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03-13-2012, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by xjsnake

Haha came home from grad school last year to hear my mom complaining about her car making noise. I crawl under and notice my dad has put a Fram filter on it. I pulled it off and I got about 3 tablespoons of oil out of the filter...

Yep. Hadn't thought about it before but when my buddy loosened the Fram, only teaspoons of oil came out.

But when I start to remove a Wix, Napa Gold, or Mopar, the oil gushes out. I need to have a drainpan under there.

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03-15-2012, 01:45 AM

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I switched the fram out for a Mopar filter after work.Havent noticed any changes but i did notice the lack of oil that was in the filter when I unscrewed it.

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03-18-2012, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Passt

Everyone recommends WIX. I have yet to find one while perusing the store shelves. Where can I locate these fine pieces of work?

They make almost every filter out there,mobil 1, napa, mopar ,stp,pure 1, purelator,etc,etc.

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03-18-2012, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by cruiser54

The sad thing is, you may not KNOW you've had a problem. Low oil pressure, clogged oil passages, oil bypassing teh poorly glued in media. Unless you take them apart or have a catastrophic failure, you'l be none the wiser.

Most of the higher end filters like Royal Purple, K & N etc are made by the same people that make the high quality off-the-shelf filters that are readily available for less money. Like Wix and Napa Gold. Heck, get a Mopar filter at Wal-Mart and you'll be fine.

Read this:

http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oil.../opinions.html

Yup all made by WIX.

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03-19-2012, 02:03 AM

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After reading all these posts and other reviews I changed out my fram today and put a wix in. I noticed about a quarter of a quart came out but I did drive to the store and back. About a mile away. I feel if I waited a few hours I would have only drained a little oil. I do notice a lack of lifter tick upon start up which before I just accounted to a "jeep thing"

Im gonna stick with wix or mopar

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03-19-2012, 06:20 AM

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Interesting. I'm not surprised to hear how little oil came out or that your lifter noise is gone. Thanks for sharing that.

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03-19-2012, 09:48 AM

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Your "jeep thing" lifter tick was the POS OCOD anti drainback not working. The only fram I like is the 30' tall inflatable at the NHRA events. Also I cut an AC delco filter apart a couple of weeks ago and it was well constructed so I say safe to use.