Originally Posted By: jk_636
Originally Posted By: jk_636
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Basically poor quality control and cardboard end caps and you can do better for same price. If the cardboard end caps were so good, they would use them in their more expensive filters
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+1. Frams bottom filters like the OCOD, the "tough gaurd" and the "high mileage" are just overally pretty junky and suffer from poor build quality IMO. They will say that cardboard endcaps offer the same or even better durability over metal ones
, but common sense should dictate otherwise. If a structural component has to get wet, it should be understood that metal is always a stronger option than paper! I will say this though, their premium filters (which have metal end caps BTW) are beasts and I would use those with confidence. In all honesty, if the OCOD had metal end caps, I would use those as well! I may even pay an extra 50cents! But in the real world, cardboard and glue are better suited for childrens are projects, not oil filters!
You say "cardboard" end caps get wet and common sense tells you they will fail because of that? The media gets wet too. Other than synthetic media/ blends, filter companies use paper cellulose for their media and it gets plenty wet..
Your method of thinking reminds me of Volkswagen when they used a metal screen as an oil filter.
Originally Posted By: jk_636
Quote:
Basically poor quality control and cardboard end caps and you can do better for same price. If the cardboard end caps were so good, they would use them in their more expensive filters
My computer decided to update in the middle of this. Moderators please delete my above post.
+1. Frams bottom filters like the OCOD, the "tough gaurd" and the "high mileage" are just overally pretty junky and suffer from poor build quality IMO. They will say that cardboard endcaps offer the same or even better durability over metal ones
You say "cardboard" end caps get wet and common sense tells you they will fail because of that? The media gets wet too. Other than synthetic media/ blends, filter companies use paper cellulose for their media and it gets plenty wet..
Your method of thinking reminds me of Volkswagen when they used a metal screen as an oil filter.