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Re: An oil filter is an oil filter is an oil filter is... 900 '93

posted by  someone claiming to be Rob Hanley on  Fri Mar 2 17:06 CST 2001 [RELATED]

I've been running Fram filters (air, oil 'n fuel) on an '84 245 for years. The car has almost 300,000 miles on it and the engine has never been opened up. Still has decent compression (140) and burns about 1qt every 5000 miles. Maybe I'm just lucky, but I've never had a Fram filter (or any filter) explode or self-destruct.

If it makes you feel better to spend more money on the Volvo OEM/Mann filter, be my guest, but IMHO there is really no point. You have to keep in mind that *all* of the filters on the market have to meet the same SAE standards, whether the filter costs $6.00 or is the $0.99 special. There are also really only a handful of manufacturers on the market who make various brands of filters.

If you don't want to use Fram, I think that Haynes recommends Wix....

Just my $0.02. I'm sure the other guys will have fun telling me how wrong I am, and how all of their solder joints melted and their engine seized up and their dog died all because of Fram oil filters...





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