I cut open a bunch of the other filters. The sticks and bugs and rocks and cotton field mowings didn't bother me at all - if it works and is cheap I'm game. What did bother me was that the filters were so poorly constructed that said debris was escaping the filter cartridge. Unacceptable.

I'm aware that millions of engines have gone probably billions of miles on the filters full of cotton field mowings without issue. Best practices and personal feelings aside, real world experience has shown this to be a non-issue.

I still ain't doing it.

I run Baldwin P102 or Hastings LF380 oil filters. They may not be better constructed, but there are no field mowings to leak out.

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617 swapped Toyota Pickup, 22-24 MPG, 50k miles on swap