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    GDTrumbo, The anti-drainback valve in the Fram Tough Guard and Xtended Guard are made of silicone rubber. The Fram Extra Guard and High Mileage use a Nitrile rubber anti-drainback. The FRAM Xtended Guard filter has the screen backing to support the synthetic filter media. If you have...
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    Hi Kilgore Trout, You were asking about more info on the Fram High Mileage and Xtended Guard filters. The fram.com website has a pretty good description and cut-away illustrations of both of these and is a good place to start. After you look there if you have more questions just post them and...
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    Hi Mike, FYI, the FRAM crosses to the Motorcraft FL-820 are the PH2, TG2, XG2, or HM2 and they all have anti-drainback valves. That’s something that all filter manufacturers take seriously and make sure they don’t leave out if the OE filter had one. Gary
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    Trombonedemon, My apologies … I didn’t mean to say that people on these forums aren’t people we should be listening to. That’s why we are here. We do want to know what you guys think – car guys are the whole reason we’ve been in business for 75 years. Unfortunately though, there has been a...
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    Hi Kilgore and Stang, Regarding drain back valves, if the OE filter has a drainback valve then the Fram filter will have one also. The same goes for the relief valve. Those are both very important features. When it comes to the “conventional wisdom” on car forums, you need to ask...
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    Comparing Filters Hi Guys, My name is Gary and I am the chief engineer for Fram. I am bummed that we get a bad rap based simply on cutting the filter open. There are a lot of good filters out there, and they all may look a little different inside, but it’s really important to compare how...
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