I was wondering if anyone knows if premium gaurd oil filters are good filter. And who thay are made by.

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Never heard of it. Dodge had an old TSB about some filters that come apart internally and plug up piston cooling ports, oil passages etc. All oil filters are not created equal.

I will not put anything on my truck but a Fleetguard LF3874

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Thats like fram I wouldnt put a fram on my lawn mower. thay are junk. I always use a wix oil filter. but everything is getting so high now. most people laugh when I tell them what kind of oil I use. I use the cheap oil at walmart. We have a 90 dodge ram dad bought it new. it has over 500,000 miles. thats what we have always put in it. but it hasnt ever been turned up. It has been good oil to me. Cause I change mine every 3000 to 5000 miles and it dont take long to get to that either.

Yes Fram is junk. I would probably consider a Wix though.

The Walmart oil is probably good - Im pretty sure Walmart doesnt make their own oil so its just a repackaged national brand.

You are dumping good oil. Put a Fleetguard Stratapore (LF 3874) on there to get better filtration and let the oil go 6000 miles.

I sure hope those bad filters on the TSB aren't Napa Gold 7620 made by wix...

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i can get a mopar cummins filter at walmart where i live for $10 bucks thats what i use and exxon 15w40 xd3 oil

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Unlikely - I think the TSB was targeted to Fram. But, like everything else, there are only a few companies that make products and many of the products that hit the market all have the same internals, and are simply rebadged. When you buy a Flletguard or Mopar, you can be certain you arent getting a rebadged product.

run a fleetguard. trust me.

whats wrong with the stock mopar filters? i thought they were just a dana/wix filter? never had a problem. as for oil, i use moble one delvec Its 11 dollars a gal and works very well with a quart of lucas. i swear by it and have ran it 200,000 miles with no issues and great oil psi even in the winter @ 20 below 0

i use triple cummins fleatguard filters from cummins northwest and cummin valvaline true blue full synthetic 5w-40

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Nothing. The diesel Mopar filters are made by Fleetguard which is a sister company to Cummins.

But there are a number of different filters that Fleetguaged makes - the best is called a Stratapore (p/n LF3894). It uses synthetic filter media that provides much better filtration and last longer between oil changes.

FLEETGUARD LF3894 - STRATAPORE OIL FILTER ('98.5-'02, 24-V)-Dodge Cummins and Ford Power Stroke Diesel Truck Accessories - Geno's Garage

I didnt know Fram were poor filters. They are pretty much all I've ever used. I've put a wix in a couple times but for the most part I've always used Fram.

How come they are so crappy??? ..... Now I'm all worried.

QC and neoprene from what I have read while researching TSB 09-004-01.
Wix and Fram are both mentioned.
I think I will be switching to Fleetguard Stratapore filters.

I don't know how true some of this stuff is so make up your own mind.
Here are a few of the pages I have looked at;
TSB 09-004-01

oil filter TSB [Archive] - Moparchat - Home of MOPAR enthusiasts worldwide!

http://www.dmtrx.ca/mx6/Project/Alli...nal_Letter.pdf

Why are they so crappy? Because they are made cheaply - even though they cost as much as a Fleetguard.

Theres not much you can do about it now - if you are going to have issues, they will likely have shown up by now...but, to be safe dont run that junk.

Okay good I havent had any issues with the truck and will be doing an oil change this week so I'm hopefully safe..... knock on wood.