re: Fram Oil Filters

["Denis, Jean" <Jean_Denis@domain.elided>]

 Bruce,
When a filter "bursts" it is usually at the seam between the can body and
the heavy base or the gasket blows out. It has happened to me using Fram
PH8s and I switched to HP1s. And I had been making the same mistake until I
started to work at Fram. But it's not that serious as mistakes go, just that
I consider a poorly designed and poorly made filter as a waste of money
because it doesn't offer the Insurance that I thought I had been paying for
(Fram HP1's were near $20, 20 years ago, and then I found out that they were
identical inside to a PH8, not higher flow or anything). I hate being
cheated. BTW, what makes you think that the PH7 is a "high capacity design"?

Regards,
Jean Denis


"This thread is all very interesting and I wonder if I have been making a
serious mistake over the last 25 years or so.

I have used FRAM PH7 filters pretty much exclusively in my GTV6's, Fiat
124's and Spider 2000's with no apparent problems.  My principal reason for
using this filter is that it is a high capacity design which, all other
things being equal, I feel is the right way to go. I have had long life >
100K engines and no oil related problems as far as I know.  I have always
used Mobil 1 in these cars.

I realize that the PH7 is now an obsolete design and is hard to find and it
may also be that over the years they have cheapened the construction - I
just don't know - however I don't use any sleep over having these filters
in my cars.

I have read stories about burst filters but unfortunately there have been
no details of what actually happened. For example was the case dented
during installation? 

Feedback anyone?"

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