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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Rate Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Re: What should I do next with my 2.6 Amigo? [Re: Troopersphere] #740738 08/12/06 02:16 AM Joined: May 2005 Posts: 43 8 88bronzetrooper Getting the Wheeling Fever Mabe a silly question but why does it matter if you use fram oil filters 88 Trooper. 1.5 inch lift. Rancho's, manual hubs, header, muffler, High flow cat, 2.5 all the way back, Aussie Locker, CB and 31 10.50's Re: What should I do next with my 2.6 Amigo? [Re: 88bronzetrooper] #740739 08/12/06 02:19 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 7,268 Ventura County mlclark Isuzu Moderator Mabe a silly question but why does it matter if you use fram oil filters To put it nicely, FRAM filters are not very high in the quality department. In fact, they are not even close to the middle of the road either. Materials, filter area ect are all less than desirable. There are better filters out there than FRAM. Michael Re: What should I do next with my 2.6 Amigo? [Re: mlclark] #740740 08/12/06 04:32 AM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 681 Central NJ Troopersphere Rock Warrior I'm just hoping he doesn't find pieces of the filter all up inside the oil galleries... There's a website where a guy has dissected dozens of different brand filters. He did a good job presenting his findings. He found "that" brand to be basically junk. I don't have the URL handy, but you should be able to find it if ya Google. But, let's not hijack this thread, cuz I really wanna know what he finds. C/YA! Jeff '88 Trooper 2DR LWB 4ZE1 5SP bone stock DD Re: What should I do next with my 2.6 Amigo? [Re: Troopersphere] #740741 08/12/06 06:16 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,007 Lockhart, TX Richard Saylor Roll Me Over Here's the links to at least one of them ... Linky 1 And here's a link to a letter supposedly from a production engineer at Allied Signal (they make Fram) and he's even saying not to buy a Fram ... Linky 2 Richard <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/patriot.gif" alt="" /> Had an 89 Isuzu Pickup Had a 94 Mitsubishi Eclipse 84 Honda XL185S Had an 89 Isuzu Trooper w/ 3.4 V6 01 Toyota Tundra SR5 V8 4Door Access Cab http://community.webshots.com/user/rsayloriii Re: What should I do next with my 2.6 Amigo? [Re: Richard Saylor] #740742 08/12/06 11:41 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,156 Coeurdalene ID bob large OP Body Damage is Cool no i wasn't using a fram filter. Steve C Re: What should I do next with my 2.6 Amigo? [Re: Troopersphere] #740743 08/13/06 12:43 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 7,268 Ventura County mlclark Isuzu Moderator cuz I really wanna know what he finds. I'll put my wild guess on a failed pickup tube or o-ring. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Michael Re: What should I do next with my 2.6 Amigo? [Re: mlclark] #740744 08/13/06 03:21 AM Joined: May 2005 Posts: 43 8 88bronzetrooper Getting the Wheeling Fever Well good to know because i have just changed from a fram to a generic filter. My oil pressure started to act wierd after i put the fram filter on but it was around 1000 miles after it so i didn't put the two together. thanks. 88 Trooper. 1.5 inch lift. Rancho's, manual hubs, header, muffler, High flow cat, 2.5 all the way back, Aussie Locker, CB and 31 10.50's Re: What should I do next with my 2.6 Amigo? [Re: 88bronzetrooper] #740745 08/19/06 03:06 AM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,156 Coeurdalene ID bob large OP Body Damage is Cool Well I dropped off my "spare" block off at the machine shop. So IÆll post up some pics of my second 2.6 buildup once I get it back. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> And this time IÆll run the oil pump before I drop the block in, so I know its working. And IÆm going to get a REAL oil pressure gauge. But this time; no shop to work in, and no air tools. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> But it shouldn't take me near as long since itÆs the second time around. 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