Fram oil filters are by far the worst out there, and they are under the allied signal corporation. Amazing how a once excellent manufacturer has gone to crap with their prodcut. The Honda oil filter is a quality prodcut. Cut one open and you can see the filter surface area and the other good features of their filters.
Its funny, but I didn't realize until a couple of years ago that Fram made such crappy filters. I've seen quite a few different reports (some formal, some not so) comparing filters and it is pretty universally accepted that they make some of the cheapest. Now I know.....
Until then I used them 95% of the time with apparently medicore results.............
'89 C1500 175,000miles and still going strong
'94 K2500 Turbo Diesel 375,000miles (still running strong when I sold it)
'90 Celica 272,000 and motor still solid at trade in
'96 Blazer 180,000 and motor still strong at trade
I must have been lucky.......
(I am pretty religious on maintenance)
I DON'T use them anymore because of what I have read, and after you cut one open and then do the same to a NAPA gold or a Purolator One or a OEM filte, Stevie Wonder can see the difference.........
For 3 or 4 bucks difference in price it's just not worth the risk to me.
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