Re: Oil Filters

[TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@cruzers.com>]

> Only a few, just enough to convince myself that this so-call "study" 
> was a
> hoax, probably by a disgruntled ex-Allied engineer.

The study I saw was before Fram's legal pitbulls threat of an expensive 
law suite if the site was not taken down right away.

The web site was a comparison of many different brands of filters.  I 
think there were something like 15 different brands.  Basically the 
person cut the can off the base and unrolled the filters taking lots of 
pictures and measurements along the way.  There were pictures and 
descriptions of the valves as well.  There was an upfront disclaimer 
that there were no actual flow or filtering tests and that the site was 
only a visual and dimensional comparison of the various filters.

One thing he discovered was that several brands of filters, often at 
different price points were made by the same manufacturer and had 
identical guts.

Fram was just one of several brands that seemed a bit lacking inside.  
Rather than memorize the list of higher quality brands i just noted 
that WIX seemed well built and available just about anyplace.  I seem 
to vaugely remember that Chevron & Quaker State filters seemed to be 
better built as well. There were too many filters for my poor brain to 
keep track of so I just fixated on WIX.

TeriAnn J. Wakeman
      Marigold Ltd.
      www.marigoldltd.com

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