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Mar 28, 2006 | 04:08 PM

bakerboy

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I changed my oil filter (66, 289) with a puralator Pure (nice color blue) and it is leaking. Is ther a better filter? Should I use only Motorcraft? FOMOCO?

Mar 28, 2006 | 04:54 PM

Soaring

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RE: oil filter

Motorcraft and Wix make good filters for our cars. There are more expensive ones to include Amsoil and Redline, but unless you are running synthetic oil, you will be just fine with either the Motorcraft or the Wix.

Mar 28, 2006 | 05:24 PM

ideal_mustangs

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I run Puralotor on mine also. Just make sure you rub some oil on the new gasket. It helps it to seal better.

Mar 28, 2006 | 05:38 PM

highhilleer

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I doubt your leak is a filter problem. Did you verify that the sealing gasket came out when you took off the old filter? If not you've doubled your gasket, a sure way to get a leak.

Mar 28, 2006 | 06:48 PM

serge627

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RE: oil filter

I use a Fram filter in the mustang, and my truck, and my van. Havent had any problems with them.

Mar 28, 2006 | 09:31 PM

19stang66

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RE: oil filter

I read on a website that compared a bunch of different brands of oil filters and they said Fram was the worst.

Heres the link to the thread from StangNet--- http://forums.stangnet.com/showthrea...ght=oil+filter

Heres the link to the website that did the testing--- http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oilfilterstudy.html

Mar 29, 2006 | 10:57 AM

slickman

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RE: oil filter

I agree with Soaring.. Matter of fact Wix filters is one of the best filters out there.. I have a article that goes into details on many filters. I'll out it up on my web site tonight.

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ORIGINAL: Soaring

Motorcraft and Wix make good filters for our cars. There are more expensive ones to include Amsoil and Redline, but unless you are running synthetic oil, you will be just fine with either the Motorcraft or the Wix.

Mar 29, 2006 | 08:13 PM

Soaring

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ORIGINAL: 19stang66

I read on a website that compared a bunch of different brands of oil filters and they said Fram was the worst.

Heres the link to the thread from StangNet--- http://forums.stangnet.com/showthrea...ght=oil+filter

Heres the link to the website that did the testing--- http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oilfilterstudy.html

Yeah, it has been proven over and over that Fram filters are at the bottom of the quality gauge for filters. That is all you can get at Wally World though, so I suggest you not shop at Wally World for oil filters.