Re: Not so slick 50

[John Cunningham <johnc@together.net>]

I believe the big diff, other than filter quality is an oil check valve that
keeps oil up in your hydraulic lifters from draining back into the crankcase...

rochow@pixelmagic.com wrote:

> >problem. However I have used Fram filters on some of my Mechanical
> >dependants and after reading the recent list survey nooo-way will I use
> >em again.
>
> I must have missed that; all I ever saw was "well, they're cheap crap", and
> "I'd never use them". Considering the price differential to OEM Mann/Mahle
> (which is 0), there's no point in risking anything, I guess; however, I sure
> can't tell a difference between my newly bought OEM air filter and the Frams
> I have in other cars (or even the Deutsch, which is the only 5kS fit I found
> locally).
> So, in what way are Fram oil filters (I haven't looked inside those) bad?
>
> -gbr

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