Fram Ultra XG10575 Oil Filter Cut Open vs. Mobil1 M1-212A Oil Filter Cut Open Comparison

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1. Oil Filter Friday,
   
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2. Thorough video. 👍I think I'd give the Fram the edge.

3. Fair review..

4. I will not buy frams

5. Fram media looks solid. But I think the overall design of the M1 is better. Specially the bypass valve design.

6. Hi Pete, I like the Fram ultra better in this comparison, I'd be willing to run this filter my next oil change.

7. The flow is better on the Mobil 1 with a static pressure of 20 pounds and the Frame is 24 pounds.

8. I will stick with my super tech oil filter cheaper then both and is a better filter in my opinion.

9. something relaxing about watching his oil filter reviews 👍🙂

10. Mobil one will have better flow

11. The centre part of the filter is a different circumference which looks like the fram has more room inside for the oil to circulate

12. The “frame” lol

13. Please do some test for motorcycle oil filters

14. Will you open Premium Guard PG2500EX? Maybe it will be possible to compare it with Mobil 1, Pulorator PL22500 or Fram TG10575.

15. I've used Mobile 1 synthetic oil with all 3 different grades of FRAM oil filters, yes even their "inferior" orange filters with no problems on my 1987 Mazda B2200 truck.. Recently I tried the top of the line Mobile 1 oil filter, but to my surprise everytime I started the engine it would clatter like crazy for the first few seconds of running like it was dry starting and starving for oil. Switched back to FRAM oil filter and no more "dry" starts. So I'm sticking with FRAM despite all the claims people make that Mobile filters are better. I'm surprised I have good experience with Mobile 1 synthetic oil but not with their filter.

16. After all the Fram oil filters I bought over the years because I thought they were good, finding out they are the lousiest of all, makes me so mad I'll never buy an Autolight anything ever again! They should be called SHAM oil filters!

17. The frame Ultras clearly the better filter. After all the media is what filters the oil

18. Fram Ultra XG: I'm impressed and would be willing to use it on my own vehicle.

19. That Fram has really good filter media by the looks of it.

20. So many comments and here is one more about filter media. While you can make statements about the construction materials used in the various filters when eyeballing them, you can't look at filter media and know anything about how it performs. For that you need very sophisticated light microscopy, nitrogen and mercury porosimetry instruments and a host of various calibrated fluorescent beads to perform filter challenge testing with various diameter beads. Designing and engineering various filter media is a multibillion dollar industry and expanded cellulosic filter media is still widely used in industry for filtering oil.

    All engine oil filters use a depth style media. That means they trap particles throughout the depth of the media. Where the particle gets trapped is pretty random but this style of media has a much greater capacity for holding particulate matter and is much lower to clog under normal use. And let's not forget that almost all filter media is rated for trapping spherical particles while real world particles can be fine needles or shreds of metal shavings. And while you can specify the rate of particle entrapment in a single pass, the oil is recycled continuously so particles have many chances of being trapped.

    Could it be that engine designers do not know about specific oil design criteria and allow the specialists at oil lubricating labs to make those design decisions for them? How about filter media engineering? The real question is what is the source of the filter media used in these different engine oil filters and how quickly do they load up and how efficient are they at trapping particles at any given size range. A really fine filter media may clog too quickly vs another one that has a much greater capacity for larger particles that create much greater engine wear. That is an engineering tradeoff and requires extensive engineering expertise to balance the variables efficiently. Imagine an elaborate dry sump oil filtration system that weighs more and costs more than the entire production engine? Not so useful as a daily driver. But your oil would stay clean forever or until it broke down chemically. You get some of that engineering on a long haul turbodiesel engine for trucking but it would not fit under the hood of your passenger car.

    Driving conditions and frequent oil filter changes plus air filter changes can go a long way towards making the case for using a lower cost filter and changing it out more frequently. The industry is tending towards the opposite with a longer period between oil changes and increased service intervals. That makes sense when dealer service charges are ever increasing but not as much for the do it yourself crowd who enjoys the maintenance of their vehicles. All food for thought.

21. Hi! First of all, thank you for the very informative video! Also, I would like to ask, I’d there really a difference in oil flow between the Fram Ultra and the Mobil 1 Extended oil filter?

22. you put alot of information in your videos, thankyou, if people would only maintain their autos their engines wouldnt make bad noises !!

23. my 2014 yukon xl has 205,000 I use walmart syn and fram every 8,000, and use mybe a pint in 8,000

24. Fram is what Detroit put on it for the volume of the oil pump cold and hot wix sucks ass restricting oil with to much filter claiming there better well there not Napa pushs wix because they are paid to Fram has gone on every motor of mine for 60 years 😀

25. I believe fram ultra was codeveloped with honda to make fram a main supplier . Dont remember. But there was a reason i kept hunting these down online for almost 20 bucks when they came out. Took a long time to be available locally. I drive hard like its normal driving after this filter came out. Nothing felt off.

26. Good Stuff,Great Tips😃👍🏿

27. I had a toyota corolla and there was a delay with the oil light, I switched to the fram filter and the light went off instantly.

28. I was debating on these two same exact filters for my 2022 F-150 5.0 engine. I went with the Fram Ultra with Castrol Edge extended performance oil. It's the first oil change at 3k miles.

29. Kind of new to this depth of discussion and using synthetic oil. If I change my synthetic oil every 4k to 5k, can I change the filter every other oil change? Its kind of a pain to get the filter off and on without making a mess. Every other would be great. Not being cheap, just wondering what you recommend.

30. Take note most cars befor the mid 60s did not have oil filters you changed oil 2 times year…winter water out antifreeze in watering antifreeze out. 30s. 10w winter.

31. My oil seems to stay cleaner with the Fram ultra oil filter. After three months I can still see through the oil to the dip stick. Best oil filter for $10.00 at Walmart.

32. Do a review with the M1-212 not the 21A. The 212A is a lower grade filter than the 212. So I could see it being on par with FRAM.

33. I have used Fram oil and air filters for 30 yrs with not 1 issue with using them in any of my vehicles, they are good filters and Walmart has the lowest prices that I could find, good vid thanks.

34. I went with Fram