We've seen tons of crossover between FRAM/Champion since the First Brands acquisitions, we ended up with Frampions, lol.
Here's one
@53' Stude cut open recently, it has louvers:
Good Morning filter porn addicts. Filter was off a friends 18’ GMC TERRAIN with AWD and 4 cylinder engine. Oil he put in was M1 0w20 and this filter. Put a Premium Guard filter he supplied and some M1 0w20 EP ahe brought. 74k on vehicle.
Here's a FRAM with the Champion e-core:
I have for your amusement a cut open FRAM PH10575 (E-CORE) that was in service on 2025 Gladiator with 3.6L Pentastar using a Baxter Performance oil filter adapter. Was used for approx. 3400 miles with Quaker State Full Synthetic 5W-30 oil.
Have used E-CORE's in the past with relative no issue but further inspection showed the join seam pleat was no longer fused to the end cap on one end which I speculate is due to the wide pleat spacing. ADBV did have some "Shark Bite" marks.
Replaced with a Precision Parts (Premium Guard) PPG2500 oil filter and Quaker State Euro 5W-40.
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Here's a FRAM Endurance with louvers:
I finally got a filter cutter after cleaning out my garage and finding two used filters that I had stashed away for some reason.
This Fram was run for 2,639 miles from October 9, 2023 to March 3, 2024 when my Camry was at the height of her oil burning. She had HPL EC run through her during the OCI and then I ran a can of BG EPR through her before taking the filter off, according to my records. So, it is definitely not the current stock and aside from some excess glue I think looks pretty good...
Here's two FRAM XG's, one with an e-core, the other with louvers:
Just got my subscription oil filter from Amazon, as usual Fram Ultra XG7317. And it looks completely different from all the filters I’ve used in the past 2-3 years. Here are some pictures. It is ~40 grams lighter. There no metal lining on the inside. The texture of the grip material looks and feels different. All in all it’s very different. What do y’all think? Did I get a fake one?
Here's a FRAM Endurance with mostly closed louvers:
Just got back from Walmart ...
first
second
Not sure which one better, second has metal clips stuck in the metal louvers
Another Endurance where the louvers don't look great:
First time doing one of these on BITOG so I'm open to any criticisms or feedback.
I only ran this filter for about an hour on a Kohler 38RCL 38kW natural gas standby generator with HPL Premium Plus PCMO 0W-30. I didn’t trust it after all the bypass leak reports on here and wanted to do a double change with HPL anyway, so I swapped it out for a Premium Guard Extended Life PG111EX when I did the second oil change. I will keep the PG and HPL in there for a year.
I don't know if I did the flashlight test right, but it appears to have failed. I cut a slit in the dome with a dremel tool...
Thread on the "Frampion" filters:
The three 7317 Fram filters you can find almost anywhere, the Extra Guard, Tough Guard, and Ultra Synthetic, appear to be getting the Champion Labs 13-hole baseplate, dome end yellow dot matrix date code, and e-core design. Unfortunately, the Ultra Synthetic does not get the old wire backing back.
All of these were purchased in 2024/2025, with the new design all being found at my local Wal-Mart. Info dump time:
# - Design - Filter Date Code - Box Date Code
Fram Extra Guard PH7317 oil filters:
1 - Fram Design - A41763 - 5/24 (1)
2 - Fram Design - A42623 - 8/24 (1)
3 - Champ...
FRAM Titanium, some closed louvers:
2024 Denali 6.2L 13k miles
in service 12k miles
out/off: 8 quarts HPL PCEO 5w-30 with Fram Titanium FS10575
in/on: 8 quarts HPL PCEO 5w-30 with Fram Endurance FE10575
looks great, leaf spring was smooth and tight. wish I could find more of these. 2024 build code with wire backing.
There are plenty more examples.