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Car Forum / Honda Cars / May 2006Honda oil filters: Now and Then
About 5 years ago I was told that Fram made them. Now I hear that Fram no longer does. If not, who? What's the proven difference? Data? What's the best rated filter for Honda overall...OEM or otherwise? Kevin > About 5 years ago I was told that Fram made them. Now I hear that Fram > no longer does. If not, who? What's the proven difference? Data? > What's the best rated filter for Honda overall...OEM or otherwise? Canadian-market Honda OEM filters have been made by the FRAM brand for at least 14 years. AlliedSignal (then the owner of FRAM) took over Honeywell in 1999. The FRAM brand was then made part of AlliedSignal's Honeywell Consumer Products division. US ones come from several sources. Filtech, for example. Other than studies where various people have dissected various filters to see what they look like inside, there exist ZERO actual ASTM flow/filtration/durability tests of ANY oil filters ANYwhere. I use the Canadian OEMs.  SignatureTeGGeR® The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ > > About 5 years ago I was told that Fram made them. Now I hear that Fram > > no longer does. If not, who? What's the proven difference? Data? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ > www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ I usually agree with TeGGeR but not re. Honda OEM oil filters. Once Honda went to the tiny tea-cup design (to make it easier to spin them on) I decided Honda was more interested in things other than engine longevity. I now use Purolator oil filters (usually PurOne) which seem large enough to hold sufficient media for 5000+ miles. Yeah, I'm probably deluding myself (like TeGGeR says, where's the data?) but IMHO those new Honda filters seem more appropriate for lawn mowers than automobiles. Consumer Reports took apart a bunch of oil filters maybe a decade ago. At the time I believe Fram sucked. >> About 5 years ago I was told that Fram made them. Now I hear that Fram >> no longer does. If not, who? What's the proven difference? Data? [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > I use the Canadian OEMs. > Consumer Reports took apart a bunch of oil filters maybe a decade ago. > At the time I believe Fram sucked. They never did a TEST. I checked. SignatureTeGGeR® The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ > About 5 years ago I was told that Fram made them. Now I hear that Fram > no longer does. If not, who? What's the proven difference? Data? > What's the best rated filter for Honda overall...OEM or otherwise? http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/oil/index.html#filter SignatureTeGGeR® The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ Several months ago a moderator and former mechanic cut open a bunch of filters and put the findings on the Honda Element Owners Club site: http://www.elementownersclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12206&highlight=oil+fil ter+survey Turns out the newest filter for the Element and others is not as high quality as the one previously and they're hard to find. There's almost a black market to find those old (A01, I think) filters now. > About 5 years ago I was told that Fram made them. Now I hear that Fram > no longer does. If not, who? What's the proven difference? Data? > What's the best rated filter for Honda overall...OEM or otherwise? > > Kevin > Several months ago a moderator and former mechanic cut open a bunch of > filters and put the findings on the Honda Element Owners Club site: [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > quality as the one previously and they're hard to find. There's almost a > black market to find those old (A01, I think) filters now. no need for a black market: just buy the denso filter shown on this page: http://catalog.eautopartscatalog.com/ipb/wizard.jsp?partner=ipb&clientid=alleura sianautoparts&baseurl=http://www.alleurasianautoparts.com/&cookieid=1RR1AWL081T4 12SC6X&year=1989&make=HO&model=CRX-DX-002&category=A&part=Oil+Filter >>About 5 years ago I was told that Fram made them. Now I hear that Fram >>no longer does. If not, who? What's the proven difference? Data? >>What's the best rated filter for Honda overall...OEM or otherwise? >> >>Kevin |
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