a fram oil filter killed my car
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it's worse on the K-Series... Pretty much requires a filter wrench and you have to go from the top.
ok....... so your saying that your not a rookie? and your saying that your old one had a gasket in the trash?? so did you dip your finger in oil and lube the new gasket before you installed your new filter? if so you didnt notice that the gasket seemed to be a lil thick? or maybe relize that when you screwed the new filter on that it probably even seat on its mount??justinwebb said:see i know that it was a double gasket because i took the old one out of the trash and it was still on the filteri'm not retatrded or a rookie i know what i am doing
lol anyway look at it as a learning experance......
he already said that that was'nt what happened. the old gasket came off with the old filter and he did'nt notice the extra thickness of the new gasket when he lubed it, and put it on. it must of not leaked at first some how at first, but eventually started leaking and you know the rest. chalk one up to the school of hard knocks. i would think you would have noticed the extra thickness of the gasket but accidents happen, too bad it didnt start leaking all over the place cause u would have caught it before damage occured. hope u get some money from fram cause after all it was a difective product.RedLine42 said:
Oh, i'm not doubting that Fram may have provided a filter with two gaskets from the factory. Their QC has had issues dating back to the early '80's when they destroyed many Suzuki roller bearing crank engines. I think parent company Honeywell is more concerned with the bottom line than providing a quality product.
like you said, Seems like you'd notice the extra gasket when you lubed it before installation.....unless of course you make a rookie mistake.
He can probably get some money on a labor claim. After about $1000. though most companies deem it to be acceptable to go ahead and put their corporate lawyers on the case. And unless you got Racehorse Haynes or re-animate Johnny Cocharan, you'll lose.
like you said, Seems like you'd notice the extra gasket when you lubed it before installation.....unless of course you make a rookie mistake.
He can probably get some money on a labor claim. After about $1000. though most companies deem it to be acceptable to go ahead and put their corporate lawyers on the case. And unless you got Racehorse Haynes or re-animate Johnny Cocharan, you'll lose.
happened to me once, yep. user error. no need to call up fram for your own stupidity.Beelzebubba said:
I've never heard of this happening before, I'll be more careful for sure. I did have a friend that put a Fram filter on his Corsica and it collapsed then blew the engine. It didn't stop me from using Fram on all my vehicles though. 
nothing but user error. if u tell them u had two gaskets stacked..they will do nothing for u
havent u heard to check ur old filter when making an oil change to make sure the old seal came off with the old oil filter? or atleast run ur finger around where the filter goes to make sure there is no debree
havent u heard to check ur old filter when making an oil change to make sure the old seal came off with the old oil filter? or atleast run ur finger around where the filter goes to make sure there is no debree
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changed my oil last thursday and right after i peeled the old gasket off the block and before i was bout to stick the new shiny FRAM high mileage filter on, this topic came to mind and i laughed to myself.
changed my oil last thursday and right after i peeled the old gasket off the block and before i was bout to stick the new shiny FRAM high mileage filter on, this topic came to mind and i laughed to myself.