Originally Posted by TheRabbit
Originally Posted by cepx111
Leave it to the miltary to buy the cheapest crap they can get there hands on.
I'll try to have faith though, maybe the plain white jane filters were WIX.
I think for the most part a everyday run if the mil street engine probably wouldn't be hurt by a fram but when you run a HV pump zing it up to 6500+ RPMS and use thick 20W50 oil is when it becomes a problem, their media cant handle that kinda flow and pressure and breaks down.
Not to mention their anti drain back valve never works, thats why you hear them rods clatter when you first fire the motor up till the filter fills back up with oil, a good oil filter like a wix or a pure one wont do that .
JMO>Cp
That's not the case with Fram. My 94 Chevy ( 350) with only 70k miles was bone stock when the Fram filter collasped.
Sorry to hear that, yet another example of how their filters have failed.
I used to run them years ago before I was in the know, liek I'm sure alot have.
Back then to me a filter was a filter, never really put much thought into it.
Hell, coming from an era in which I drove and worked on air cooled Volkswagens exclusively and their motors didnt even have a filter, I was sure any kinda of spin on filter had to be a great improvement over that.
I wouldn't put one on my lawn mower now.
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