I take my pickup to the same quick lube for years. I have the LOF done every 3000 miles. Use dino oil, no synthetic. I've put over 200,000 miles on the pickup not a hint of engine problems. I'm sure they don't use Napa Gold or Wix. I'll let you know at 300,000 about those paper filters.
I take my pickup to the same quick lube for years. I have the LOF done every 3000 miles. Use dino oil, no synthetic. I've put over 200,000 miles on the pickup not a hint of engine problems. I'm sure they don't use Napa Gold or Wix. I'll let you know at 300,000 about those paper filters.
Originally Posted by ironbender
Cram is the Leupold of oil filters.
Used to be good, not so much anymore.
Fram filters were never any good. All I use is Wix and Mobil one in everything.
Napa gold ...wix was the one to have ...now wix an gold are the same !
Years ago somebody showed me a display of filters cut open for comparison. Since then, I’ve never used anything but Wix. Fram was kinda like Craftsman and other brands that for years built a very good reputation by selling quality products, then one day they decided to rest on that reputation and start making and selling junk. It’s happened again and again in the market. Some say Remington is the latest victim. 7mm
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Amsoil is my number 1 choice, otherwise Wix. Though I admit my most recent change on my truck I am running the OE Motorcraft filter since it’s what was most easily accessible.
NAPA Pro-Select- - - -same quality as the Gold, just doesn't have the wrinkle paint on the canister and is painted plain white. No point in paying extra for a fancy paint job! All the commercial fleet vehicles I've maintained over 30-something years got NAPA or Wix filters- - - -millions of miles of trouble-free service.
No full flow filter can match the Frantz bypass filter that uses a roll of toilet paper as a filter media. On the engines I want the oil to be really clean, I run a NAPA full flow filter and a Frantz bypass filter. Jerry
Walmart's filters had a very good reputation but they seem to have quit making them. At least, they don't seem to stock them in the Walmart's around here.
NAPA Pro-Select- - - -same quality as the Gold, just doesn't have the wrinkle paint on the canister and is painted plain white. No point in paying extra for a fancy paint job! All the commercial fleet vehicles I've maintained over 30-something years got NAPA or Wix filters- - - -millions of miles of trouble-free service.
Pro Select are not the same as Gold filters--Pro Select uses a different media and the bypass valve is made of a different material then the Gold filters. How much difference that makes I don't know.
NAPA Gold/WIX conventional are one of the best filters in terms of flitering while maintaining flow.
Casey
Not being married to any particular political party sure makes it a lot easier to look at the world more objectively... Having said that, MAGA.
Napa gold ...wix was the one to have ...now wix an gold are the same !
Years ago somebody showed me a display of filters cut open for comparison. Since then, I’ve never used anything but Wix. Fram was kinda like Craftsman and other brands that for years built a very good reputation by selling quality products, then one day they decided to rest on that reputation and start making and selling junk. It’s happened again and again in the market. Some say Remington is the latest victim. 7mm
In the 70s, Consumers Reports had Fram filters rated as one of the best. Pennzoil was rated as one of the best motor oils. Companies change their focus and sometimes a product’s quality suffers.
NAPA Gold filters now seem to have one of the top spots. The same is true for motor oil like Mobile1.
I don’t know who makes Motorcraft filters for Ford, (used on my 6.7) but using them won’t void a warranty. Also, I get them online for less than the gold.
The older Toyota rigs get the gold.
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