jperz89lx

kinda noticed that no one likes fram oil filters??...iv been usin them for a few years with no problems...but am i missin something?...lol

red95gtconvert

Yeah, Fram sucks! j/k, only Motorcraft oil filters on my rides.

1985stang

It's because they are terrible filters, plain and simple. There was a big deal a while ago about this, and i can't seem to find the article but just switch to Motorcraft filters.

jperz89lx

yeah i looked for a thread before i posted, couldnt find anything

86 5.0L

poor filtering properties

JalapenoNotch0

I'll give you an example. I have a Mazda Miata for a daily driver. It is supposed to have an anti-drain back valve in the bottom. Fram dosen't have one because they are cheap. Only the better filters have this. If I used fram or a cheap filter my engine would rattle, tick and make all kinds of noise when I started it.

67mustang302

Frams are made like absolute crap. Poor filter media, not much of it, it has a weak glued pleat, a flimsy case, a crappy end cap, and pathetic spring etc etc. Frams are what you would expect if someone built a filter as cheaply and poorly as you could. I know a guy who had a race car, and his dad put a Fram on it without him knowing, and when he started it up the filter media came apart(high presure oiling system) and got rammed through the oiling system in pieces and scoured the crank/bearings etc. Internally they are very flimsy.

ALMOST STOCK

No beef with Fram from me.
I used Fram for 10+ yrs (158,500)along with Pennzoil and I've never had a problem with either.

ALMOST STOCK

Oh yeah I've since changed to aWIX filterand Quaker State

Here are a couple of links to Frams quality, lol

http://people.msoe.edu/~yoderw/oilfi...lterstudy.html

http://people.msoe.edu/~yoderw/oilfi...ers.html#avoid

jacobson863

well if u dont know then u dont go