Recent content by motorking

Hello, I am the technical director at FRAM. First of all, let me address the failure on here. We did have an issue with a Cummins filter that we addressed immediately when the issue became known. We did buy three engines and changed the design of the filter immediately. No truck owner was out...

You win, I surrender to you superior intellect. Have a great day

Because we made about 100 with the wrong o ring and they could leak. Subie oil filters use a "P" style o ring, they are tightened until the metal can contacts the block. In the process of moving production from canada to usa, we did make 100 bad ones and recalled every single one, that is what...

You mean the one recall? We made about 100 subie oil filters with the wrong o ring, recalled and found them all, that is what responsible companies do.

Wow, how did you become such an expert on everything? You sure do not spend anytime researching what your talking about. Look me up, you know my name. Yes, I am a master tech for 33 yrs who gets paid by my company to teach technicians, forum posters, parts guys and others about cars. My shop of...

They most certainly do. The ISO-4548-12 test. Look it up on the Oil Filters Manufacturers website. This is the test all OE's use for filter evaluation.

Boomer, I am the technical manager at FRAM, Prestone and Autolite. I am also a 33 yr ASE master technician with my own shop and a international reputation as a automotive teacher. I have over 400 published articles, teach auto techs all over the world, member of SAE, IATN, ASA and many other...

Really? what kind of engine? Was it a GM? What was your mechanics explanation for why the bypass valve stuck? Because to collapes a filter, it must be full of dirt to capacity and the bypass must be stuck closed. Sounds like poor maintenance, not a bad filter

Gee Tommy, How did that happen? Subaru has no issues with using our filters and yett you seem to have destroyed one, guess you know more than the subie engineers or your car is somehow different?

And I assume you do know that all filter media is engineered fiber as well correct? What is your point?

Spatial, The end caps are not "cardboard", it is an engineered fiber. Today, Mann makes a identicle filter for the Bentley Arnage, a 400k vehicle. Honda, Subaru and Nissan all use the same technology as OE. New Toyota spin on filters have no end cap at all, just the ends of the pleats glued...

Aware, I am the tech manager at FRAM. You should actually spend some time doing reseach. The study you are quoting was revised considerably after the owner of that forum visited our engineering lab. While his study was pretty awesome for something done at home, we showed it has no corelation to...

I sure am. I have been doing technical automotive training and engineering work for Fram, Prestone and Autolite for the last 18 years. I also own a repair shop, motorkingracing, in Shelby Twp, mi. I have been a ASE certified master tech for over 25 years. I am at your service when it comes to...

Good Morning Howard, I am the technical manager at Prestone. We make dex-cool for GM and many other automakers. Whenever you see a licensed dex-cool product (meaning it has the GM logo on the bottle) it meets or exceeds all GM ASTM specs for dex-cool. Despite bad publicity, dex-cool has emerged...