Yup now YOU are right. Warshowski's and JC Whitney are/were the same company. They went through the official name change when they started their catalog business more nationally. Their pickup facility was a joke. It was like walking up to those carnival horse race water gun games. Everything was dropped from a conveyer belt about ten feet up that ran down at a 45 degree angle. It kinda just plopped in front of you at the counter. It was pretty funny actually. It wasn't a store as much as it was just a catalog order pickup facility. That was to this day the dirtiest retail place I have ever been and that was when I was 18.

Once they grew really large, they moved their facility to the suburbs, about 2 hours southwest of Chicago. It's a HUGE building. I have driven there to pick things up before.

 

AMEN!

 

I used a Mobil 1 filter on one of my cars a few years back. Every time I started the engine, I would get a lot of valve chatter.
I changed it back to the stock filter and problem went away.

That led me to believe that it was restricting the flow, so I started to check out other filters.

I cut a few top brands apart in the middle to look at the filter. Here is what I found out.

AC Delco - Good filter, a lot of pleats, top and bottom of filter paper is metal. And good construction.

Motorcraft - Looked as good, if not better than AC. Also had support in the middle to make it stronger,

Fram - I will never buy another fram filter. It had less filtering paper, less pleats, and the top and bottom of the filtering paper was cardboard! There was nothing to keep the filter sturdy. To me, that meant that the filter would collapse relatively easy and oil flow would kick in to bypass mode and never get filtered.

STP - Good filter, about the same as AC

Bosh – Same quality as AC of Motorcraft. Looked well constructed.

Mobil 1 - Looked well built with a lot of filtering paper. (twice as much as any other). So it does filter better if it lets the oil through.

These are the only filters I did. I could not believe the fram filter.
And yes, I used the same application for all filters.

 

Agreed, FRAM is garbage..The best filter I've found, but I won't use it for reasons I mentioned above..is the WIX brand filters..

 

DAMN No wonder I had all that valve noise on my Rodeo when I switched to FRAM filters. DOH! That explains alot. I thought it was just getting high in miles and that was normal. You guys rock. I need to start taking apart magnets and see what really works and what doesn't by molecularly modifying my quarks with biochemical additives ;-)

 

Hey Mike..I donno why, but this made me think of you..
OIL FILTER MAGNET

 

I'm gonna order one RIGHT NOW!!!!!

 

Just thought I'd post.

I went to pep boys and bought 6 qts. of Mobil 1 Truck/SUV (~$38). Took it to the dealer. They only made me pay for the filter. 12 bucks...maybe 8 can't remember...cause I was also there for another slight popping noise in the intermediate shaft that returned after an original replacement 2 weeks ago. Sewell in Dallas is the best. Service unequalled by any.

Truck had 1200 miles on it.

Not to sound like a tard but I can seriously tell a little more pep from the ole I-5. No kiddin. I expected nothing. Just wanted to ensure the engine's longevity.

 

Synthetic is a vastly better lubricate !!! And if there is any weakness in the valve guides I would definitely want to use a synthetic. There is less friction and thus heat with a synthetic. I use Mobil 1 synthetic in all my cars except the 85 Ford Tempo beater. It is factory fill and required in my Z06 as it is in the AMG Mercedes, Porsche, Aston Martin, Viper, McLaren, GT40 ... you get the idea.

 

Totally agree!..Tha's why I started using it at the first 1000 miles