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In my professional opinion, Amsoil hands down, they have the best filtration media with the least pressure loss.
 
I generally use fram, they're cheap, readily available, and i never wait to find out how well they work after 3k miles or so
 
Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong
Rather use a Tech2000 wal-mart filter then any fram filter.
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LOL, tech2000 filters are fram filters 😉 (rebadged of course)

edit: so are quaker state and penzoil filters for that matter.
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No they are not. They are Champion Labs filters who also make Mobil1, STP, Bosch, etc...
 
Originally posted by: Lithium381
I generally use fram, they're cheap, readily available, and i never wait to find out how well they work after 3k miles or so
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The poll wasn't which filter you use.

It was which filter was BEST

and Fram does not fit that bill, even if they work OK for your daily beater.
 
I use honda OE ones as long as they aren't fram/honeywells. I read a review that indicated the brands that filter very well also suffer a lot of pressure loss and don't flow as well. The honda filtech ones have a nice in between tradeoff.

Cheap also, less than $5 when I buy a half dozen or so.
 
Originally posted by: Marlin1975
Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong
Rather use a Tech2000 wal-mart filter then any fram filter.
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LOL, tech2000 filters are fram filters 😉 (rebadged of course)

edit: so are quaker state and penzoil filters for that matter.
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No they are not. They are Champion Labs filters who also make Mobil1, STP, Bosch, etc...
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I believe they are now called supertek.

Black box. Champion labs filter. $1.88.

nuff said
 
Originally posted by: Marlin1975
Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong
Rather use a Tech2000 wal-mart filter then any fram filter.
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LOL, tech2000 filters are fram filters 😉 (rebadged of course)

edit: so are quaker state and penzoil filters for that matter.
Click to expand...



No they are not. They are Champion Labs filters who also make Mobil1, STP, Bosch, etc...
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What Not To Use: Bosch, STP, and Wal-Mart Supertech
While both the STP and the Bosch filters were at one point good filters, they are now manufactured off shore of sub-standard parts. The filter assemblies tended not to have even pleats and generally less media than other comparable filters. There was also a complete lack of a well functioning by-pass valve. With most filters there is an obvious and discrete by-pass valve, but with these filters the can spring and the by-pass valve are the same. The real issue is that in order for the filter to properly by-pass the entire filter assembly would have to move down during use. That is actually not possible with filter assembly properly seating into the anti-drain back valve. This means that the by-pass will effectively never work. In the center of the of picture below you see the filter assembly (top) and the can spring/by-pass valve (bottom). (The can spring / by-pass valve would flip over and into the filter assembly.)
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Originally posted by: Howard
Originally posted by: Marlin1975
Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong
Rather use a Tech2000 wal-mart filter then any fram filter.
Click to expand...
LOL, tech2000 filters are fram filters 😉 (rebadged of course)

edit: so are quaker state and penzoil filters for that matter.
Click to expand...



No they are not. They are Champion Labs filters who also make Mobil1, STP, Bosch, etc...
Click to expand...
What Not To Use: Bosch, STP, and Wal-Mart Supertech
While both the STP and the Bosch filters were at one point good filters, they are now manufactured off shore of sub-standard parts. The filter assemblies tended not to have even pleats and generally less media than other comparable filters. There was also a complete lack of a well functioning by-pass valve. With most filters there is an obvious and discrete by-pass valve, but with these filters the can spring and the by-pass valve are the same. The real issue is that in order for the filter to properly by-pass the entire filter assembly would have to move down during use. That is actually not possible with filter assembly properly seating into the anti-drain back valve. This means that the by-pass will effectively never work. In the center of the of picture below you see the filter assembly (top) and the can spring/by-pass valve (bottom). (The can spring / by-pass valve would flip over and into the filter assembly.)
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God damn, so STP is crap now? Arrgghhhh.
 
Originally posted by: Marlin1975
Originally posted by: yellowfiero
Wow, Fram kicked butt, even though everyone talks them down!
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I think people were voting for them as a joke to mess with those that don;t know.
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some might be, but i think the majority are victoms of marketing.

AMSOIL is the best, period.
 
Here's a question for all the Fram haters out there....

For the average driver (40-something driving a Honda Accord 10 miles or so to work daily plus regular errands to the supermarket and the occassional longer trip to the beach, etc), who typically change their oil in the 3-5k range at the dealer or JiffyLube, do you really think there's enough difference to warrant specifying a particular brand of filter?
 
Originally posted by: glenn1
Here's a question for all the Fram haters out there....

For the average driver (40-something driving a Honda Accord 10 miles or so to work daily plus regular errands to the supermarket and the occassional longer trip to the beach, etc), who typically change their oil in the 3-5k range at the dealer or JiffyLube, do you really think there's enough difference to warrant specifying a particular brand of filter?
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yes
 
Fram? Good lord people!!! Fram is garbage...total complete garbage!!! Go grab yourself a Wix and compare it's construction to that of a Fram and you will see how much Fram really sucks.
 
Originally posted by: glenn1
Here's a question for all the Fram haters out there....

For the average driver (40-something driving a Honda Accord 10 miles or so to work daily plus regular errands to the supermarket and the occassional longer trip to the beach, etc), who typically change their oil in the 3-5k range at the dealer or JiffyLube, do you really think there's enough difference to warrant specifying a particular brand of filter?
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Yes as I have had them colapse and even had one shot off a car.


FRAM = JUNK
 
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