Originally Posted by JEFF69Z28
FINALLY HAD CHANCE TO CHECK OIL $ FILTER FOUND 2 SMALL NEEDLE BEARINGS IN FILTER.OIL LOOKED GOOD AFTER STRAINING IT.INSERT MAGNET INTO OIL PAN FOUND SOMETHING IN BOTTOM OF PAN,GOING TO PULL MOTOR NEXT WEEK,I WONDER WHAT IT IS.......
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THE FRAM FILTER WAS COLLAPSED NEVER AGAIN WILL FRAM JUNK GO ON ANY OF MY VEHICLES!! AND YES IT WAS A FRAM RACING FILTER.
Not trying to beat you up because I do feel bad for you, but no way would I use
any fram product knowing that they know they have had a poor filter for over 10 years and still selling it everyday. They would rather spend millions on advertisment and sell a poor product than build a better filter. I would not buy a Fram racing filter if it was proven to be the best filter in the world. I will stick with Wix who has had a good racing filter for years.
BTW it was probably about 1985 or '86 and a guy I knew had a Wix filter come apart on a 302 in a Maverick. I don't know if it was the parts store that sold it ( local store called Mr. Auto Parts now is a Napa) or Wix, but they paid to have his motor rebuilt. I was scared to use a Wix for years, but that is the only time I have ever heard of a Wix going bad and they made it good so that should say something about them.