Fram Ultra XG7317 Pixs - 12K Miles & 18 Months

[ZeeOSix]

Fram Ultra XG7317 ran on a 2004 Nissan Altima with ~63K miles. Oil for both OCIs was Mobil Super 5000, 5W-30. Engine is spotless inside.

Ran 2 X 6,000 mile OCIs for a total use of 12,077 miles from 5/3/13 to 11/8/14 (approx 18 months). Everything looked perfect inside.

Last photo is the paper towel "wick trick" to dry out the pleats. Will inspect again with dry pleats and take some more photos to post in a day or so.

 

[toneydoc]

Good looking filter

 

[C1KLTX]

Looks great! Doesn't even look like it has 12k on it. Thats why FRAM Ultra is one of the best filters you can get. According to FRAM it says it can go 15k, I have no doubt it would.

 

[Bud_One]

Looks great.
What's your driving normally consist of ? Mostly Hwy ?

 

[ZeeOSix]

Originally Posted By: Bud_One
Looks great.
What's your driving normally consist of ? Mostly Hwy ?


This is my main commuter car ... 50 miles per day Mon-Fri. Mix of 40% city, 60% highway.

 

[HTSS_TR]

Clean engine + great filter then the OCI of conventional oil can be extended to 7-8k miles with no needed of any UOA and FCI of the Ultra can easily be 15-16k miles without worrying.

 

[gregk24]

Looks excellent! This is the filter my Accord uses. Thanks for sharing.

 

[kozanoglu]

Looks impressive for having filtered oil for so many miles. Wish the filter were a little cheaper.

 

[ZeeOSix]

Originally Posted By: kozanoglu
Looks impressive for having filtered oil for so many miles. Wish the filter were a little cheaper.


Since I used it for 2 OCIs, the cost was basically $4.50 per OCI. Hard to beat that for a filter that is build well and performs great. Plus I saved myself the hassle of changing the filter on one OCI.

 

[David1]

Looks GOOD..... also its DIRTY.... That tells me the filter is really trapping in the DIRT and SLUDGE and keeping it in the filter... ** The way it should be **

I think Fram Ultra is the best Oil filter you can buy atm...

Great price

Easy to find

And they work awesome and can actually save you $...

Thats the Same filter that my Honda Accord uses... the 7317

and I have used the Fram Ultra.... However now I have FILTECH HONDA A01s

However I will go back to FRAM ULTRA when my last one is gone.

I cant think of any other filter that can compare with FRAM ULTRA as far as price and easy to find and you get a hellofa filter for the $...

Im sure people would pay more $ for them.

I mean I go to Wallymart and I see Fram Ultra and above they have Bosche Distance Plus and they are 12$ and the Fram Ultra is like 8$

IMO the FRAM ULTRA is better....

personally I think its under priced and its great that FRAM is selling them for such a great deal.

I mean what TOP of the line Filter costs 8$ and is good as the Fram Ultra ???

I cant think of any.

 

[kozanoglu]

Changing filter when changing oil became a habit difficult to break. If I can keep it on for 2 changes, yes, it pays.
In my neck of the woods ultra is 8.97.

 

[txelen]

Originally Posted By: kozanoglu
Looks impressive for having filtered oil for so many miles. Wish the filter were a little cheaper.


It's $8.97 at Walmart. Not bad at all.

 

[901Memphis]

Good looking filter and props for soaking the filter the correct way!

 

[Sayjac]

Looks good. As long as the engine doesn't suffer from Nissan's precat failure should keep running. This one is maximizing Ultra roi.

 

[KCJeep]

Nice, thanks for cutting and posting. Ultra's can be had for about 7 bucks at AAP using on line codes, and frankly I think they are worth every penny of the 9 Wally's charges.

I am not an extended OCI/FCI kinda guy due to older cars and a warranty, but for those who do the Ultra is tough to beat.

 

[dlundblad]

Looks good. I have one off the GF's brothers car I have yet to cut open. It has a little over 10,000 IIRC.

 

[SilverC6]

Those look like Sparkle paper towels your using.

They are my favorites too.

Much better absorption than Bounty.

I'm glad we agree on something.

No seriously, good looking filter.

 

[webfors]

That filter just makes me smile when I see pics after 10k+ miles. Always perfect looking. Which would you rather use:

ProSelect 27712 & XG7317

 

[DirtyMoe21]

Yet another great looking Ultra! Thanks for cutting and sharing.

 

[ZeeOSix]

Originally Posted By: SilverC6
Those look like Sparkle paper towels your using.

They are my favorites too.

Much better absorption than Bounty.

I'm glad we agree on something.

No seriously, good looking filter.


They are Sparkle paper towels ... good eye.

Filter should be all dried out by now, so will take some photos of the element with all the oil wicked out of the media.