/UPF64R solutions with proper higher bypass, and they all resulted in a new part number filter.