Fram Ultra poor construction

[gregk24]

Maybe that was an older Ultra that had the wire backing and through the louvers it made it look like the appearance of wavy media .

It was not.

 

[gregk24]

Especially when you are opening a sealed box

More importantly, how was the Ultra paint job? j/k.

True, however as it turns out I had good reason to do so.

 

[PimTac]

You want straight media, buy DENSO or one of those Siam filters. It doesn’t get any more perfect than that.

 

[Ls1z]

You want straight media, buy DENSO or one of those Siam filters. It doesn’t get any more perfect than

Acdelco ecore is pretty straight

 

[gregk24]

I have a Fram Ultra sitting on my desk. The holes aren't that big to easily see the filter pleat orientation. If you're lucky, you might see a pleat through a hole, but not enough to make a determination with certaintly.

View attachment 109591

An E-core, different story.

Well here is an image of the Tough Guard I ended up purchasing. Just showing proof that it is easy to see the orientation of the pleats if you look.

 

[compratio10_5]

Reminds me of a paraphrase from Yogi Berra, "You can see a lot just by looking". Thanks for the observation.

 

[demarpaint]

Well here is an image of the Tough Guard I ended up purchasing. Just showing proof that it is easy to see the orientation of the pleats if you look.View attachment 109740

No problem seeing the alignment of those pleats in that picture.

 

[bullwinkle]

Unfortunately the NITRILE ADBV is also visible in that photo...

 

[gregk24]

Unfortunately the NITRILE ADBV is also visible in that photo...

Yep, this on on the Tough Guard though. The Ultra did have silicon. I still don’t like the fact that they are advertising silicon and using nitrile.

 

[kschachn]

Hopefully it’s silicone and not silicon.

 

[chrlsful]

silly cone

 

[Eddie]

Until the material is identified by analysis, we don't know what the material is.

 

[DuckRyder]

Until the material is identified by analysis, we don't know what the material is.

Not this again.

 

[ZeeOSix]

Until the material is identified by analysis, we don't know what the material is.

LoL, a burn test is a way to analyze and distinguish between nitrile and silicone.

 

[kschachn]

Never mind. I see DuckRyder got it covered.

 

[UncleDave]

Fav Berra quote - ‘Baseball is 90 per cent mental. The other half is physical’​

 

[Mainia]

You can open Fram box’s from the bottom, they don’t seal the bottom. Made to order for the thiefs at Walmart. I see a swapped out filter about every 2 years. I open the bottom to check that I have a Fram Ultra and not an orange can or Walmart branded filter in an Ultra box.

 

[BrandonV]

You can open Fram box’s from the bottom, they don’t seal the bottom. Made to order for the thiefs at Walmart. I see a swapped out filter about every 2 years. I open the bottom to check that I have a Fram Ultra and not an orange can or Walmart branded filter in an Ultra box.

Don't forget the people who return who knows what in a 5 quart container. Could happen anywhere but Walmart always has a recurring theme.

 

[Vern_in_IL]

You can open Fram box’s from the bottom, they don’t seal the bottom. Made to order for the thiefs at Walmart. I see a swapped out filter about every 2 years. I open the bottom to check that I have a Fram Ultra and not an orange can or Walmart branded filter in an Ultra box.

I thought you could not do that with a filter in the box?

 

[BrandonV]

I thought you could not do that with a filter in the box?

Interestingly the only Fram filter I have handy is a Titanium and the top of the box is open (no seal) while the bottom is glued.