LD1
Epic Contributor
What was the fram number it ended up taking.
Fram actually has a really good website IMO for comparing filters.
And I have said it before and I will say it again, I think there are WAY too many filters on the market. All I look for in a filter is thread size, o-ring size, drainback valve, and make sure the relief PSI is the same. Then I look to stuff the BIGGEST one in there I can.
I am quite fond of the fram XG filters. While the PH series arent the best, that dont mean other frams are junk.
On my kubota, the fram XG16 (or ph16) was a match on thread size, oring, etc. But given there was only a plastic guard preventing me from going bigger, I left that guard out of the bottom slot and went with the bigger xg-8A filter. Same thing as the 16, only longer.
Did similar for the wifes car. I think her nissan calls for a 6316 or a 6313 or something like that. But they dont normally carry that in the XG line. So start searching their website and find that the 7317 is the same. Maybe a few tenths of an inch difference in body diameter or depth, but threads, o-ring, etc all match, AND was available in the XG.
And then even sometimes when you look up a fram filter, and then cross it over to a napa, then use that napa number crossed back to fram, you may get different filters. Well, really the same (or very similar) filter, but different number.
There are only a handfull of different threads and o-ring sizes. And really only 2 common relief psi settings. no need IMO for 100's of filters all only differing in external size by a tenth of an inch here or there...
Fram actually has a really good website IMO for comparing filters.
And I have said it before and I will say it again, I think there are WAY too many filters on the market. All I look for in a filter is thread size, o-ring size, drainback valve, and make sure the relief PSI is the same. Then I look to stuff the BIGGEST one in there I can.
I am quite fond of the fram XG filters. While the PH series arent the best, that dont mean other frams are junk.
On my kubota, the fram XG16 (or ph16) was a match on thread size, oring, etc. But given there was only a plastic guard preventing me from going bigger, I left that guard out of the bottom slot and went with the bigger xg-8A filter. Same thing as the 16, only longer.
Did similar for the wifes car. I think her nissan calls for a 6316 or a 6313 or something like that. But they dont normally carry that in the XG line. So start searching their website and find that the 7317 is the same. Maybe a few tenths of an inch difference in body diameter or depth, but threads, o-ring, etc all match, AND was available in the XG.
And then even sometimes when you look up a fram filter, and then cross it over to a napa, then use that napa number crossed back to fram, you may get different filters. Well, really the same (or very similar) filter, but different number.
There are only a handfull of different threads and o-ring sizes. And really only 2 common relief psi settings. no need IMO for 100's of filters all only differing in external size by a tenth of an inch here or there...
