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Originally Posted By: wirelessF The TG8755 is made in the same plant as the ACDelco filters so I would have no problems running the Fram TG filter. The Extraguard is made in a different plant since it has different printing and plant codes. Interesting!!

Originally Posted By: Cuda70383 hey i have a quick question.... on the fram filter for my ford 3.0, it has a wire screen on the clean side [maf sensor side]. would this pose some restriction? motorcraft and some others just run a rigid stream of glue for their bracing. any thoughts about the...

Either your fingers are huge, or all filters you have been posting in all your threads(thank you by the way) are tiny.

May be underneath the textured grip??

Originally Posted By: Silverado12 ^^^I wouldn't allow my boss to put me in the ghetto LOL. His cheap a.. would have to pay up! It's the hotel the vendor works with in the package deal. Only other option would be to drive 5+ hours to socal. Sometimes there is no choice- hence the rental car

Originally Posted By: 19jacobob93 Why do people rent for long trips instead of putting xxxx miles on their car? Personally I really look forward to long trips in my car as they seem to blow out the cobwebs and burn off the nasties! It always seems to run much better after a long trip Several...

Removed converters

Originally Posted By: dlundblad Ecore filters get a lot of hate, but I have yet to identify the difference between one of these and a cartridge filter. Both have the inner cages. I never thought of that.. Interesting.

Originally Posted By: KCJeep Originally Posted By: ZeeOSix The oil filter may not drain out however, unless it too is mounted way above the oil level in the sump and there is enough head pressure due to the location of the oil above the sump to drain back into the sump. This is why you will...

Originally Posted By: tratman2000 A lot of people get caught up in adbv most engines the filter is vertical and screws into from the bottom and makes a adbv useless. No, it still somewhat helps contain the oil in the passageways in the engine above the filter.

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Originally Posted By: Eddie Very important to torque it to the correct value +/-0.1 LB/FT. Don't forget the additional 5° you MUST turn to stretch the bolt properly!! J/K. Snug should be fine. If you don't have a leak, you're good.

Originally Posted By: bdcardinal I also had them skip the detail since I didn't want the dealer installed swirl package. Nice!!!

Originally Posted By: Vikas Once again unless you have drive-ability issues, there is not much point on keeping eye on the LTFT numbers. If you get a code or the engine is behaving poorly, you will need to dig deeper. You can trust the computer to let you know if it is unhappy with the LTFT...

What does it do?