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Fram oil filters - crap or not??

I had one fram filter crap out on me havent bought one since tried a k&n oil filter for the first time and am very very pleased yeah its 13.99 but I don't mind paying that for peace of mind. If I'm going to spend 30.00 on oil I want something thats going to keep that clean
 


I've read some stories about Fram filters. I found a story about a guy who cut every manufacturers oil filters open and analyzed the construction of each one.

He cited the cardboard end caps and cheap filtering media of the Frams.

I worked at NAPA when I was in college and we had some cut opened filters to show the difference between NAPA's filters (made by Wix) and the others.

Economically, a Wix filter is a only a couple of dollars more than a Fram, Quaker State (a Fram), and other low buck oil filters. It's worth the money to buy a NAPA Gold, Wix, a Purolator oil filter. You can buy the $5/quart motor oil and run a cheap filter and not get ahead. You're better off running a good filter, a name brand motor oil with the starburst symbol, and change your oil between 3,000-4,000 miles and you'll be better off.
 
04silverprix said:
I've read some stories about Fram filters. I found a story about a guy who cut every manufacturers oil filters open and analyzed the construction of each one.

He cited the cardboard end caps and cheap filtering media of the Frams.

I worked at NAPA when I was in college and we had some cut opened filters to show the difference between NAPA's filters (made by Wix) and the others.

Economically, a Wix filter is a only a couple of dollars more than a Fram, Quaker State (a Fram), and other low buck oil filters. It's worth the money to buy a NAPA Gold, Wix, a Purolator oil filter. You can buy the $5/quart motor oil and run a cheap filter and not get ahead. You're better off running a good filter, a name brand motor oil with the starburst symbol, and change your oil between 3,000-4,000 miles and you'll be better off.
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Hey, welcome to the thread. Did you read the whole thing and check the posted studies?
 




matt5112 said:
you claimed that it was run at high throttle levels continuously.

That is akin to a race condition.
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I don't think I agree with that, Matt. In a marine application, the throttle should be considered to be at WOT for more than 50% of the life of the engine. A stock Mercruiser 502 would come straight out of the crate and be expected to do this.

It sounds like there is a gray area on what companies may call "race filters" and perhaps this is intentional due to knowing the possibility of standing before a jury in a court of law trying to prove a case.

The other side of that is a working engine may have to haul gear up a mountainside for 30 minutes at near WOT. Whether it's for 10 seconds in a light to light race, or it's because the person is asking for the engine's life, the filter should not collapse.

While I'm not a FRAM fan, as I've stated my opinion before, I'm not making the statements, above, based on that at all. I'm making the statement based on what I would expect from a filter.

:)
 
I agree Fram filters are crap. As far as the filters i use it depends on the make of car if its a GM i use AC Delco, Dodge product= Mopar, and on the rare instances i do work on a ford i use motorcraft.

Hope this helps.
 


tgarison said:
I agree Fram filters are crap. As far as the filters i use it depends on the make of car if its a GM i use AC Delco, Dodge product= Mopar, and on the rare instances i do work on a ford i use motorcraft.

Hope this helps.
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Sounds like you don't know what makes a good filter then, and none of the filters you use are made by the OEMs you are using them on anyway.
 
If you really want to learn about filters

Go to FramChallenge.com and actually take the time to get educated
*and get paid in the process*:D
 
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