Cut open this Fram Ultra XG7317 filter that came off my sister's 2005 Honda Civic 1.7L. The filter was in use for 8500 miles and seemed to be pretty well built.
Fram Ultra XG7317 - 8500 miles
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Looks good! What did you replace it with?
Nice, thanks for the cut and post!
Just a year ago people spit on Fram and praised Purolator...
How the times have changed
How the times have changed
Originally Posted By: Dyusik
Wasted filter. From all the posts I've seen, the 15Kmi rating is very coservative. Its a capable filter. Run it longer. For runs of ~10k run a wix/napa gold.
While I agree that this filter COULD have been run longer...
Wix is only available at OReilly's (in Chicago) and cost between $7-$8.50 per filter.
Fram Ultra at Wally world is $8.97..Not much savings
$1 for a little peace of mind.
if the Wix was $4 I'd say use it.
I'd say it's a wash with current pricing.
Napa gold is $7.49 in my area.
Wasted filter. From all the posts I've seen, the 15Kmi rating is very coservative. Its a capable filter. Run it longer. For runs of ~10k run a wix/napa gold.
While I agree that this filter COULD have been run longer...
Wix is only available at OReilly's (in Chicago) and cost between $7-$8.50 per filter.
Fram Ultra at Wally world is $8.97..Not much savings
$1 for a little peace of mind.
if the Wix was $4 I'd say use it.
I'd say it's a wash with current pricing.
Napa gold is $7.49 in my area.
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More like "How things have changed".
Purolator, especially P1, was pretty good for their cost few years ago. It was the best filter for not much more than $4-5 if you can get it on sale, which happened few times a year. But there were so many tears reported here the last 10-12 months. It's not prudent to buy a possible defective filter, while you can buy an excellent filter for not much more.
We only have Fram Ultra's cut open the last few months, all of them were clearly in better shape than any Purolator after decent miles.
Purolator, especially P1, was pretty good for their cost few years ago. It was the best filter for not much more than $4-5 if you can get it on sale, which happened few times a year. But there were so many tears reported here the last 10-12 months. It's not prudent to buy a possible defective filter, while you can buy an excellent filter for not much more.
We only have Fram Ultra's cut open the last few months, all of them were clearly in better shape than any Purolator after decent miles.
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Yep, I would go 2 OCI's on these Fram Ultra oil filters.
Perfect looking filter.
Looking good, next time run it another 8500
Fram listened to its customer base and oil filter buying public and built an outstanding Oil Filter with metal end caps after all of the complaints. Now Fram has a filter to go the extended distance for long OCI, or multiple drain and fill applications.
In fact, I've never seen a Mobil 1, Purolator Synthetic, Bosch Distance Plus, Royal Purple, Wix Synthetic along with the USA made K&N oil filters with any failures after long distance runs.
In fact, I've never seen a Mobil 1, Purolator Synthetic, Bosch Distance Plus, Royal Purple, Wix Synthetic along with the USA made K&N oil filters with any failures after long distance runs.
This seems to be a good filter i like those oil inlet holes it gives the "impression" that it flows real well. Fram ultra seems to be a good premium filter at an ok price. I have used a few on my own vehicles and so far no complaints. We still use the wix at the shop which is a good filter for the price.
We always used purolater until about a year ago after all those tears were reported, i found an old bill from a distributor we used in 1983 when we used group 7 oil filters (made by purolater) They were good jobber filters and we used them until about a year ago, Now we use wix .We cant take the chance on using a problem filter.
I will use either napa gold or the fram ultra in my personal vehicles. We only rebuild engines we don't do regular maintenance or i would offer them.
We always used purolater until about a year ago after all those tears were reported, i found an old bill from a distributor we used in 1983 when we used group 7 oil filters (made by purolater) They were good jobber filters and we used them until about a year ago, Now we use wix .We cant take the chance on using a problem filter.
I will use either napa gold or the fram ultra in my personal vehicles. We only rebuild engines we don't do regular maintenance or i would offer them.
the ultra is the only filter fram makes that i would use... Take a look around the internet or cut some filters open you should agree.
I just installed that same filter on my wifes CRV with some Pennzoil Platinum.
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