Was given a Fram Drive FD16. No idea how old it is, and decided to cut it open. Looks decent enough, media was strongly glued to the end caps.
I agree with you on BOTH points lollooks okay, looks to be an extra guard for AAP. i wouldn’t run one but thank you for the C&P
Was given a Fram Drive FD16. No idea how old it is, and decided to cut it open. Looks decent enough, media was strongly glued to the end caps.
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Good Morning JeepMan3071,Was given a Fram Drive FD16. No idea how old it is, and decided to cut it open. Looks decent enough, media was strongly glued to the end caps.
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Good Morning Sayjac,This Fram Drive is a Fram filter. Most applications of the AAP "Fram" Drive filters have been Champ Labs made filters, like SuperTech ecore line. I expect that hasn't changed. As noted, this one looks equivalent to Extra Guard without the silicone adbv, less cost at WM. Though not a filter I'd purchase, looks ok.
I found a video of the Fram factory from 10 years ago. At 3:06 starts the gluing process of the fiber end caps followed by heat to cure the glue. The entire video is very good. The level of automation is incredible.Good Morning JeepMan3071,
Great pictures, thank you for sharing. I valued your comment about the strong gluing. What also impressed me was how neat and uniform the gluing is. With no sidewall of a metal endcap one can see how precisely the gluing is controlled. It would be great to see a video of how Fram achieves this.
The thing here is, as noted most "Fram" Drive are as noted Champ Labs made filters so any specs/ratings they have could be for those. With First Brands, topic FD16 filter 'could' well be an EG (with nitrile adbv thus 7500) by another name. From the standpoint of manufacturing economies of scale that would make sense. Whatever the casetheough, EG by another name with nitrile adbv or specifically made FD element, wouldn't change my purchase opinion.Good Morning Sayjac,
I did a little digging on the Fram website on the Drive model. It has a 7,500 mile rating where the Extra Guards are at 10,000 miles....
I found a video of the Fram factory from 10 years ago. At 3:06 starts the gluing process of the fiber end caps followed by heat to cure the glue. The entire video is very good. The level of automation is incredible.
Another factory video on Fram I found stated that factory produces 500,000 filters per day. That juvenile would need to be pretty fast!First Brands probably sold that fancy machine for cash, and replaced it with a bare footed juvenile with a tube of glue in his hand.
Good catch, that was actually from me pulling on it before taking the pictures.VERY Nice pictures thanks...
Second picture to the top right end cap.
It looks like it separated a bit. See if you can peel it...just saying.. This looks like the PH2 I did.
Champion ecore filters have a nylon plastic center core cage, this filter has the old style steel center core of the original extra guard. The fact that it has a nitrile style ADBV, indicates that this is a clone of an older extra guard design.This Fram Drive is a Fram filter. Most applications of the AAP "Fram" Drive filters have been Champ Labs made filters, like SuperTech ecore line. I expect that hasn't changed. As noted, this one looks equivalent to Extra Guard without the silicone adbv, less cost at WM. Though not a filter I'd purchase, looks ok.