Originally Posted By: Motorking
Originally Posted By: Poohbah
A couple questions from a Newbie:
Do these Fram High Mileage filters really do anything? Will they help condition seals or reduce oil consumption? I have an 02 Civic that is using oil.
How long can you run them? Fram doesn't specify unlike their other filters.
Thanks!
PoohBah,
Most here know I work at FRAM. Let me explain what the HM filter and is not. It's delivery system is a direct offshoot of a filtering system we developed for class 8 trucking fleets when they started experiencing shortened drain intervals due to soot agglomeration in the engine oil due to the addition of EGR systems to large diesels. We decided to sell it in the Pass car market when many oil companies started pushing HM oils. What the additives does is keep acid balance (PH) in check on engines that have some piston ring blow by. It also contains seal conditioning additives as well. Otherwise it is identical to the standard Extra Guard filter. If you have a clean well maintained engine that is not using oil, you should use the EG or XG filter. If you have an oil burner/leaker, there is a benefit. These filter will go 5K OCI. OK, let the trash talking begin and Happy New Year to all the BITOGers out there/