FEATURED Fram PH3506 Extra Guard Passenger Car Spin-On Oil Filter
- Proven protection for up to 5,000 miles
- Engineered for use with conventional oil
- Ideal balance of dirt-trapping efficiency and dirt-holding capacity
- Designed for everyday drivers who perform frequent maintenance on their vehicles
- 95% dirt-trapping efficiency
FRAM Extra Guard Oil Filters feature proven protection for up to 5,000 miles and are engineered for use with conventional oil. With an ideal balance of dirt-trapping efficiency and dirt-holding capacity, FRAM Extra Guard oil filters use a special blend of fibers and resin to create a proprietary filter media that delivers excellent engine protection. Extra Guard is the perfect filter for everyday drivers who perform frequent maintenance on their vehicles.
worst filter I have used facts don’t lie,
This filter cartridge has a small outside diameter with a rather low filter element surface area (193 sqin), and features cardboard end caps that are bonded in place using a thermal adhesive. The rubber anti-drainback valve seals the rough metal backplate to the cardboard end cap. In practice these seem to leak, causing dirty oil to drain back into the pan. If you use this filter and have a noisy valve train at startup, the filter is likely the cause. The bypass valves are plastic and are sometimes not molded correctly, which allows them to leak when they should be closed. The backplate has smaller and fewer oil inlet holes, which may restrict flow.
The telltale signs for a Fram Extra Guard are: It has 8 small holes for the oil inlet and a thin-looking backplate. There are 5 very small crimps holding the gasket in place. If you look into the center hole all the way to the top of the filter, you will see a kind of “button” in the end cap of the cartridge (which looks like it’s made of metal from there). This is the plastic bypass valve.
Average Retail Price $4
Cartridge Length 4.13 inches
Cartridge Outside Diameter 3.00 inches
Cartridge Inside Diameter 1.38 inches
Cartridge Pleats 34
Cartridge End Cap Type Cardboard
Anti-Drainback Valve Type Nitrile rubber diaphragm
Bypass Valve Type Spring-loaded plastic
Element Type Paper media, stamped metal seam
Element Length 47.5 inches
Element Width 4.06 inches
Element Surface Area 193 square inches
Shell Thickness 0.015 inches
Backplate Thickness 0.089 inches
Gasket Type Nitrile rubber
K&N HP-3001: great filter. on the same website as the other and the brand I use now.
Average Retail Price $12
Overall Length 5.75 inches (including the hex head)
Overall Diameter 3.66 inches
Cartridge Length 4.19 inches
Cartridge Outside Diameter 3.36 inches
Cartridge Inside Diameter 1.70 inches
Cartridge Pleats 57
Cartridge End Cap Type Stamped steel, with bypass valve in front
Anti-Drainback Valve Type Nitrile rubber diaphragm
Bypass Valve Type Spring-loaded steel
Element Type Synthetic blend media, glued seam
Element Length 90.5 inches
Element Width 4.0 inches
Element Surface Area 362 square inches
Shell Thickness 0.020 inches
Backplate Thickness 0.14 inches
Gasket Type Nitrile rubber
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|Works great.,
Use the filter for synthetic but they are much harder to find and much more expensive. So I am happy.
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|Working geat!,
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