Fram TG6607 differences?

[jackson83]

So now that I finally cut my oil filter of course it is the one that increases my paranoia of filter quality,

Long story short I have a few left over TG6607s and 2 currently on vehicles. I cut my first used filter today and noticed something was off.

Last I checked I was pretty sure Fram TG6607 ( Im aware that different models have different builds but this for this one specifically) had metal cores and the base orange had the nylon core unless something changed which felt suspicious.

So I pulled another unused one and it does indeed have a metal core which begs the question why such a difference to begin with.. I mean not that it matters anymore considering but still feels like a pretty significant build change that should've been noted somewhere. Interesting enough the older 2017 date (not manufacturing but at least its some sort of an indicator when copyright year was updated) has a metal core while 2019 seems to have downgraded.

 

[jackson83]

Incase the question comes up, these were bought in late 2024-early 2025 at walmart before all the shenanigans so Id like to think theyre relative newish and not a random decade old filter that was sitting in my garage considering walmarts volume of its inventory movement.

 

[DannyM]

Incase the question comes up, these were bought in late 2024-early 2025 at walmart before all the shenanigans so Id like to think theyre relative newish and not a random decade old filter that was sitting in my garage considering walmarts volume of its inventory movement.

First Brands had been flipping production around on some Fram filters for a while before they went under so you would see either your E-Core or the metal core build at random on at least the Extra and Tough Guard and not sure about the others.

 

[fantastic]

Thanks for the cut. The first pictures were the latest build style before they closed down.