Oil filter choices

Rockycmt · Mar 23, 2022

This is an opinion only. What Oil filter are you using in your Ram 1500? I have always stayed away from FRAM. Just wondering what most use? There are 10s of choices. just want to see what most use.

Daw14 · Mar 23, 2022

Burla · Mar 23, 2022

Here ya go, oil filter thread based on facts and tests.

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audiophile · Mar 23, 2022

In all honesty, they are all made by about 3 different manufacturers. The FRAM filters are built by Federal Mogul and have the same specs as many others such as MOPAR etc. I have always ran FRAM with no issues. Currently have a MOPAR on it as I have my oil changes done at my dealership. If you are running synthetic or do your oil change intervals at more than 4k miles, use the Ultra or higher, Mobile 1, Royal Purple etc. Standard filters go into bypass between 3-4k miles whereas the others can filter up to 20k before bypass. You can't go wrong if you stick with OEM or a good brand name.

Lee Peterson · Mar 23, 2022

I just use Fram! I have 220,000 miles never had cam failure! I also use cheap supertech Walmart 5w30 oil. Although I was using Pup 5w30 up till 2019.

Zoe Saldana · Mar 23, 2022

Rockycmt said:
This is an opinion only. What Oil filter are you using in your Ram 1500? I have always stayed away from FRAM. Just wondering what most use? There are 10s of choices. just want to see what most use.

Purolator Boss - modern design.

MontanaHandyman · Mar 23, 2022

RP 20-820

1999 White C5 Coupe · Mar 23, 2022

Rockycmt said:
This is an opinion only. What Oil filter are you using in your Ram 1500? I have always stayed away from FRAM. Just wondering what most use? There are 10s of choices. just want to see what most use.

OEM correct Mopar.

Please don’t ask what the best oil is to use..........

DILLIGAF · Mar 23, 2022

1999 White C5 Coupe said:
OEM correct Mopar.

Thats literally the worst one after FRAM.... hahahaahahaha

joesstripclub · Mar 24, 2022

Zoe Saldana said:
Purolator Boss - modern design.

Last 2 or 3 Purolator filters I have used have all leaked so I avoid them now.

TRad · Mar 24, 2022

K&N for me. I like the 1" nut for easy removal. the 6.4 filter location is a pain.

Rob2gen · Mar 24, 2022

Baldwin B2 in my 5.9 with Valvoline high mileage semi synthetic. 218k on original engine. Before that was using WIX which works great as well. I buy them by the dozen and change every 6 months or 3k miles.

blackbeautyhemi · Mar 24, 2022

Wix xp

Burla · Mar 24, 2022

Teaser from oil filter thread, this is a patch from the filter that came in first place versus the filter that came in last place. The second patch denotes the contamination that made it through the filter. Top picture is royal purple media nearly perfect filtration, the second filter was ac delco paper. Then later in the oil filter thread you have some professionally tested oil filters for efficiency, and it is a huge difference from the top filters to the bottom "wix xp" filters. When it comes to oil filters feelings should not have a part of the conversation, just look at the facts. There is no reason to buy less efficient filters, your hemi deserves better. This just scratches the surface, that thread is loaded with info. Wix XP is simply one of the worst filters made, the tests prove this. The worst filter in both tests is ac delco, well wix xp is just as bad, look at how much contamination gets through that thing...

Burla · Mar 24, 2022

You can see puro boss and wix xp despite being synthetic media and way less efficient then other synthetic media options such as Royal Purple/Amsoil ea and Fram Ultra.

Zoe Saldana · Mar 24, 2022

joesstripclub said:
Last 2 or 3 Purolator filters I have used have all leaked so I avoid them now.

Probably your error - not tight enough or no oil on seal before putting them on.

Daytona4702 · Mar 24, 2022

WIX - good enough for NASCAR good enough for me

Ramalanche · Mar 24, 2022

The show “Engine Masters” did a whole show on oil filters, pretty interesting. The best filter is almost always “a new one”, but most brands have a good, better, best model of filter with different characteristics. So hard to say this brand is better than that without looking at a specific model.

mtwofeathers · Mar 24, 2022

Rockycmt said:
This is an opinion only. What Oil filter are you using in your Ram 1500? I have always stayed away from FRAM. Just wondering what most use? There are 10s of choices. just want to see what most use.

Good reason not to use anything but fleetgaurd made by cummins. Especially since I have cummins in all my rigs. Including my ship.
Everything else is junk.

mtwofeathers · Mar 24, 2022

Daytona4702 said:
WIX - good enough for NASCAR good enough for me

That depends on the car and owner. But even then you can not buy the filters they use since very few of them are made.

Wix, Fram, Napa. And a host of others are used on Nascar engines. But each engine is different. You can even buy a block but it will be without a fuel, oil, system. Cam the same way. Each team hides the oil system from other teams. But I can tell you the oil is mostly pumped to the right side. Fuel is a very long flex shaft in a tube and the fuel pump is at the tank on the passenger side bottom corner.

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