I knew I was right saying they where made by Fram.
Guess I won't be using oem filters.

 

shit. i get oem filters for like 3 dollars, too.

 

i recently switched to purolator plus oil filters after hearing all this bad stuff about honda oil filters.

anybody know if honda fuel filters are crap too!?

 

I can see from the posts most ppl on here are pretty misinformed. OEM filters are best for Honda/Acura vehicles. Honda/Acura uses different suppliers to have enough oil filters to go around in the US. One of the suppliers happens to be Fram. Fram only makes the filter to Honda requirements, they don't design it at all. Fram is only one of three different suppliers, if you don't like fram buy a toko roki or filtech from the dealer. I'm sure they will have either one. The dealer justs orders the OEM part number and what they get is whatever was on hand at the warehouse, if it's a box of fram, so be it. I have installed hundreds and hundreds of the new ones and have had no problems. All my Honda's run them fine. Buying mobil one or any other brand is a waste of money

 

I think this is a case of:

if you have a heavily modded/high-horsepower/similar car or engine, the more expensive filters would be better.

but if you're running slow and stock (like me), a filter won't make that much of a difference... As long as you're changing them, that is :chuckles:

 

an oil filter is an oil filter, just get a fram from autozone, thats what I use

 

werd! 160K miles and no problems here. I think using a Fram filter compared to mobil 1 would affect the longevity of the engine about the same as taking 1 pass down the drag strip.

 

It's literally been years since I saw it but someone once cut open some Honda filters. One was a Filtech, the other was a Fram. The Fram did indeed have cardboard endcaps while the Filtech used metal. Maybe that has changed? I thought that they stopped distributing the Filtech made Honda filters in the US a while ago. I have no idea about the availability Toyo Roki ones. Since you're apparently a tech at a dealership, maybe you can straighten this out for us. Are there still some non-Fram Honda filters available at your dealership?

As to whether or not a Fram Honda filter is worth it when compared to a K&N or Mobile1 filter, that's up the the buyer to decide. I personally don't care too much on my used civic. But at something like $3 a pop for the blue Fram filters, no thanks. I'll just continue to buy the cheaper (yet non-cardboard) Proline/Purolator filters I've been getting.

 

say wha tyou will...I am sticking to mobil 1 filter.

 

Of the "cheap" filters, I've read/heard Purolator PureOnes are one of the best. Good quality for not a ton of money.