Carquest Red (Fram) R85372 C&P, 3400 miles

[blupupher]

This is a Fram made Carquest Red 85372 I got from Rock Auto.
It has been on the truck since August of last year, ~ 7 months, but only 3400 miles.
I just can't make myself go longer than that time wise. Ever since I hit 6 months I have been itching to do it.
I drive a lot of short trips (only 3 miles to work 3x a week), but at least once a month I do take a long (2+ hour highway) trip.
Filter looks similar to the other one I cut open last oil change.

Filter:


Date Code (March 9, 2015)


Base Plate:


Inside can (a lot more debris than I was expecting):


No louvers here (well, a few where the seam is, not for oil flow):


Spring


Pleat spacing, not too bad, just 2 that were kind of wide:






And all the parts (including very pliable nitril ADV).


And the new stuff, ST2 filter and Havoline HM 5w-20


I wish Fram, or even Wix, were still making these. They were a great value filter, but with Purolator taking over...


On another note, I was suprised at how much stuff was in the filter.
I had always used a Dremel to cut my filters open, so I thought most of what I saw was from it getting cut open.
Now that I have an actual filter cutter, I see there is a lot of debris in there that was actually caught by the filter.

 

[53' Stude]

Looks good to me

Yeah, Carquest may have sliced their own throats trusting Purolator. Was this ran with the PP/Nextgen frankenbrew?

 

[ejes]

Nice. Thanks for the c&p. I think you absolutely made the right call on the oc based on the time and use situation you describe. I would do the same thing.

 

[blupupher]

Originally Posted By: car51
Looks good to me

Yeah, Carquest may have sliced their own throats trusting Purolator. Was this ran with the PP/Nextgen frankenbrew?


Yup. Also added 2 qts of makeup oil ("used" oil from the Scion, it was PP with 5000 easy miles on it, I call it PP²). I was hoping that it would not use as much oil with the PP mixed in, but it still goes through 1 qt every 1500 miles. I know the Valvoline Nextgen had a bad NOACK values, was hoping that was the cause, since I can't find anyting else (PCV is good, no blue smoke, etc).
We will see how it does with the Havoline HM.

 

[bbhero]

You did a very good job here. Those Carquest red filters were very well built. I agree with you that it is too bad that went to another supplier.

 

[blupupher]

I have a Wix made on on my Brother in Laws truck right now.
I was hoping to get over there and change it soon, maybe tomorrow morning if it stays nice.
I will post that one up too, especially since the last filter did not look too great. Was not really bad, just lots of junk in the filter.