Hello I own a 2020 Subaru Impreza with a 5 speed and it's currently at 46k miles, I recently purchased 5 "PH7317 Fram oil filters" from Facebook marketplace for 10$. I want the very best for my car and I've heard bad things about fram and these "orange cans of death". Will I have any issues at all using them? Or should I keep using the black oem filters, I do 4-4.5k oil change intervals using Pennzoil platinum. Thanks
Should I use PH7317 Fram oil filters or throw them out?
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I should have said that too....But I made a killing at Meijers when they had them on clearance...So I have plenty...
Orange Can Of Delight, more like
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Keep them. You only throw away Frams when they are new......... 
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They’re just fine, don’t let clueless online trolls scare you they just repeat the same tired BS over and over
I'd use them......but.....I have seen many Fram EG's (orange cans) with very wide, uneven pleat spacing. As I've said before....it's amazing that Prime Guard/EcoGard can make a filter with evenly spaced, non wavy pleats and sell it for $2 but Fram has trouble doing it at double the price. At least the Frams don't seem to tear like the other big domestic brand used to do regularly.
if they're compatible with your Subaru nothing is wrong in using them. For sometime OE Subaru filters were constructed identical to the fram extra guard. check it out
You didn’t buy the Wix? Or did you just want to make a post about Fram?
wix or subaru oem
Hello, I recently purchased a new to me 2020 Impreza with 46k miles, I plan to keep this car until either the engine blows or the wheels fall off, I currently have the black Subaru oil filter installed but I can't decide if I should continue to use it or switch to the wix (not xp). I will do...
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While these would never be my filter of choice, there are better options for the same or less money, I also know that there have been literally millions and millions of cars on the roads that have run these filters over the years without an issue. It's quite possibly the largest selling oil filter bought by DIY oil changers in North America.
So my vote would be to keep them and run them since you've already bought them.
So my vote would be to keep them and run them since you've already bought them.
The orange can is rated for 10k.
if OE is best for the Subaru its worth sticking with that after you use up the fram stock. otherwise I would go with the WIX PRO-TEC PXL-57055
If they were that bad I'd expect to have a hard time getting around town because the roads would just be littered with broken down cars. There are millions upon millions of cars running these filters without issue.
Post the date codes, and pictures of any rust (which indicates how they were stored)-moisture & humidity does degrade cellulose filters. That’s why mine are in the attic & not my soggy garage…
They are fine for those intervals. Use them
