The Quality of Oil Filters- or- The Lack of Quality

[fredball]

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[v0lcom13sn0w]

i coulda told you frams are terrible without even watching this vid!

 

[Mark W.]

LOL I'm assembling the 48 Willys jeep that I have been building for the better part of this century. I have thousands of man hours and damn near $18,000.00 in it. I have scratch built more parts then I can count. Heck I have modified nuts and bolts to get them exactly the way I want.

SO

On a shelf in my shop are 10) NAPA Gold 1704 Bypass Oil filters I bought as a lot so that no matter what I would always have the best filter for my little Flat head. And since I am using a filter rare enough most NAPA's only stock 1 or 2 of them.

I also have Jugs of Lucas Hot Rod and Classic oil with 2100ppm of zinc to protect my Cam shaft and flat tappets. Every time I order something from Summit I get another 5 qt jug last order I got to got to hit that $99.00 sale for free shipping.

 

[cigars]

Spot on. I always like Wix. Glad to hear that the NAPA Gold is basically the same. Great video, thanks for posting.

 

[Jonnyuma]

O yeah... Fram blows.
Wix or NAPA (made by Wix) are all I'll use. Even if I send my girl to the quicky-lube joint I send her w a quality filter...

...which I then check later to make sure it got installed.

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

i use toyota filters on my toyota, motorcraft filters on my ford and mitsubishi filters on my mitsubishi

 

[cigars]

i use toyota filters on my toyota, motorcraft filters on my ford and mitsubishi filters on my mitsubishi

I wouldn't hesitate to use an OEM filter. While they aren't over built like the Wix, they are made to OEM specifications and should be a quality product.

 

[DirectDrive]

Wix
Hastings
Purolator

In that order last time I looked.
The orange Fram is a fraud.

 

[Member 34319]

Makes me want to cut up one of my Subaru filters.

 

[DirectDrive]

Makes me want to cut up one of my Subaru filters.

You know you're only a whisker away from a Prius with that ?

 

[Member 34319]

You know you're only a whisker away from a Prius with that ?

I'd own a Prius. They are nice quiet cars.

I'm sorry, was I supposed to take some sort of manliness into account by the vehicle I drive?

 

[Kruel J]

You know you're only a whisker away from a Prius with that ?

I'll put my WRX up against a Prius anyday.

 

[HB of CJ]

A friend has a Jeep Station wagon with the 318 Dodge engine. 330,000 miles and the heads have never been off. OEM bottom end. I wonder what kind of oil and filters he uses. His trusty friendly local mechanic would know.

 

[Member 34319]

I'll put my WRX up against a Prius anyday.

Challenge accepted!

 

[Kruel J]

Challenge accepted!

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LOL, I've seen those videos. I don't think that Prius is long for the world, that 20mm is going to rip it apart.

 

[Member 34319]

Well curiosity got the better of me.

I just recently changed one of the two Subaru cars we owns oil.

Subaru factory filters seem to be good quality to me. Definitely good materials used.

 

[BlindedByScience]

I almost lost an engine to a plugged Fram. Never again.

We run German cars here, so our oil filters say Mann or Bosch on them.....never an issue.

 

[CoastRange57]

I'll put my WRX up against a Prius anyday.

Really ?? I would put my old man azz on a bicycle up against a Prius any day.

 

[CoastRange57]

A friend has a Jeep Station wagon with the 318 Dodge engine. 330,000 miles and the heads have never been off. OEM bottom end. I wonder what kind of oil and filters he uses. His trusty friendly local mechanic would know.

I have been running Chevron Delo 400 15-40 in everything I have owned for the last 40 years. We have Purolator filters on them too. My mechanic and I worked together at a Chevron Oil distributor about 35 years ago and he held to that oil or a Union Guardol 400 15-40. Another friend is a farmer who has a 1968 John Deere 4060 that his dad bought brand new. Over 20,000 hours, 1 rebuild and no lubrication failures at alol. Union Guardol and OEM filters.

 

[3MTA3]

O yeah... Fram blows.
Wix or NAPA (made by Wix) are all I'll use. Even if I send my girl to the quicky-lube joint I send her w a quality filter...

...which I then check later to make sure it got installed.

I learned about Wix and NAPA gold on the forums at bobistheoilguy.com . Believe it or not there are lubrication enthusiasts actually buy filters and cut them apart and otherwise test them.

I mentioned it to the counter gal at the NAPA in Clackamas and she knew all about, they had even sent her to the factory back east. Surprising for a retailer to educate employees like that any more