Did Fram switch back to nitrile adbvs?
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Yes ... but typically updates to website info isn't always very fast. But as mentioned above, if nobody is finding black ADBVs in the EGs right now then it was probably a short term thing when they were found with black (nitrile) ADBVs.
I also heard through the grapevine here at work that Fram recently reduced the amount of media in the EG by about 10%. Say they can still meet the spec and mileage ratings without it, and trying to keep costs under control to continue being able to meet the price point.
You didn't mention the filter for $1 more.
That was the Microgard Select oil filter, I believe.
They're $10 at my local Oreillys. I can get Fram Ultras for <$7 on Amazon S&S. That would make no sense whatsoever.
You're not wrong, they are a little more expensive. But man, oh man, they're built like brick outhouses!
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Yeah it's a bad-a looking filter, inside and out! $9 at the local "O". TG at the local WM is now $8.
The TG's for all my vehicles are still just $6.82 at Walmart. $8.97 for XG. Ouch TG being $8.
So's the Fram Ultras.
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Funny because the day before I went filter shopping, they were still $6. Next day when I went to go buy one, they were now $8. I was like, NOPE.
So do the current XG's still have silicone?
Yes ... doubt they could say it's rated for 20K miles if the ADBV was nitrile.
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I was thinking to myself that day I was filter shopping, it's too bad they're sealed because I was curious if they had changed the XG as well. TG was always my "go-to". If they were still $6 I'd keep buying them.
Correction, OG Ultras. I'm out with the jury on the "new and improved" design.So's the Fram Ultras.
That's yo fault. Don't project onto us cool people.Correction, OG Ultras. I'm out with the jury on the "new and improved" design.
Most consumers probably don't know the difference anyway.
I have two Fram Extra Guards I just bought for some mowers I have to service. One is a PH3614, the other is a PH4967. Both bought from Amazon. The PH3614 has a silicone ADBV, and the PH4967 has a purple ADBV that I can't really tell what it is.
