Motorcraft FL-1hp pressure drop

[Calbullet]

David, the filter for your SuperDuty diesel is a cartridge type and not a screw on canister. two different animals altogether. original filter was designed by Mann. first couple of years, all 6.0 diesel were from the same place.

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Originally Posted by Calbullet

David, the filter for your SuperDuty diesel is a cartridge type and not a screw on canister. two different animals altogether. original filter was designed by Mann. first couple of years, all 6.0 diesel were from the same place.

o-k, but does Ford manufacter their own filters, does AC Delco do it or do they have another manufacter make them for their use?????
I wonder how many companies Fram makes filters for?????

Same goes for oil, never seen a Ford or Red Line or Joe Gibbs oil refinery, they get one of the major oil companies to manufacter their oil for them, albiet to their specs......
A buddy of mine is a chemical engineer at an Exxonn refinery here in La., and he tells me the list is very,very long of the companies they make products for.......

While I'm not a poster boy for Fram and don't own their stock, I do use their filters...

Company car # 1, 250,000 miles, nothing but Shell Rotella T 15/40 oil and Fram filter since new...engine had never been touched, sold it to get a newer model....

Company car # 2, 431,610 miles till it was totaled in auto accident, nothing but Shell Rotella T 15/40 and Fram filter since new,engine had never been touched......

Comany car #3, as of today, 101,000 miles, Shell Rotella T 15/40, Fram filter...........
Same goes for my wifes car and daughters car.....

They work for me......

David

[Mark IV]

Originally Posted by DAVID GAGNARD

o-k, but does Ford manufacter their own filters, does AC Delco do it or do they have another manufacter make them for their use?????
I wonder how many companies Fram makes filters for?????

No, Ford does not maunufacture the filters themselves, they do however specify the design and materials of the filters. Many filters are manufactured by Champion Laboratories (NOT the spark plug "Champion") and Wix as well as some other suppliers. All are capable of making great stuff....or junk. Don't think for a minute that STP, Mobil or Roush have people in a room building oil filters, all those are contracted out to specification. No different than gasoline refining where one refinery turns out multiple brands with different additive packages as specified.