Fram owners in chapter 11 bankruptcy
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My employer uses a LOT of oil filters on their fleet. They use Wix. Maybe 2-3 years ago, they had a bad batch of Wix oil filters. They leaked from the seam. Had at least 20 bad ones. They did keep using them and the problems stopped but even Wix has had issues. I usually use Wix (I personally have not had Wix filter issues) but also use Motorcraft on my Ford and Toyota filters on the Toyota. Tractor, Jeep, ATVs, and mower all get Wix. I’ll use the better grade of Fram in a pinch but will never use their base grades. Just what I do.
The ghost of bohuggabee lives on.
You should care. When large companies start to fail the domino effect trickles down to everyone, including you and I.
You’re triggering my PTSD…..
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This misses the most important aspect of nitrogen in the tires.
The $200 dealer add-on when you buy a new car with amazing, incomparable, environment saving, and hooker/blow purchasing benefits for the dealer owner.
The best part of the nitrogen mythology is that it is used because it is a dry gas. Once you learn how they separate the common gases out of air, it is easy to understand that all gases including nitrogen that are produced that way have to be dry because of the very high freezing point of water. It simply isn't possible for water to be liquid or vapor at those temps so it can't mix with the others.
They own many of the companies that supply after market parts to retailers in the automotive industry. See pic below compliments of @sab . This is the second failure of a major player in the automotive sector with Tricolor, a major auto loan lender, failing last month, which some experts say are indications of lower income families having worsening financial troubles which are the first signs of a recession or whatever you choose to call it. Tricolor's loan exposure is largely to lower income borrowers.
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TJRick
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I don't think his bias was "unfounded" at all. Perhaps something "incentivized" him to make that lengthy apology:
https://wranglertjforum.com/threads...it-to-frams-r-d-facility-in-dayton-ohio.9042/
It seems to me that Fram *FIXED* their earlier problems and started making a better product.
If that's not a paid promotion, I don't know what is.
I have no preference of filter, I just buy whatever is tossed in for free when I buy 6 qts of oil.
These guys on Youtube have a few different videos where they cut open oil filters: oil filter video. Personally, out of all the parts stores in my area I always received the best service from Napa. So I buy their oil filters or I buy Wix off Amazon.
You are gonna believe whatever you want regardless of the truth. That said, my part in that is precisely what I posted above. If Fram was as bad as the internet would have you believe, the highways would be littered with dead in the water cars and they aren't and never have been. FYI- I don't and never have run Fram except for the odd air filter here and there. Not a fan, never have been. But, I don't let my preferences affect my common sense and objectivity. If you care to understand my dislike, if their filters were black or silver, I'd run them.
Lots of big names, this is just a restructuring move. There a few below that might get axed, and a few that might get sold off, but I think the majority are here to stay, maybe under new management.
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