I'm another person who cuts open oil filters to see how they are made - so I thought I'd share these for your info.
This all started when we purchased a new 2003 Honda Accord and after prowling around the net, I found that the NTPOG ORG web site that showed photos of a Canadian Honda oil filter that appeared to be the same as a Fram filter. I was really ticked off to discover this, so my friend- a Manager at the Honda dealer, gave me one to cut open to see for myself. Yup - made by Fram all right!!
I then started to cut open other filters available in Ontario, Canada to see what they looked like. Between myself and my friend at Honda, we cut open ~10 different filters. He is making up a display and will take them to one of the meetings with Honda Canada execs to show them the poor quality of their filters!! I will let you know what happens!!
The following posts will show you what I found.
Fram is on the left and Honda Canada over-the-counter filter on the right.
This all started when we purchased a new 2003 Honda Accord and after prowling around the net, I found that the NTPOG ORG web site that showed photos of a Canadian Honda oil filter that appeared to be the same as a Fram filter. I was really ticked off to discover this, so my friend- a Manager at the Honda dealer, gave me one to cut open to see for myself. Yup - made by Fram all right!!
I then started to cut open other filters available in Ontario, Canada to see what they looked like. Between myself and my friend at Honda, we cut open ~10 different filters. He is making up a display and will take them to one of the meetings with Honda Canada execs to show them the poor quality of their filters!! I will let you know what happens!!
The following posts will show you what I found.
Fram is on the left and Honda Canada over-the-counter filter on the right.