Ok, what's the deal on Fram oil filters?
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Ok, what's the deal on Fram oil filters?
Lately i've been reading all over the internet lots of negative about Fram oil filters cause of there famous "cardboard top" failing and whatnot.
Any one have details or pics of this? Or even better does any one have any engine failures because of this? What does it do to it? Mess up the bearings etc.?
I use Fram once in a while, but my regular brand i've always used is Wix for pretty much all filters, Wix and Motorcraft but once in a while I'll buy a Fram when they don't have the right Wix filter when I need it.
I've already cut up several filters a while ago, but never been inside a Fram.
Any one have details or pics of this? Or even better does any one have any engine failures because of this? What does it do to it? Mess up the bearings etc.?
I use Fram once in a while, but my regular brand i've always used is Wix for pretty much all filters, Wix and Motorcraft but once in a while I'll buy a Fram when they don't have the right Wix filter when I need it.
I've already cut up several filters a while ago, but never been inside a Fram.
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We have a 97 T-bird that the better half got an oil change on a month or so back, well it rattled like two skeletons having sex on a tin roof with the FRAM oil filter they put on it... All I did was replace the filter with a Wix and it is quiet as a mouse on start up now..
When I cut it open there was there was NO anti drain back valve, unless you call that card board flap a valve.... Also it has a LOT less filter media in it also.....
The parts house tried to give me a Fram for my riding mower, I said HELL no order the Wix...
Any one is welcome to use Fram, but you can't force me to use one with a gun!!!!
When I cut it open there was there was NO anti drain back valve, unless you call that card board flap a valve.... Also it has a LOT less filter media in it also.....
The parts house tried to give me a Fram for my riding mower, I said HELL no order the Wix...
Any one is welcome to use Fram, but you can't force me to use one with a gun!!!!
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We have a 97 T-bird that the better half got an oil change on a month or so back, well it rattled like two skeletons having sex on a tin roof with the FRAM oil filter they put on it... All I did was replace the filter with a Wix and it is quiet as a mouse on start up now..
When I cut it open there was there was NO anti drain back valve, unless you call that card board flap a valve.... Also it has a LOT less filter media in it also.....
The parts house tried to give me a Fram for my riding mower, I said HELL no order the Wix...
Any one is welcome to use Fram, but you can't force me to use one with a gun!!!!
When I cut it open there was there was NO anti drain back valve, unless you call that card board flap a valve.... Also it has a LOT less filter media in it also.....
The parts house tried to give me a Fram for my riding mower, I said HELL no order the Wix...
Any one is welcome to use Fram, but you can't force me to use one with a gun!!!!
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I'm in agreement that you can't get me to buy me a fram even with a gun pointed to my head. And my friends hate it that I don't change their oil if they buy a fram. From my understanding fram makes the k&n oil filters so I haven't bought any of those, could just be rumors. Ill always use a wix or hastings. I've seen too many sketchy scenerios from fram to ever trust them
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Tech Review: The Long Waited FRAM OIL FILTER REVIEW! - Automotive Social | DSLReports Forums
From another country but still interesting
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Lots of good reading.
From another country but still interesting
Oil filters - used
Engine Oil Filter Study
Lots of good reading.
#14
Was even stranger to see the same stuff packed in the bottom of the pan, sucked into the pickup tube, and even in the oil pump.
May have only been one time, but it's enough for me. I won't install an "Orange can of Death" on any engine, mine or not. Wix, Motorcraft, or Baldwin for me, end of story.
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From my understanding fram makes the k&n oil filters so I haven't bought any of those, could just be rumors.