FRAM DRIVE FF 7317 CUT OPEN

[53' Stude]

Good Morning BITOGERS. This filter is from member addictedtojeeps. Was on his 2017 Subaru Impreza Sport with 2.0 engine Was in use for 5,192 miles and 4months with NAPA 0w20 Synthetic.

Looks good to me.

 

[RooflessVW]

Orange can of delight!

 

[SubieRubyRoo]

Thanks for C&P Adam! A2J can keep up 5,200 mile OCIs for the next quarter-million miles and it will look the same!

 

[53' Stude]

Thanks for C&P Adam! A2J can keep up 5,200 mile OCIs for the next quarter-million miles and it will look the same!

Yeah, Subarus must be easy on oil.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

Wow I wish my oil in my Ford could stay that clean for 5k miles!

But where is the base gasket? Did it get stuck to the filter adapter? I ran a Fram Ultra on the wife's car and I could barely get the thing off. The gasket had "melted" to the filter adapter. I had to get out the big band wrench and even then it was a struggle.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

I would say the small port injected FB is about the same as a bigger NA Honda on oil.

The EJ 253 was the easy one on oil because it didn't have two long timing chains and VVTi
Just a dry timing belt

 

[GSCJR]

EJ 253

Never owning a Subaru before, I noticed this also. I'm nearing my first 5k Kms and the oil is fairly clean still, and here I thought the PO must have taken good care of it. Thanks for the C&P @53' Stude .

 

[53' Stude]

Never owning a Subaru before, I noticed this also. I'm nearing my first 5k Kms and the oil is fairly clean still, and here I thought the PO must have taken good care of it. Thanks for the C&P @53' Stude .

You’re welcome friend

 

[wemay]

Looks good, Adam. Thanks

 

[Blagoje]

Yeah, Subarus must be easy on oil.

For the most part yes unless they have a turbo on them then all bets are off.

 

[odie]

Maybe it has to do with the location of the oil filter of the SUBARU . Envy the ease of the filter change .

 

[SubieRubyRoo]

The oil filter is up there on FA/FBs probably because on the Impreza EJs you donated blood every time because they snuck the filter up inside the snake pit exhaust on the passenger side, surrounded by razor-edged heat shields…

 

[ZeeOSix]

The oil filter is up there on FA/FBs probably because on the Impreza EJs you donated blood every time because they snuck the filter up inside the snake pit exhaust on the passenger side, surrounded by razor-edged heat shields…
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The fire pit lined with razor blades ...

 

[ARCOgraphite]

The fire pit lined with razor blades ...

Proper size cup wrench + extension = piece of cake ...once I figured it out
Some crazy guys try put a baggie around the filter to catch the oil and keep it off the cat and O2. If they would just loosen it a little and let it drain a bit first. they wouldn't have an issue at all.

Here I did learn that WIX love to blow oil past their flat base gasket on the EJ. Make it tighter and it gets worse.
Stuck with the constrained P-gasket filters and NP. Ever.

 

[RooflessVW]

Some crazy guys try put a baggie around the filter to catch the oil

I have to do that on the Honda or it runs down the frame.

Not as bad as some other designs though. At least I can reach the filter without lifting the car.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

Maybe it has to do with the location of the oil filter of the SUBARU . Envy the ease of the filter change .

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Nice location for topside R&R if you plan to vacuum out out the DS tube. But that containment cup is tricky to clean without accidentally moving debris into the pump outlet. Also I found the car has a dry start every morning bc the filter empties in a couple hours. I have never removed one of these FB Fram filters and found any appreciable oil quantity in it.

 

[RooflessVW]

Nice location for topside R&R if you plan to vacuum out out the DS tube. But that containment cup is tricky to clean without accidentally moving debris into the pump outlet. Also I found the car has a dry start every morning bc the filter empties in a couple hours. I have never removed on of these FB filters and found any appreciable oil quantity in it.

The Wix ProSelect I used on my BIL's FR-S was full of oil.

Too bad the media was torn

 

[ARCOgraphite]

I have to do that on the Honda or it runs down the frame.

Not as bad as some other designs though. At least I can reach the filter without lifting the car.

my worst OC truck was my 2006 Silverado WT 4X4 with the 4.3 six and a MT. The front axle and frame members were right there.
I recall making a diverter channel out of a old disposable aluminum roasting pan. Accidentally bump something and you are slimed That may have been more of an issue with the drain plug location rather than the filter , now I think of it. But at least it had a nice cast pan and constrained rubber gasketed oil plug.
And NO jacking required.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

The Wix ProSelect I used on my BIL's FR-S was full of oil.

Too bad the media was torn

Interesting.
That is an FA engine, same family but different block and internals.
I always wondered if the 130 Roki would hold oil where the Blue Fram doesnt seem to do so.

 

[ZeeOSix]

Nice location for topside R&R if you plan to vacuum out out the DS tube. But that containment cup is tricky to clean without accidentally moving debris into the pump outlet.

Punch a small hole in the top of the oil filter after hot shutdown for the oil change, and let it drain while the sump is draining. It won't spill a drop if you do that. Trick I've done on filters located like that for the last 30 years (RX-7 and Tacoma).