Randall, if you're convinced Fram is a great filter, then I don't know if
this will mean anything to you. These are from the first page I got when I
Googled "oil filter test comparison". There are pages and pages of links to
tests. I got tired of looking.
http://people.msoe.edu/~yoderw/oilfilterstudy/oilfilters.html
http://www.corolland.com/oil-filters.html
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1080/oilfiltertech.html
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=15753949
This is a video with several filters dissected - Fram is next to last.
Some of the tenst mentioned a Fram X2 or Fram Toughguard as being OK,
simultaneously mentioning reservations about other Fram filters.
I've seen this same sort of comment for many years. I used to work for
Allied Signal, Fram's parent, and used Frams myself till I began reading
tests. Then I cut some apart myself, and I've never bought one of those
orange boxes again.
Karl.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] TR4 Spin On Oil Filter
>> and they end up at the back of the pack whenever there's a
>> filter test.
>
> Got any examples of that, Karl? I've seen lots of tests where people just
> look at the insides and pronounce them junk; but the only tests I've seen
> where actual filtering ability was measured put them solidly in the middle
> of the pack.
>
> And I've personally been using Fram oil filters for well over 1/2 million
> miles, with no problems that I attributed to the filter. Current
> grocery-getter has some 220,000 miles on the clock, never even had the
> rocker covers off, wears a Fram. Previous one went 250,000 miles before I
> junked it and wore Fram filters from it's very first oil change.
>
> TRs wear them too, although apparently Fram doesn't make cartridges for
> the
> Stag.
>
> Randall
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