FRAM ExtraGuard filter material being sucked out?

[TinyVoices]

Is this a myth?

Back, a few cars ago, I had a 2003 VW jetta 2.0L. It was widely spread in the VW community not to use the cheap orange Fram (Assuming ExtraGuard was the model spoken about) with the 2.0L engine because the filter material would come part and be sucked out of the filter and into the engine. Many people with Cummins also reported this issue as well? Was this an very isolated issue or a wide blown problem?

I have been scared of all Fram filters ever since, but MANY people here seem to love the Tough Guard and Ultra models.

FWIW I just picked up a PurolatorBOSS for my coming up oil change in the MR2 mostly because it looked legit and I like the paint job on it(my filter is clearly visible from the engine bay) and the box.

 

[53' Stude]

Sounds to me like a internet wives tale as I'm posting a EG-3387A off a Silverado with 7k and it did well for the miles. FRAM tough guards and Ultra's are well built

 

[SatinSilver]

Years ago I believe the basic Frams weren't the best. But now their build quality on the basic ones seems pretty good. Walmart probably wouldn't retail them if there were issues. Which is probably why they stopped retailing Purolators. They marked those filters down to .75 to unload them, lol.

 

[53' Stude]

+1000. I even feel the Super a Tech filters are comparable to a FRAM extra guard

 

[mazdamonky]

My vote is it was probably fake, but you never know. It could happen with any filter. I do hear a bunch of guys who swear up and down that a Fram will fall apart in your engine with no basis except what they read on the internet one time with no pictures or proof.

 

[TinyVoices]

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/fram-filters-anyone-having-trouble-with-them.256628/
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/fram-filters-nightmare-story.295635/
http://dodgeram.info/tsb/2001/09-004-01.htm TSB from Dodge about oil filters
http://www.cumminsforum.com/forum/89-93-powertrain/211080-oil-filter-preferance-why-not-fram.html

Some pics and stories here, but I feel the issue may have been overblown. Lots of people on Cummins boards talk about how they messed up their engines though.

 

[RF Overlord]

It's not totally a myth. There WAS an issue some years ago with a certain FRAM filter on the Dodge/Cummins. Cummins warned people not to use that filter until FRAM issued a revised filter (with -A suffix) which was subsequently approved by Cummins.

No idea about any VW/FRAM issues, but I never heard that.

 

[goodtimes]

It was widely blown out of reality I would say. Repeat anything enough times and some people start to believe it. Pretty common tactic these days. I think the Cummins one ended by Fram saying they don't use that kind of glue that was supposed to have clogged the passages, but the other side ignored that and kept on saying the same thing. Sort of like the great center tube louver discussions of 2016. The arguments about the engine failures are still out there, just have to look for facts out of the opinions. Ever since Honda and others have trusted Fram for their OE it seems a lot of doubt has gone away about Fram destroys engines.