Hyundai oil filter vs Fram orange can

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Originally Posted By: Oldasco
I don't fully understand Hyundai's TSB recommending using only their brand oil filter...are all oil filters other than Hyundai OEM oil filters flawed, or is the design of Hyundai vehicles flawed. If I use a Purolator oil filter instead of a Hyundai OEM filter in my new Sonata, is the engine going to blow and me getting stuck with a non warranteed financial mess.


This TSB has been discussed in numerous threads here in the past to the point of ad nauseum and gets misconstrued in so many ways.

The first fact is the TSB is written for dealership service advisers and mechanics, not the general public. It only advises what the dealer service department is to do in case of any of the symptoms as mentioned in the TSB. If replacement of the filter with a KIA/HYUNDAI OEM filter fixes the customer complaint, then it is obviously not a warranty issue and the customer is charged accordingly.

The TSB does not say that you can not use and aftermarket filter, just that they only recommend their OEM filter as that is the only one they test for their vehicles. You would get the same line from Ford/Motorcraft, GM/AC-Delco and any other vehicle maker.

KIA/HYUNDAI can not deny warranty claim for just the simple fact of finding a aftermarket filter on your vehicle, they have to prove that the aftermarket filter actually caused the damage in question. Use of a OEM filter removes this shadow of doubt though. If KIA/HYUNDAI actually required 100% compliance of OEM parts to maintain warranty, then by law they would have to provide that part for free and the last time I checked, my local KIA was not giving out free filters.

The simple fact is that not all filter makers have correctly applied or made a filter to meet the requirements of KIA/HYUNDAI but have cataloged some filters that just "fit" and seem close enough but are not always foolproof. These are usually easy to spot when it is the same filter part number that is used on mid to late 1990's Honda 4 cylinders that have lower bypass specs than what the KIA/HYUNDAI engines require.

 

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Originally Posted By: The Critic
Originally Posted By: wolf_06
Originally Posted By: The Critic
The orange can has better efficiency than most OEM oil filters.

I would not hesitate to use the orange can for the 5k intervals.
how can you measure that?


This was posted by Fram's technical manager on a paid forum that I am on:

"FRAM's least expensive filter has 96% single pass
efficiency. What that means is it removes 96% of all dirt in
the 5-20 micron range the first time the oil goes through
the filter. Most OE filters are in the 50-60% range. That is
for our least expensive filter. Our Tough Guard filter has
99% single pass efficiency, all silicone antidrain back
valves, a stainless screen over the bypass valve. Mack
trucks is the only OE that offers a million mile warranty,
we are OE on Mack. Honda and Subaru are fairly well known
for reliable, long lasting engines, we are OE on these. None
of the internet experts ever compares filter efficiency or
capacity, they do not have the equipment to do any real
tesing at all. We have other even more premium filters in
the marketplace, i have never seen any of these 'cut open"
by the net filter experts either."

The info in this comparison test by Amsoil also supports this (bottom of the page):

http://www.amsoil.com/storefront/eao.aspx?1046189


lol... the comparisons are from Toyota and Honda... not Hyundai.

Until FRAM and independently verify the filter efficiency of a hyundai filter, I will still buy my inexpensive OEM Hyundai filter for much less than cardboard/paper filters.