Since I started this project it is scary to see how many failed oil filters come off of the vehicles coming in to the shop every day. I have confirmed two orange Fram's have failed in less than 5000mi this week. They both had the media pushed through the center tube. Not as bad as the pics but there was 1 hole in one and two in the other. The holes were both in the area that Fram's distort in near the lock seam after use. Every Fram we take apart is distorted and damaged around the lock seam, and the ADBV is always rock hard on anything with over 5000 mile drain.
All of the Wix are great filters. I did take apart 1 Napa silver (Wix) that was used on a very sludgy motor and extended drain that the paper had turned brittle and coated with sludge, there were 16 breaks is the paper.
Also of great concern were two Champion built Dodge cummins filters we chopped. Both were damaged where the paper meets the endcap on the closed end. It was torn away from the endcap on three different pleats. I have noticed that Champion seems to be building these filters in two factories. They look totally different inside. We switched to Fleetguard (stratapore) for all heavy duty applications about a month ago.
Also wanted to note that the clicker bypass is a POS. I cant understand how they are supposed to work. It is my opinion that they don't. I hope our new e-core design is better.
Not to bag on other's businesses but from what I see most of our competior lubes use Fram's disguised under many different names like Security, Defense, Mileguard etc. These things are all junk and represent most of the failures we have seen so far. It's too bad that these chains have most of the market segment. There are a lot of innocent people out there suffering premature engine wear, sludge buildup, etc. due to the junk filters but just don't know anybetter. Most really don't care either, they are more concerned with getting it done in 7 minutes rather than 10-15.
All of the Wix are great filters. I did take apart 1 Napa silver (Wix) that was used on a very sludgy motor and extended drain that the paper had turned brittle and coated with sludge, there were 16 breaks is the paper.
Also of great concern were two Champion built Dodge cummins filters we chopped. Both were damaged where the paper meets the endcap on the closed end. It was torn away from the endcap on three different pleats. I have noticed that Champion seems to be building these filters in two factories. They look totally different inside. We switched to Fleetguard (stratapore) for all heavy duty applications about a month ago.
Also wanted to note that the clicker bypass is a POS. I cant understand how they are supposed to work. It is my opinion that they don't. I hope our new e-core design is better.
Not to bag on other's businesses but from what I see most of our competior lubes use Fram's disguised under many different names like Security, Defense, Mileguard etc. These things are all junk and represent most of the failures we have seen so far. It's too bad that these chains have most of the market segment. There are a lot of innocent people out there suffering premature engine wear, sludge buildup, etc. due to the junk filters but just don't know anybetter. Most really don't care either, they are more concerned with getting it done in 7 minutes rather than 10-15.
