Fram TG 9 months, 4k miles. Rust!
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I live where there is grossly excessive use of road salt and the filter on my ECHO hangs down just inches from the road. I do use Fram filters sometimes and holy cow I've never seen anything like this. I go 10K on the filter sometimes and those pictures are worse than anything I have ever seen.
I’d say fikter did ok but I haven’t saw media pics. What oil and filter went back in and on?
Thank You sir
Maybe there was a batch which got contaminated prior to paint.
Looking at this filter and thinking about how I normally see 95+ psi of oil pressure at start up..... I see puddles and pain. Glad it stayed together for you.
I've never been that impressed with Fram paint.
I notice a couple of things, it almost looks like a dent in the can. Look above the M in the grippy stuff.
I notice a couple of things, it almost looks like a dent in the can. Look above the M in the grippy stuff.
Rust seems to radiate from the grippy stuff. Did that application damage the finish?
Was a strap wrench used to tighten damaging the finish?
NE salt and sand can do a number on metal parts/areas. Was topic TG a bit moisture/condensation or rust predisposed before installation? Possible too. Whatever the case, rust did a job. Almost looks like the grippy stuff trapped/held some of the salt water under it, and rust spread from that area.
August 2019 was pre covid.
I have 2 thoughts based on the pics. From the grip it seems like it maybe got very very hot?
Possible defective steel from the start. It happens more often than you think - remember the toyota tacoma rusty frame fiasco?
Wow that's bad. 
I wonder if the filter is in a location where it gets direct salt spray from the wheel wells?
I wonder if the filter is in a location where it gets direct salt spray from the wheel wells?
Maxlife high mileage semi 10w30. Another TG went back on. Pics of location.
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If the salty spray got underneath the Sure Grip it could do it-I had an XG3600 get hit by a rock & there is ZERO paint underneath it.
As Richie Ashburn used to say, "Hard to believe, Harry (Kalas)."
I'm just saying-I had an OG Ultra XG3600 that caught a rock in the dome area & chipped off some Sure Grip-that thing was rusting pretty darn fast, and it wasn't very thick to begin with!
