Cut open fram with pics

[-Clayton-]

Cut open neighbors fram. He thought I was nuts asking for his old filter. Probably am. Got him to use A supertech though. What do you guys think about it cheap or not?

 

[-Clayton-]

Oh yeah this is a ph8a off his ford.

 

[Gary Allan]

Well, I'll give you the cheap looking part. Did it have any ruptures in the media? Was the ADBV rigid??

 

[-Clayton-]

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Did it have any ruptures in the media? Was the ADBV rigid??

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I'm still a amateur at this. The rest looked ok but I'll double check it real good and get more pics if needed. What worried me was the cardboard on the end It came apart real easy with the slightest touch and appeared to be warped.

 

[Black Thunder]

the whole thing looks warped.

that media doesn't look very healthy


how long was on it on there for?

 

[-Clayton-]

Probably 3k. He's one of those. I'm working on that next and getting him off valvoline.

 

[Dominic]

Nothing wrong with valvoline!! Just Fram.

 

[-Clayton-]

No there's nothing wrong with valvoline, I just don't care much for the prices.

 

[-Clayton-]

Just thinking, my wife would kill me if she saw that oily rag on her washer.

 

[Highroller]

Nice looking washer, not a good looking filter though.

 

[-Clayton-]

The adbv was real flimsy compared to the one In my supertech.

 

[Ugly3]

If the filter was used for 3,000 miles it must have been one filthy engine.

 

[Gary Allan]

Or it took a year of really short trips to get to 3000.

 

[turbochem]

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appeared to be warped.

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Aha!! It's warped!!


How would this prevent the filter from......filtering?

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that media doesn't look very healthy

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Aha!! Health of the media!!

What does that mean?

 

[kanling]

A fine example of FRAM "bare minimum" engineering.

 

[zombie_tech]

Man and I have those things on all three of my vehicles.

I thought Frams were good filters until I found this site.

 

[TallPaul]

zombie, go get ya some of the 99 cent Purolators (after rebate) from Pep Boys and spin them. Then cut open the Frams with a hacksaw. Save em, and then cut the Purolators when they come off and compare. Normal price, I believe the Purolator Premium Plus is about the same price as Fram.

 

[zombie_tech]

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zombie, go get ya some of the 99 cent Purolators (after rebate) from Pep Boys and spin them. Then cut open the Frams with a hacksaw. Save em, and then cut the Purolators when they come off and compare. Normal price, I believe the Purolator Premium Plus is about the same price as Fram.

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The Purolator's are what I'm looking to get for my next oil change. I don't go to Pep Boys, I seem to have broken everything I ever bought there, u-joints, floor jack etc plus they treated my wife like crap when she went in there once.

 

[The Critic]

OK...so since you guys are all dissappointed with the results here...why don't you send these pictures into FRAM and see what they have to say? If you don't want to...I'll more than willingly contact FRAM myself as I'm curious as to their comments on this filter.

More info please....(length of time in use, etc)

BTW, even if the filter looks warped, etc...it may have still been filtering just fine...the filter didn't disintegrate completely. A PC would've helped here in detecting whether or not the filter was still working properly.

 

[kanling]

I don't think FRAM would have much to say about it. From what I see in those pictures, there is nothing "wrong" with that filter. It's not pretty, but I don't see anything that counts as a failure. It did what it was supposed to do.

If I were FRAM, I would say that it "meets or exceeds requirements... la la la" and that "we make higher-grade filters for those who demand the utmost performance".

As a user, I can easily find a $2 filter that looks twice as good as this sad thing. So, if FRAM cost only a dollar, maybe I would buy one.