First oil filter you ever bought

[53' Stude]

I first bought a WIX for my 88’ Cutlass Ciera “iron duke” 4cylinder. What was the first oil filter you ever bought?

happy Saturday BITOGERS

 

[OilReport99]

It was a Puro

 

[chemman]

The first one I remember buying was a Pennzoil PZ-1 for my mom's 1967 Galaxy 500. It was 1974 and I was working for the local Pennzoil distributor.

 

[Passport1]

Probably a felt cartridge insert made by BMC or BAP/GEON for my 1960 'bugeye' Austin Healy Sprite. It had a 948cc 4 banger with twin SU carbs. 48 asthmatic HP if I remember.

 

[wpod]

I bought my first oil filter in 1969 and I do not remember. I do remember the filter wouldn't come off and my neighbor helped me.

 

[4WD]

Worked at an Exxon station, so Atlas …

 

[JayhawkRoy]

Motocraft FL1A, for my 1965 Falcon wagon.

 

[wwillson]

Fram PH5 for a 1982 Chevy 6.2L diesel. I wonder how many oil filters I've bought since?

 

[ripcord]

No idea, but I do remember my first oil change was on a 1972 Pinto. Probably a FL1A equivalent if I recall.

 

[demarpaint]

Fram orange back in the mid 1970's. Most likely a PH8A for a Ford.

 

[wemay]

Purolator Classic

 

[chainblu]

A Hastings that I got from a local parts store. It was all they had for the Datsun B210 that was handed down to me while in high school. Definitely not a chick magnet, but beat walking. My Dad was a Quaker State man, so I probably grabbed something from his stash.

 

[BLND1]

Fram Orange Can for a GM 4.3L V6. I used them for years without an issue. “Cardboard” end caps and all.

 

[kstanf150]

The Napa store and a Shell station was the only choices in the little town I grew up in and I worked at the Shell station on Saturday’s

so it was a Napa filter and shell oil

 

[blupupher]

No idea. I know I started doing oil changes as a teen on my '77 Monte Carlo in '86.
I do good to remember what my most recent filter purchase is, much less almost 35 years ago.
I do remember buying both Fram and Wix in the '90's though.

 

[Eddie]

FRAM PH8 FOR MY 1950 Ford 6 CYL flathead

 

[jhellwig]

Most likely a Fram and most likely from Walmart. Also most likely purchased a case of Valvoline 10w-40.

 

[autoapprentice]

Mine was a Mobil 1 before they were all labeled the EP filter. For my 2013 Ford Explorer.

 

[skyactiv]

I think it was a Hastings for a 91' Volvo 740

 

[02SE]

Whatever the shop I was apprenticing at used. It was for my first car (Duster 340 W/4-speed), which I had to rebuild the engine and transmission on (with some guidance). I was 15.