Fram extra guard ph3614

[Chris142]

Off our Fjcruiser with 219xxx miles. Filter was on for 4500 miles.

The felt end caps are well glued and centered. You can see witness marks where the bypass valve and baseplate sealed.

I see no light through the bypass valve. You may notice glare from the oil. No light is shining through

No tears. Orange silicone anti drain back valve.

Base plate very thick and hard metal to grind off.

Pleat spacing isn't perfect but worked.

Filter cost $4.64 @ Lowe's.

 

[Corollaman]

Looks good, I've used this filter many times over the years.

 

[Chris142]

Oh I forgot to mention that the filter sat threads down for 2.5 days and did not drain.

 

[Glenda W.]

Looks good. Thanks

 

[Hootbro]

Looks like it did the job. I will take a basic FRAM over a Purolator any day.

 

[slacktide_bitog]

Looks good

What kind of oil did you use? What did you replace it with?

 

[Chris142]

Looks good

What kind of oil did you use? What did you replace it with?

That oil was O'Riley's high milage 10w30. It got mobil-1 high milage 5w30.

 

[factorytuned2012]

Looking good. Thanks for the cut up

 

[OilStainedNapkin]

Hey Chris, all looks good to me- solid construction. Thanks for sharing. Hope all is well!

 

[fantastic]

This one looks good & the sealing spring is great to see. Toyota's being relatively easy on filters so this did well.

 

[Patman]

This was the exact filter that I used on my 1988 Dodge Shadow ES turbo that I bought brand new. Back then I was changing my oil every 3000 km and I drove it a lot so I did an oil change about every 3-4 weeks! I was using Castrol XLR 10w30 which only cost me $1 a liter, and the Fram cost me $2, so my oil change was $6.

 

[Urshurak776]

These filters will never win homecoming queen, but they always seem to at least be part of the decorating committee. Thanks for the C&P