Thread: Fram oil filters - crap or not??

Originally Posted by SlowNA06

In my experience people don't like Fram filters because their friends told them to not like them. I thought the Delcos looked better (and I find them easy to trust), but I don't really know anything about filters. I have read that Fram used to suck bad, have changed, and their reputation hasn't recovered, but I don't know what the truth is to that either.

The Extra Guard still uses cardboard endcaps, a nitrile ADBV, and a cheap canister. They've improved the filter media, I believe, but the construction is still far below industry standard.

As I said earlier, their other lines are better.

To the best of my knowledge, the Delco filters on the market now are Champion E-Cores. They're better than the orange can of death, but not up to the level of Wix/Purolator IMO.