I've been lurking here for years and this is my first post. I felt like I had to do something to clear up some misconceptions stemming from a recent post about someone finding a "used" fram ultra filter at walmart.
No, I don't work for fram. I just happened to have purchased 5 new fram ultra's for my mitsubishi so I have a bunch of samples here to check out. The filters I have should (with changing it out every other OC) be enough to take my car almost to 100k.
Anyway, onto the business. I actually returned the fram TG and exchanged it for the Ultra because of what I read on this forum (might as well have the best). When I examined the filters, the inside appeared to have a thin film of protective oil on the metal, it's not oil. However, the seal is dry. What appeared to be "used oil" around the plate is actually some kinda hard resin used to seal the end cap. The marks are due to an appalling paint job, not a filter wrench. Even the rim of the filter looks used but it's actually just honest to god poor quality on the paint. It took me a while to set up a good macro shot of the media but as you can see, it's also dry.
No, I don't work for fram. I just happened to have purchased 5 new fram ultra's for my mitsubishi so I have a bunch of samples here to check out. The filters I have should (with changing it out every other OC) be enough to take my car almost to 100k.
Anyway, onto the business. I actually returned the fram TG and exchanged it for the Ultra because of what I read on this forum (might as well have the best). When I examined the filters, the inside appeared to have a thin film of protective oil on the metal, it's not oil. However, the seal is dry. What appeared to be "used oil" around the plate is actually some kinda hard resin used to seal the end cap. The marks are due to an appalling paint job, not a filter wrench. Even the rim of the filter looks used but it's actually just honest to god poor quality on the paint. It took me a while to set up a good macro shot of the media but as you can see, it's also dry.