New FRAM High Mileage Filter with release

[medic]

I need to be quicker. Today I found Valvoline's new maxlife filter and Frams new high mileage filter. I thought I was the first to find these and got very excited. I got on BITOG as soon as I got home just to find out that I am about a wek behind on both of these finds.

Back on the subject - I always thought that we didn't want to add anything to our oil. And considering that this is a Fram, I wouldn't use it until I knew 100% what this "Gel" is.

 

[pmwalter]

I know how you feel Medic. After I found it browsing the isle's of Shucks, all I could think about is posting it on this site as soon as possible. Is that weird or what?
I believe the box mentioned a TPT gel that is supposed to increase power and improve the older parts of your engine. I think they're trying to capitalize on the whole 75,000+ market.
My question is: Since when did 75,000 become the standard for high mileage? That's nothing.

 

[RF Overlord]

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Originally posted by pmwalter:
Since when did 75,000 become the standard for high mileage? That's nothing.

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I was wondering the same thing. My last 2 cars went 221,000 and 152,000 and still ran fine when I sold them.

Remember, this mystery-gel filter is from the same company, and apparently the ONLY company, that thinks it's OK to put Teflon in their filters...

 

[DaveJ]

Is the Gel pack the same size for a 3 qt sump car and a 22+ qt CTD or PSD? And 75K miles was easy to get to even in thro-away cars like a Ford Pinto, Dodge Dart and Chevy Vega. I still had cross-hatch in the bores of my 78 Diplomat 318 with 180K miles and who knows how many hours idling as it was a cop car. I put over 75K miles on a 87 Dodge Omni 2.2 in just one year. End of RANT. DaveJ

 

[Winston]

An awefull lot of bashing when no one knows what it is. As far as adding thing to our oil? LC is regularly recommended.

 

[unDummy]

Who's willing to murder a bunch of filters to VOA the gel?

 

[RF Overlord]

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An awefull lot of bashing when no one knows what it is. As far as adding thing to our oil? LC is regularly recommended.

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You said it yourself: "no one knows what it is". As I said earlier, this stuff is from the only filter manufacturer that thinks it's OK to put Teflon in their filters. The minute FRAM confirms that this stuff is a gelled version of LC, I will immediately retract my negative comments and skepticism...