Volvo 850 fuel filter brands?

FinallyGotThatVolvo · Post by **FinallyGotThatVolvo** » 19 Jul 2016, 12:13

I personally use MANN filters, they seem to work well so far.

beigg · Post by **beigg** » 19 Jul 2016, 17:53

Old times consisted of naive or ignorant product knowledge. With the www, comm technology, and growth of networks there's no excuse to not be aware imo.

Post by **abscate** » 20 Jul 2016, 07:41

Classics story of corporate mentality destroying a good brand name

Fram founded the first replaceable filer which really helped keeping oil clean - of course the oil makers didn't like this as oil change intervals moved to 'oil wearing out' instead of 'oil getting dirty'

Bought by Bendix in 1960s
Honeywell in 2000s
Then Rank group.

The corporate guys just squeezed out margin, ie. quality, to maximise the stock value for the top guys.

No one knows how well Fram group (Fram Automate Prestone) are doing since they don't disclose, but I bet the earning suck. Rank was rumored to be shopping the group around last year

PS78 · Post by **PS78** » 20 Jul 2016, 09:35

You would really think by now that Fram would have made some strides to improve their products specifically oil filters. In 20 some odd years of driving and diy, I've never heard a single positive thing about any of their products. The other assorted car brands I've owned where I have been on other forums they're held in the same esteem as nuclear waste. The only reason I believe they're still in existence is a combination of market saturation, and the bundling scenarios at national chain stores with the oil change specials. The unfamiliar person need only Google Fram oil filter for a good read about the orange cans o' death.

Post by **erikv11** » 20 Jul 2016, 12:36

abscate wrote: ... The corporate guys just squeezed out margin, ie. quality, to maximise the stock value for the top guys. ...

Welcome to the working model that has swept across the US economy. Profits now, who cares if there is still a decent company or decent product in 10 years. The people at the top will be long gone by then, the traders (but not the rank and file stockholders) will have made bank.