Yes, I have two vehicles that are sensative to oil filter quality, my BMW and my Miata. The BMW has an oil cooler that requires the antidrainback valve on the filter to work right. Otherwise it drains and it takes too long for the oil pressure to come up. I use either Wix or Purolator filters on that car.
The miata has 16 valves with hydraulic lash adjusters and they get noisy if the filter doesn't filter enough or the antidrainback valve doesn't function. Again, Wix, Purolator, Mobil1, or OEM only for that car. The fram filter I tried also dropped the oil pressure too much (the car has a very accurate gauge).

On the other hand, in a 216, 235, or 261 any oil filter is better than none so fram is probably ok.


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