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A filter as recited in claim 1, comprising in addition, a housing surrounding the filter element, the housing molded into the first and second end caps.ĥ.

A filter as recited in claim 2, wherein the spacer permits molding material of the end cap to permeate the spacer to form a layer of material within the spacer between the end of the filter element and the exterior surface.Ĥ. A filter as recited in claim 1, wherein the spacer is made of a plastic mesh material.ģ. A filter element having opposite first and second ends Ī first end cap molded onto the first end of the filter element Ī second end cap molded onto the second end of the filter element, the second end cap formed of a plastic resin material, the second end cap having an central portion and a side portion, the central portion of the second end cap having an exterior surface and an interior surface, the filter element extending from the interior surface andĪ spacer positioned between the second end of the filter element and the exterior surface of the second end cap, the spacer having a planar surface, the planar surface of the spacer being exposed for at least a portion of the exterior surface of the central portion of the second end cap, the plastic resin material permeating the spacer to provide a layer of the plastic resin material between the second end of the filter element and the outer surface of the second end cap, wherein the spacer is made from a material which does not substantially reinforce the plastic resin material of the end cap.Ģ.