or any other companies that I can pick up from Advance Auto Parts or Autozone

 

bump, i need this ASAP

 

Part #CH8081 Fram filter from autozone

 

thank you, i ended up getting a purelator bc i was in a hurry and Adavance didnt have the CH8081 anyways

 

Oh Lord, don't put Fram on your car.

 

I second that.

Fram ranks near the bottom of comparative ratings on filter material and build quality. That would be enough to drop them off the "preferred list", but some time ago, they screwed up the threads on their Honda motorcycle filters, leading to some crashes.

At first they denied responsibility, blaming installation error, until someone purchased a dozen filters and found one-quarter of them to have malformed threads on the filter base. This defect lead to them popping off the engine under higher oil pressure.

IIRC, they had recently moved production overseas, and they didn't QC the equipment well before running production lots.

Not to start a thread war, but with many maintenance items (oil, oil filters, brake parts and tires among them) it pays to buy premium products.

 

Mann 4 me fram blows, they're the walmart sponsor so thats gotta be telling you something right there

 

I wouldn't be surprised if in a few months we get another thread from this guy about "mysterious engine issues".

 

when i first bought my bmw (didnt know to much), i used a fram filter.
It looked more 'beefier' than stock but i didnt have any complaints on it. Sure i used it just once but still.

To be honist, the ONLY reason i switched from Fram to Mann was becuase i could get 4 mann filters of the internet for the price of 1 fram.

 

where did you get MANN filters at? I searched but couldnt find any sellers

 

http://www.germanfilters.com/

 

Dude thats a good find, i buy direct from a holesaler and pay about .90 less on average than germanfilters is asking. and please NO FRAM any one has a problem with that come by the shop and i will show you the 20 pieces of filter that came out of a 328i, high pressure, high temp, vanos, lonnng oil change intervals bad for cheaply made overpriced filters. matt

 

I prefer WIX filters, p/n 51223. You should be able to find this at any O'Reilly Auto Parts stores.:thumbsup:

 

I went on eBay and got a lot of 10 MANN filters for $25-30 bucks shipped. Don't have to worry about that for a while.