fram filters - NJFBOA - Home of New Jersey's Camaros and Firebirds

woodchip525 · 09-18-2009, 07:26 PM

hey, whats all the talk about fram oil filters being junk? ive used them for years on my regular cars with no problems. but im almost finished putting my new motor in my camaro and i start hearing all this stuff. if fram is not the way to go what is the filter of choice? thanks

gotmudnj · 09-18-2009, 07:27 PM

i use ac delco or puralator or however you spell it.

SamhainZ28 · 09-18-2009, 07:34 PM

http://people.msoe.edu/~yoderw/oilfi...lterstudy.html

theres a comparison between a couple of popular filters. Fram is teh suck IMO.

S.J.SLEEPER · 09-18-2009, 08:03 PM

ac delco or wix filter only !!!! unless you want to take the chance of that new motor being junk. no b.s. just trust the recommendation.

unstable bob gable · 09-18-2009, 10:41 PM

WIX FTMFW!!!!

WildBillyT · 09-20-2009, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by woodchip525

hey, whats all the talk about fram oil filters being junk? ive used them for years on my regular cars with no problems. but im almost finished putting my new motor in my camaro and i start hearing all this stuff. if fram is not the way to go what is the filter of choice? thanks

There is no question that Fram filters do in fact filter oil and do their job. Plenty of their stuff is in use. But there are many filter brands that do a BETTER job.

MonmouthCtyAntz · 09-21-2009, 07:09 AM

I had a bad experience w/ one on my LS1...im sure I ran them on my dd in the past and never had a problem. I wouldnt reccomend them on a performance oriented car.

sweetbmxrider · 09-21-2009, 07:14 AM

i've run into issues with them before. simple issues but still, not something i'd expect to see so often

MonmouthCtyAntz · 09-21-2009, 07:54 AM

But it all comes down to why buy fram when you can pick up a 4 dollar acdelco at any autozone or advanced...

WildBillyT · 09-21-2009, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by MonmouthCtyAntz

But it all comes down to why buy fram when you can pick up a 4 dollar acdelco at any autozone or advanced...

Yeah, that's my point as well. I ran FRAM filters for a while, and when I switched to K&N I noticed my oil pressure fluctuating a lot less on the gauge. Not a big deal, but hey, enough for me to notice.

SilverDropTop · 10-08-2009, 03:13 PM

Another vote for K&N. I use them on my car and truck.

FlyingDutchman · 10-08-2009, 05:28 PM

i only run FRAM.

ZeroCool8891 · 10-08-2009, 08:17 PM

i never had a prob with fram, been using them for years.

91chevywt · 10-08-2009, 09:24 PM

This has been discussed here a lot. Fram is probably the crappiest oil filter you can buy especially for what you pay. For almost the same money you can buy a wix or napa filter of much better quality.

EchoMirage · 10-08-2009, 09:34 PM

delco doesnt make their own oil filters anymore. champ lab does. just because it says delco on it doesnt mean its the best for GM cars. it is NOT a good filter, and i would never use it on anything i own.

this has been updated with 2008 info
http://www.knizefamily.net/minimopar....html#champion

FlyingDutchman · 10-08-2009, 09:35 PM

reading fail.

BigAls87Z28 · 10-08-2009, 10:13 PM

There is no such thing as "AC Delco" anymore. AC Delco is like Duralast, Craftsman, Kenmore, etc etc...its just a label.

Tru2Chevy · 10-09-2009, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by 97camaro

i only run FRAM.

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Originally Posted by 97camaro

http://kandn.com/images/l/RU-5168.jpg

j/k i use a k&n cone filter

You do know that this is about oil filters, right - not air filters?

- Justin

7pointoh · 10-09-2009, 11:01 AM

I use fram tough guard. No problems here.

MonmouthCtyAntz · 10-11-2009, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by 7pointoh

I use fram tough guard. No problems here.

Yea threw one on my gf's corolla the other day...so far so good.

unstable bob gable · 10-12-2009, 07:20 PM

Some lazy buttweezel sent his fat wife into Auto Bone yesterday, looking for a Quaker State earl filter. We don't carry Quaker State earl filters, so I told Queen Kong her lazy hubbski was SOL. So 3 chins Sally DEMANDS that I tell him so, and shoves her cell phone into my puss. The phone smelled like bacon, btw. Anywho, Mr Personality gets all huffy with me, and says "I JUST NEED AN EARL FILTER! I DON'T CARE WHAT BRAND!" So, I hang up on him, tell Ms Piggy she should also consider getting him some manners at the manners store, and git her a Fram earl filter so her fat azz can get back to terrorizing all you can eat buffets. Well, about an hour later I look out the door and think I see a low flying weather balloon, but it was just Fatty Patty rollin' back in. She then comes up to me and says "HE didn't want a Fram!" Wellllllllllllllll, I tell her HE shouldn't have said HE didn't care what brand then, and that I'm a 'lil sick of this drama. Why not cut to the chase next time and tell HIM to get HIS lazy azz off the couch and go pick up HIS own parts? So, I take back the Fram, and give her a top o' the line STP filter!

Moral of the story? Even IDIOTS don't approve of Fram earl filters!

MonmouthCtyAntz · 10-12-2009, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by unstable bob gable

Some lazy buttweezel sent his fat wife into Auto Bone yesterday, looking for a Quaker State earl filter. We don't carry Quaker State earl filters, so I told Queen Kong her lazy hubbski was SOL. So 3 chins Sally DEMANDS that I tell him so, and shoves her cell phone into my puss. The phone smelled like bacon, btw. Anywho, Mr Personality gets all huffy with me, and says "I JUST NEED AN EARL FILTER! I DON'T CARE WHAT BRAND!" So, I hang up on him, tell Ms Piggy she should also consider getting him some manners at the manners store, and git her a Fram earl filter so her fat azz can get back to terrorizing all you can eat buffets. Well, about an hour later I look out the door and think I see a low flying weather balloon, but it was just Fatty Patty rollin' back in. She then comes up to me and says "HE didn't want a Fram!" Wellllllllllllllll, I tell her HE shouldn't have said HE didn't care what brand then, and that I'm a 'lil sick of this drama. Why not cut to the chase next time and tell HIM to get HIS lazy azz off the couch and go pick up HIS own parts? So, I take back the Fram, and give her a top o' the line STP filter!

Moral of the story? Even IDIOTS don't approve of Fram earl filters!

Had an stp on my dd, swapped it out on the last change yesterday w/ a puralator and some penzoil high mileage.

Azmedian · 10-12-2009, 08:29 PM

Ive never had a problem

BigAls87Z28 · 10-12-2009, 10:13 PM

Fram regular and STP are both equally worthless.
Fram Tough Guard is, I belive, made by someone different then the standard Fram.

I think im gunna wait for the Castrol EDGE deal to come back. With the Ecotec cartridge filter, it really doesnt matter.

LTb1ow · 10-12-2009, 10:37 PM

I have a brand new Fram filter for sale.