I will not use Fram oil Filters period, but I will use their air filters.
During college back in the late 1980's and early 1990's I worked at a independent auto parts house that catered to the small pro garages but walkin public could also purchase there too.
We sold Wix filters which is a premium line (Wix supplies NAPA)
Anyway, We had a display that showed every major brand of oil filter cut apart for a small block chevy engine.
The Fram was well a joke. Cardboard ends and glue to hold everything in place. In my experience glue does not do so well in an oil solvent based environment and even worse when you factor in the 185 to 195 degree heat that most motors run at.
Once the glue fails well you do have the flimsy cardboard to hold everything in place. We did cut apart a Fram just to verify for ourselves and we were sadly disappointed.
I will use any brand of oil filter except a Fram that is metal cored in the interior support structure. I will pass on the Fram every time though for an oil filter. Even Supertech oil filters from Walmart used to be okay but they have since started using a plastic grid support structure instead of the metal so I no longer use those either. While the plastic is better than cardboard, I will stick to Wix, NAPA (which is a Wix), Baldwin, Puralotor, AC Delco, etc. I have no issues with Fleetguard either just no easy access to them short of mail order.
Lots of these newer cars require the special cap filter wrench to change the oil. So once I buy that cap wrench to fit the filter I stick with that same brand of filter so my wrench always fits it.
I use Puralotor the most as I can find them anywhere at a decent price from the autoparts store chains that have the best hours for a working man (i.e open late evenings and open on weekends).
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