this is why you don't buy Fram filters

[bluuuurr]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/bluuuurr/MVC-023S.jpg

see that little scratch?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/bluuuurr/MVC-024S.jpg

that's becasue there's a crack! left to right....

now look what it made

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/bluuuurr/MVC-025S.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/bluuuurr/blah.jpg

fyuck

[alexchanman]

ugh, thats terrible. you shoulda stuck to OEM nissan filters, go out and get a z32 filter now.

[SpeedMonkeyInc]

Oil all over the place? Totally normal. Oh wait I have a KA-T never mind.

[sideview_180sx]

that's not all fram filters. remember mass produced item, a failure rate always exists. You just got one of the defect ones. Any brand could have that happen.

[mrmephistopheles]

I haven't bought a fram filter in years.. OEM Nissan/Mobil 1/K&N = good.

[Irukandji]

I just buy Bosch filters because theyre cheap and easy to find ($4.50 IIRC at Kragen)


The closest nissan dealer from my house is 35 minutes away. Blah.





I think the only reason why people buy Fram filters is for the no slip grip... it makes it much easier to change your filters..... until you buy a filter wrench.

[Mr. Badlose]

Related link to read if anyone is bored enough:

http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oilfilterstudy.html

[fliprayzin240sx]

Shiet id buy another kind of filter if anybody got the part number for a filter for another brand for 93 sentra.

[g6civcx]

The K&N has a 1" nut on top for easy removal.

Pictures for your viewing pleasure :)

http://g6civcx.angryhosting.com/S13/Tech/filters2.JPG
http://g6civcx.angryhosting.com/S13/Tech/filters1.JPG
http://g6civcx.angryhosting.com/S13/Tech/Filters.JPG

[Muzzy]

since when can u use a Z32 oil filter??

[g6civcx]

since when can u use a Z32 oil filter??

I don't know what he's thinking, but perhaps he was referring to the fuel filter.

[dct223]

shit... i buy fram oil filters becuase they are 3 bux at walmart... been using them since 03 and that never happened to me..

did you over tighten your oil filter?

[krustindumm]

ugh, thats terrible. you shoulda stuck to OEM nissan filters, go out and get a z32 filter now.

um...I'm not sure if they will fit, but if they do they are the same thing. Nissan only has 3 filters. *Big Blue* and 2 smaller white ones. The smaller white ones are interchangeable, the blue ones are not, and that's what 240's use.

[Muzzy]

wow...from that pic that filter looks like junk..less filtering surface. all the others look way better even teh advanced auto house filter.

[mrmephistopheles]

um...I'm not sure if they will fit, but if they do they are the same thing. Nissan only has 3 filters. *Big Blue* and 2 smaller white ones. The smaller white ones are interchangeable, the blue ones are not, and that's what 240's use.
????????
Maybe something has changed since I worked at a Nissan dealership, but having done about 1000 oil changes there tells me that there are more than 3 filters. I recall around 8 or 9.

[Irukandji]

since when can u use a Z32 oil filter??



z32 uses the same exact filter as the 240... the guy just wanted to sound cool by saying z32.

[mrmephistopheles]

Related link to read if anyone is bored enough:

http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oilfilterstudy.html




Here's the important part of that page:
http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oilfilters.html#avoid

[Muzzy]

aw wut a fag.

hey a year ago the mobil filters were huge for teh SR but now they are the same size as teh frams. thas y i used to buy them. anyone else notice that??

[Ricks15]

Thats why fram products cost so little in price:Ownedd: Wow that sure was a big mess that it left too.

[Muzzy]

well...they arent cheap in price really. compared to other cheaper better constructed filters.

then again im goin by surface area...idk about the micron size

[dct223]

okay... from reading that site... no more fram oilfilters for me... haha

[Mr. Badlose]

aw wut a fag.

hey a year ago the mobil filters were huge for teh SR but now they are the same size as teh frams. thas y i used to buy them. anyone else notice that??

Get a relocation kit. You can use an XBOX HUEG SIZED Mobil 1 (with the same adapter as a Fram PH8A, Ford-type I think) like I do.

[sw20>>s14]

hmmm...useful info, but ive been using fram for over 10yrs on over 8 different cars and havent had a single problem...i guess i should consider myself lucky and start using other brands before something happens...

on another topic, bluuurrr, you have the worse luck with your car...first the hks and now this?...

[blu808]

Just so you guys know.

About 6 years ago there was a bit thing with fram filters. They were blowing up hella motors. Heres why.

If you take a new filter and look down the hole, there is a spring in there, the spring is what lets unfiltered oil through if there isnt enough oil pressure, that way the motor gets oil at startup. Then once it starts the spring opens and filters the oil. Well almost 100% of the fram filters never opened, and circulated non filtered oil the whole time, blowing up hella motors, and causing hella plague.


I only run K&N filters in every motor, from my fd, to my truck to my Girls s13.
Small investment.


Btw the mobile 1 filters are awsome. but they are made for the full synthetic low ash content oil that mobile offers. if you run a partial synthetic on a m1 filter, then it can break through the paper and cause probs.

Shock filtering.

[jdm538]

that is a wierd place for a crack it didnt start from the top. i buy (walmart brand) oil filters they work never had a problem with them. napa has those twisty oil filters anyone try those?

[S14DB]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/S14DB/240sx/Oil/OEMapps.jpg

[sideview_180sx]

anyone else notice the frams that suck are the ones other then the original plain ones. Just man up and switch over to a catridge element.

[Nan Desu Ka?!]

yes, fram still blows ass.

K&N/Mobil 1 ftw. i run full synth and either of these filters (whichever is in stock/cheapest) and have never had a problem. spend the extra 2$ and do this stuff right. your engine will thanks you by not blowing up in your face.

[mjjstang]

mobile 1 m103 FTW, and who needs a nut when you got your hands? if your not spending 40+ dollars on an oil change, then your doing it wrong.

[g6civcx]

who needs a nut when you got your hands?

Definitely not what they teach you in vocational school. :) :) :)

[[email protected]]

VG30DETT & KA24DE now have the same filter... The VG30DETT 60U00 filter is no longer in production... If you can find a 60U00 your lucky... buy it...

For SR's... Thats a different story...

I have all the OE oil filters instock... for SR S13, S14, S15 and KA...
(except the 60U00)

Zilvia member pricing applies to oil filters...

And MOTUL Oil Products

[Jefferson]

Motul oil rocks
thats what I use for both my bikes

[krustindumm]

????????
Maybe something has changed since I worked at a Nissan dealership, but having done about 1000 oil changes there tells me that there are more than 3 filters. I recall around 8 or 9.


I'm a tech there now, and we only have 3 different filters.

[A Spec Products]

fram makes OEM honda filters

i use fram on my daily beater cause it has that grip stuff

and its all that is ever cheap enough for the beater

its always either bosch, mobil1, or fram, and hell if im paying more for the filter than the damn oil

[ranisron]

Nissan OEM filter for the win.

Some time I ran Bosch oil filter, but from reading/browsing on the web, it looks like that Bosch oil filter's quality has decreased.

[Phlip]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/S14DB/240sx/Oil/OEMapps.jpg
That is the very one I go to the $tealership every few months and stock up on;
http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/2601/filters8kj.jpg
$5.75 for a quality filter FTW

[S14DB]

I just like to go every time I need one. It's fun to go watch the salesmen go change their pants after I pull in.

[krustindumm]

fram makes OEM honda filters

i use fram on my daily beater cause it has that grip stuff

and its all that is ever cheap enough for the beater

its always either bosch, mobil1, or fram, and hell if im paying more for the filter than the damn oil


Fram does not make OEM honda filters. Hastings (the manufacturer of fram) used to, but now Filtech does. Even when they did, they were made to Honda's specs, and were not just rebadged fram filters. I used to be a Honda tech, right around the time of the switch, and was able to compare fram and Hastings made Honda filters side by side, and did. They were not the same. The Hastings & Filtech Honda filters were, however, nearly identicle. The only ways I found to tell them apart was the manufacturer logo, and the Hastings filters were shrink wrapped better. For awhile you could even specify which filter you wanted (IIRC Hastings filter part numbers were xxxxx-xxx-A01, while Filtech was xxxxx-xxx-A02).

[redsuns3838]

i buy mobil 1 but i always check filters very carefully before installing them after i once had a filter that was missing an oil seal. what a disaster , oil everywhere. luckily i shut the car off like 2 seconds after i started it.

but if u have problems removing a filter, just buy the 10 dollar oil filter pliers...it makes removing a filter a 10 second ordeal. much easier than struggling with oily hands for 15 minutes and making 0 progress.

[jdm_s14_zenki]

I haven't bought a fram filter in years.. OEM Nissan/Mobil 1/K&N = good.
AMS is also a good filter. I will never use fram on my SR. No way no how.

[crazyikimasho]

OEM for life!

[007jpang]

what about nippon filters...are they any good

[koukidough]

wow didnt know fram was this bad. from the pics the have the least amount of filter material. lucky i stick to purolator. its cheap and good with no probs yet.

[wangan_cruiser]

shit... i buy fram oil filters becuase they are 3 bux at walmart... been using them since 03 and that never happened to me..

did you over tighten your oil filter?



thats what i was thinking too

[McRussellPants]

Fram sucks. Everyone knows that.

[midnight zenki]

I was wondering about Power Enterprises mag filters or even the Greddy filters? Does anyone have any insight into the quality or origin of these filters?

[JDMark]

if you must use frams use the tough guard, ive had good experiences with them

[AllenRPS13]

damn, it sucks... thats y i will not use these shitty filter...

[NIK90s13]

We changed oil and filter in a friends car ( to fram) and in 30 min. or so the lifters started ratteling. We changed the filter and the tapping was gone.
Ever notice how many ""orange"' filters you find in the cars with blown motors in the junkyards? All of them!!!! LOL!! I won't use them. Nissan for me.

[ESone3]

Does anyone use the bigger filter? I use the one thats made for the KA... M106 i believe.

[TheSquidd]

Nissan OEM for the win, but I think I'm switching to K&N. SR20 filters are a biatch to get off, 1 inch nut should help.

Fram makes their filters out of recycled USPS boxes and soda cans. Tsk Tsk Logan. Hope you don't run that shizzle on the hatchback.

[SRPILOT]

Only thing i use is Wix it just dont get better. 2nd puraltor, oem, mobil. All napa oil filters are made by wix.

[kensreliableb18b]

was using Power Enterprise filters for the longest time, but have switched to oem cuz u cant beat the price.

[Muzzy]

its not too hard to take off. i go under the car to take it off and use both hands.

[jdm_s14_zenki]

oem filters are dope.

[krustindumm]

its not too hard to take off. i go under the car to take it off and use both hands.


Werd, if it's tighter than what you can get off with one hand, you put it on too tight.

[A Spec Products]

Nissan OEM for the win, but I think I'm switching to K&N. SR20 filters are a biatch to get off, 1 inch nut should help.

Fram makes their filters out of recycled USPS boxes and soda cans. Tsk Tsk Logan. Hope you don't run that shizzle on the hatchback.

Gee, I wonder why you want K&N...

Nah son I got the secret recipe filter on my hatch

It ain't OEM Nissan or Fram tho haha

[KA24DESOneThree]

When I bought the car, I got 12 OEM oil filters. I'm still using them, although my supply is dwindling.

I trust Nissan far more than I trust Fram or K&N, although I like Mobil's products excepting the 75w90 which supposedly eats our synchros.

[sultan]

i use ford motorcraft filters :loco:

[neilsan]

Can anyone vouch for the anti-drainback valve in a Wix?

I use K&N's on my SR relocator, and the oil drains out completely after 6 or 7 hours. this means the motor makes an ugly sound as it fills the filter back up before building pressure.

p.s. i feel bad about using a fram on my lawnmower

[IAM_SO_sLOw]

i would stick to oem nissan its like 6.00 at the dealer... like what 1-2$ more than a frame?

[kouki_s14]

iirc $3.75 if u buy more than 3
from superior at least

[nissantuner22]

mobil 1 ftw.

[dopeassjackson]

well if you buy the shittyest fram filter they sell what do you expect. i use to use fram but i have since stoped due to the fact that i found out that there filters have the highest failure rate. i now use wix filters from parts plus. they have a filter cartrage thats held in by coil springs in the actual filter. cost about $6

[Neejay]

After reading this, I might start going with OEM Nissan filters. I dont remember what I have on there now, but it's not Fram.

[TheSquidd]

Gee, I wonder why you want K&N...

Nah son I got the secret recipe filter on my hatch

It ain't OEM Nissan or Fram tho haha


Hahah. True I guess I do have a bias, but still, they filter as good as a Mobil 1, plus have a 1 inch nut on top, plus don't explode, plus have a safety wire hole pre-drilled in. Who else does that????

I work here, yeah, but seriously we make good shizzle my nizzle.

[jdm_s14_zenki]

anyone heard of ams oil filters? superautobacs sell em for like $12..they say theyre really good but i dont trust their knowledge..anyways i bought one and havent put it on yet cus im breaking in my motor.