Home Brew Engine Oil Filter Comparison White Paper
The article is dated but provokes thought about which oil filter brands should be avoided. Makes for an interesting read... http://www.austincc.edu/wkibbe/oilfilterstudy.htm
Forum Discussion
MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
The thought was to provoke the subject not a definitive survey. The Mobil 1 filter supposedly uses a rubber based filtering media. I am not enamored with "Gohner" brand of filters down here. Fram is ubiquitous, I consider the brand to be the "Yugo" of oil filters.
I am getting ready to order filters through Rock Auto, and Mobil 1 looks like it is worth considering for oil filtering. Baldwin as well.
Fram and Baldwin are both approved and in fact encouraged by many vehicle manufacturers who have no interest in early filter failure creating warranty work. Also All three big diesel engine mfg's, Cummins, Detroit Diesel, and Cat all approve and recommend Fram and Baldwin.
I used Frams on my Mercedes Diesel for years and put 300,000 miles on it with NOT an single engine problem.
To say that Fram is the Yugo of filters is flying in the face of reality it seems to me.
In all my life I have never seen or heard of an engine failure due to an oil filter that was properly installed. The only ones I have known to cause problems are the toilet paper roll ones which have been totally discredited and are NOT recommended or approved by any manufacturer.
