Castrol Synthetic?
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From: Colorado
RE: Castrol Synthetic?
ORIGINAL: VWandDodge
A Fram oil filter is the worst thing you can do to an engine.
A Fram oil filter is the worst thing you can do to an engine.
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Joined: Mar 2007
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RE: Castrol Synthetic?
fram filters have the highest rate of failure of any brand, their junk rubber diaphragm anti-drainback is highly prone to getting stuck open, so oil doesn't get filtered at all. there was a filter study done a while back comparing most of the major brands. napa gold, wix and purolator pure one filters were at the top of the quality scale with the best materials and amount of filter material inside, with others like the fram and pennzoil filters at the very bottom.
around here, wix filtersand purolator pure one filters are less than a dollar more expensive than fram, so that's what i buy.
around here, wix filtersand purolator pure one filters are less than a dollar more expensive than fram, so that's what i buy.
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RE: Castrol Synthetic?
Castrol syn is all I have ever put in my truck. When I had the vavles off there was no sludge and the engine was nice and clean inside. I only run a full syn though. I have heard the same about fram filters that they are junk.
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Joined: May 2005
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From: Central Oklahoma
RE: Castrol Synthetic?
ORIGINAL: OlsenG_360
fram filters have the highest rate of failure of any brand, their junk rubber diaphragm anti-drainback is highly prone to getting stuck open, so oil doesn't get filtered at all. there was a filter study done a while back comparing most of the major brands. napa gold, wix and purolator pure one filters were at the top of the quality scale with the best materials and amount of filter material inside, with others like the fram and pennzoil filters at the very bottom.
around here, wix filtersand purolator pure one filters are less than a dollar more expensive than fram, so that's what i buy.
fram filters have the highest rate of failure of any brand, their junk rubber diaphragm anti-drainback is highly prone to getting stuck open, so oil doesn't get filtered at all. there was a filter study done a while back comparing most of the major brands. napa gold, wix and purolator pure one filters were at the top of the quality scale with the best materials and amount of filter material inside, with others like the fram and pennzoil filters at the very bottom.
around here, wix filtersand purolator pure one filters are less than a dollar more expensive than fram, so that's what i buy.
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Joined: Jul 2006
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From: PA
RE: Castrol Synthetic?
Purolator is a good filter as hastings , castrol oil is a good oil along with mobile , amsoil .. just like others with fram they had there problems. bobistheoilguy is the website , but be warned alot of amsoil dealers are on that board..
Captain
Joined: May 2007
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From: Clearwater, FL
RE: Castrol Synthetic?
I saved that oil filter article in my fav's. It's a long read if you're interested.
http://people.msoe.edu/%7Eyoderw/oil...y.html#acd-pf2
http://people.msoe.edu/%7Eyoderw/oil...y.html#acd-pf2
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From: Upstate NY
RE: Castrol Synthetic?
ORIGINAL: padodgeram
bobistheoilguy is the website , but be warned alot of amsoil dealers are on that board..
bobistheoilguy is the website , but be warned alot of amsoil dealers are on that board..
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/
