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    nice find on the article....i always just stuck to the 3000 mile rule. castrol 5w-30 plus a wix filter. but i think i'm gonna go back to the fram tough guard. it's just easier to take off a fram filter with the grip, lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by seXterra06
    nice find on the article....i always just stuck to the 3000 mile rule. castrol 5w-30 plus a wix filter. but i think i'm gonna go back to the fram tough guard. it's just easier to take off a fram filter with the grip, lol

    Stick with the Wix filter. IMO Wix are the best generic filter out there. Dana-Spicer Corp. makes them, the Napa brand filters are also rebranded Wix filters.

    I DO NOT like Fram. They lack an anti-drainback valve, the metal they use in them rusts on the inside, and they lack the extra filtration of a good filter. I used to take filters off cars after the oil change, and cut them in 2 to see how the inside looks after 3,000 miles and the Fram was enough to literally make you worry about running it on your vehicle. From pieces of the filter itself breaking loose and circulating with your oil, to the whole inside of the canister covered in rust.
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