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Pleat count is not the whole story. The media type matters more, as it turns out.Fram Ultra Synthetic vs Mobil 1 screenshots from the video posted above. Worth noting that the Fram Ultra Synthetic in Fram’s product line is above the Titanium with 36 pleats. In this case number of pleats equates to increased surface area.
Hard to visualize. The key is what we mechanical engineers call "Depth Filtering", what Fram is doing by using a Double Layer of media, to snag dirt as it passes through.
Fram even manages to do Double Layer media without high pressure drops, proven by Ascent Filtration's independent testing & Fram's own in-house testing too.
As for Titanium vs. Ultra, Fram uses different media for those. They are both Double-Layer anyway.
I haven't seen pressure drop (flow resistance) info on the newest Ultra. Likely OK.
The Titanium shows up as the old-style Ultra in the Ascent Filtration tests and it does great.
Based on what data I have seen, the Titanium is favored for flow, efficiency, durability (screen-backed), and longevity since they don't use cellulose in it.
Back to Mobil1 products, their oil filter doesn't quite cut it as a premium thing.
Another bash on Mobil1 is that their silver-bottle basic 5w-30 failed to flow when cold! (Project Farm random test).
Bad Quality Control at the Mobil1 factory? Probably they forgot to de-wax the base oil, unforgivable.
So I'm no longer spending my money on any Mobil1 product. They did another unforgivable thing a few years ago. You almost never see these kinds of Quality Control failures at the big companies, strange at best.
Left to Right: SuperTech, SuperTech HighMileage, Mobil1, Mobil1 High Mileage, all 5w-30:
If you go for the "Hybrid oil" then use Valvoline's, not Mobil1.
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