Friends don't let friends use Fram
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Hi folks, This is my first time on this subject of oil filters. Back in 1989 I bought a new Honda Civic for comuting about 90 miles per day. I bought one of every oil filter available around where I lived and used them and then cut them apart to see how they were made. The fram filter was so cheaply made I swore off them right then and there. I finaly settled on Wix or Honda brand filters although AC brand filters were made like the better Wix and Honda brand but about half price. I can't say how well the media filtered on each brand but I can say that I didn't trust the Fram. On another Note I stopped by the NAPA dealer in town to get a new filter for my Excel mower with a 4cyl Ford industrail engine and they have NAPA GOLD filters on sale for 1/2 price for the next two weeks! I stocked up right then and I'm going back when he restocks next week. FWIW I had been using the Motorcraft FL 400S filter on my mower and I read in the master catalog that the "S" means Silicone ADBV and I noticed it was a red or orange color. With the 1/2 price sale I paid $3.50 for the NAPA GOLD about the same as the Motorcraft. Go getum.
None of my friends use fram oil filters not even my relatives
. One of my friends swears by supertech oil filters and that is fine by me. I happen to be a purolator,wix and champion labs made filter fanatic
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NAPA seems to carry arange of oil filters
silver at $4, Gold at $7 and "beck arney premium" at $12.
What is the beck arney??
silver at $4, Gold at $7 and "beck arney premium" at $12.
What is the beck arney??
My dad takes his car to wally world to get his oil changed and he asks them to put a, supertech oil filter instead of a fram, not because of all the anti-fram stuff going around...he gets a $1.88 credit on the oil change since the supertech is cheaper.
What's funny about that is, your dad is actually getting a much higher quality filter. And in his mind he probably thinks it's really an inferior filter to Fram because of the $1.88 credit. In this case, someone''s actually doing his car a favor by cheapskating! Cool!
The only cardboard components that belong in my car are:
1) A six-pack carry pack and;
2) A Big Mac container
1) A six-pack carry pack and;
2) A Big Mac container
In my youth 30 years ago Beck Arney was an importer of foreign auto parts. They put their name on the boxes. I don't think they actually made any parts themselves. So you could possibly get multiple manufactures for the same Beck Arney part #. But maybe 30 years later it's different
Whimsey
Fram PH3614: $4.49-5.00
Toyota 90915-YZZD3:$4.50
all prices quoted at Kragen in Pinole and Hanlees Hilltop Toyota in Richmond.
Toyota 90915-YZZD3:$4.50
all prices quoted at Kragen in Pinole and Hanlees Hilltop Toyota in Richmond.
Yup the best filter for your car and the worst food for yourself
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