I have a cousin, who knew a cousin who? 'heard' that a Fram oil filter failed and ruined their engine. So many spout about how poorly made Frams are, just through hearsay. No one in this forum has ever answered the question about why Honda's oil filter efficiency specs are so low, as far as I know. So many get so involved between the A01 and the A02 because ' someone' had a problem with the A02.īasically all oil filter mfgs have had failure with their oil filters. I personally like the Fram Ultra filter, mainly because of the PR and comments on BITOG. If you change your oil and oil filter on the recommended mileage, etc, you will be fine, if the oil you use has the recommended oil requirements, or higher. Most of the others run well over 90% filtering efficiency. Honda recommended oil filters run around 70% filtering efficiency on particles of 20 micron or larger. Our vans still burn less than 20 ounces of oil during the course of a 7,500-mile oil change interval, and they have 170,000 and 180,000 miles on them, respectively.Īs long as you change your oil (regularly per the owner's manual) with any oil (reputable brand, correct viscosity) and change the oil filter (any reputable name brand), the engine will outlive the rest of the van. We tow with our vans, endure 114-deg F summers, along with snowy & icy winters, and drive short hops for most of our miles. We used Castrol GTX for years, but switched to Mobil 1 synthetic due to severe operating conditions. No real difference, other than it always seemed the AmSOil EaO15K20 filter would have the drain oil come out looking not quite as dark, when compared to using those other brands. I've used the following, mostly based on availability: Considering the FilTech Honda oil filters are priced about the same, it makes sense just to go with those. You can still find the old "Fram" Honda oil filters on ebay. santoli3's particular negative encounter with Fram involved the filter media disintegrating and blocking oil galleries in his Audi Coupe's engine. While nobody has posted a problem in a Honda J35 V6 engine of any type with these blue Fram filters, a couple of our forum members ( santoli3 comes to mind) have had poor results with Fram filters used in other car brands. These are essentially the same as the lowest quality Fram filter, with a Honda blue paint job and nomenclature printed on the side. Honda uses FilTech for almost everything that has to do with filtration media (engine air filter, cabin air filter, transmission filter(s), oil filters, etc.), and they now also manufacture in the United States as an OEM supplier for Honda (and probably other Japanese makes).įor a while Honda subcontracted to Honeywell to make their oil filters. If you buy the OEM Honda filters (blue can), make sure it says "FilTech" on the side. but if you ask the people at the labs that study this stuff they will tell you just make sure it meets the specs and change it regularly. You'll get many opinions on what's best.some love Amsoil (it is very good) others Castrol, Mobile 1, Honda brand, etc. After my last oil change at around 155K I sent a sample in for analysis and got back a very glowing (my first) report from Blackstone Labs. After I moved and started doing it myself I moved to synthetic. My van used conventional oil for the first 5 years and 90K of its life because we were given free lifetime oil changes by the dealer and I'm sure that's what they used. I use Mobile 1 synthetic but I think any synthetic, changed at the proper interval will perform just fine. However, the best filters are the ones you change at every oil change so, really, it just doesn't matter a whole lot as long as you change them regularly. Wix filters are good, Mann filters are good. I buy them on eBay in lots of 6 and keep them on hand. You will not void warranty by not using an OEM filter.
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