10 Worst Car Oil Filter Brands

These articles are meaningless. Oil filters change construction so often depending on who the parent company of the brand is. OEM filters like the Mopar are usually a bit better, but that also depends on how the manufacturer specs the filter. The Mopar filters for example are nearly identical to the Motorcraft filters, but without the silicone anti-drain back valve. Both are made by Purolator.

Fram filters are pretty decent now. Those "fiber" end caps actually bond really well to the glue holding the filter media together. I've cut them open and getting the media apart was tough. I've cut open several Purolator filters with torn media. As always the higher end filters are usually better, but all brands have their not-so-great offerings. Wix used to be my go-to, but they recently were bought by Mann-Hummel and have been made much cheaper. The last three I used leaked at the base plate seam and were made in China.

That's the problem with the Internet. It allows anyone to cut open a filter and post nonsense to a large and gullible audience as though they're an expert, when for all we know Fram and other filter makers have piles of data showing that the fiber end cap might perform superior in every way and the ones using other more "fancy" materials are just engaging in metalcloak and factor55 style marketing BS and unnecessarily inflating the cost.

I'm not saying that's the case, but it could very well be and none of us would know any better, instead we'd just regurgitate the same crap about it being cardboard and continue filling the echo chamber...which just so happens to be what AI uses as it's basis for reality and the misinformation compounds.
 
... along with ancient information without a date stamp. I get so frustrated looking up articles and finding no date, and after reading them I realize that they're 20 years old. Or 40. Who would know?

40 year old internet articles would make a nice story. But I've also seen quotes from Abraham Lincoln regarding validity of information on the internet, so what do I know. As for me, I trust Honest Abe, and I like the stock.
 
This is why I only reference information from Bob the Oil Guy site which has experts in the industry to vet info before its all hosted

Even with that said, a manufacturer can change suppliers and face some new issues
I always liked that site, though I don't like it nearly as much now as I did before Lucas bought it. Lucas didn't like their reviews of their products like Lucas Oil Stabilizer and the site refused to take them down. So Lucas bought the site and removed the anti-Lucas reviews. Now Lucas sees to it that no more bad reviews or comments about Lucas will ever see the light of day. Sad.
 
I always liked that site, though I don't like it nearly as much as I did before Lucas bought it. Lucas didn't like their reviews of their products like Lucas Oil Stabilizer and the site refused to take them down. So Lucas bought the site and removed the anti-Lucas reviews. Now Lucas will see to it that no more bad reviews or comments about Lucas will ever see the light of day. Sad.

You mean because they intercept the reviews & send them to R&D to correct the issues thereby negating the negative review. Surely that's what's going on here.
 
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i’ve used the cheapest fram oil filters since i started driving back in about 1981. never had a problem with them. there’s one on the ole 4.0 at this moment. frequent oil and filter changes along with other basic maintenance is the key to vehicle longevity i believe.
 
Please bring me up to date. What buy-out and quality problems. Thank you.

Wix filters was bought out by Mann-Hummel which also owns Purolator. With the buy-out they changed a few things with the filters, many are made in China, and the internal construction of a lot of them has been made cheaper. For example, there are a lot of the Napa Golds that have a nitrile anti-drain valve when before they all had the more expensive silicone valve standard. If you do some research at Bobistheoilguy.com you will see the changes.
 
i’ve used the cheapest fram oil filters since i started driving back in about 1981. never had a problem with them. there’s one on the ole 4.0 at this moment. frequent oil and filter changes along with other basic maintenance is the key to vehicle longevity i believe.
100% truth right there!!!! 👆
 
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Lucas. The name says it all!

only thing i’ve used by lucas oil is a liquid detail wax called “slick mist”. use it when detailing the harley. spray it on a rag and wipe paint, chrome and plastic then wipe off/buff with microfiber cloth. makes the bike shine and lasts a long time. wash bike several months later and everything still beads water. best stuff ever!
 
40 year old internet articles would make a nice story. But I've also seen quotes from Abraham Lincoln regarding validity of information on the internet, so what do I know. As for me, I trust Honest Abe, and I like the stock.

Yes, 40 year old "Internet articles" are a bit sparse, although you might find some ancient ARPANET stuff somewhere. But 40 year old articles, or even thousands of years old articles, on the Internet are common. Including some of the stuff Mr. Lincoln really did say.

I particularly dislike searching for very technical computer information, where a 10 year old article is about 10,000 years old in computer time. And lots of articles have no date, and no clue buried in the article.
 
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There is an article about male Belly Dancers that has been around since the at least the early 90's. The entire thing is hokum, and has been debunked numerous times by numerous people - yet it persists and is STILL quoted as "God's Spell" to this day! Damn thing needs to just go away...
 
Yes, 40 year old "Internet articles" are a bit sparse, although you might find some ancient ARPANET stuff somewhere. But 40 year old articles, or even thousands of years old articles, on the Internet are common. Including some of the stuff Mr. Lincoln really did say.

I particularly dislike searching for very technical computer information, where a 10 year old article is about 10,000 years old in computer time. And lots of articles have no date, and no clue buried in the article.

Sometimes old articles are worthwhile, but when you're looking for the latest, they muddy the waters. I doubt you'll find much recent about BNPF encoding for instance.
 
Sometimes old articles are worthwhile, but when you're looking for the latest, they muddy the waters. I doubt you'll find much recent about BNPF encoding for instance.

BNPF is new to me, although I occasionally deal with other ancient encoding methods. I look up a lot of stuff on 50 year old 8-bit microprocessors. Way before Al Gore invented the Internet. ;)

But to get this thread back on track
, before we get in trouble: I just ordered a couple of Fram Ultra Guard filters to replace my current Wix one, due to this discussion and several other recent ones on oil filters.
 
This is why I only reference information from Bob the Oil Guy site which has experts in the industry to vet info before its all hosted

Even with that said, a manufacturer can change suppliers and face some new issues

What qualifies someone as an expert? Employment in the industry? A guy that works in the factory, even as an engineer is not going to be privy to the test data informing design decisions, a PhD scientist may not be privy to decisions based on the realities of commercialization, etc.
 
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