acura_intregra_gsr

i'm changing my oil in my 95 gsr and the fram filter they gave me the 3593 doesn't fit my car. the one i took off is alot smaller then the fram and it's some honeywell filter. i'm wondering if anyone else has had this problems with it or not? what are the filters you use? please help i'm stranded without a car now and need it for tomorrow

DC206R

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go back and get a new filter. i'm pretty sure its not 3593, its more like 3320 or something can't remember.

acura_intregra_gsr

i've called all the places around town and they all give me the same number oil filter for the fram though

bonstokLS

I though that my old 91 ef used the same filter as my gsr sedan. I will have to check.

acura_intregra_gsr

thanks i'm in need for any help right now.

and great just realized i messed up on my name

SuckMyDOHC

iTrader: (1)

what don't you mean it won't fit? wrong thread, size of inlet, or the actual filter is just way too damn big and will cause oil to pour out?

acura_intregra_gsr

the filter was to big i couldnt' even start to get it to screw on cuz it was hitting something and couldn't line it up.

beutler09

i take it it's your first oil change in this car? better make sure its stock oil pan

beutler09

hahaha thats funny.. oh well we wont judge you lol

sixfourkiller

i think the gsr and LS have the same oil filter and for mobil ! its M104 so im thinking they just gave u the wrong filter by accident

acura_intregra_gsr

it's my second but when i bought the car it came with a box full of parts and it had two oil filters with it and i left the other one a home when i moved for college and the are is completly stock.

acura_intregra_gsr

well unless it was in the wrong box then it was the so called right fram. when my buddy gets back he's going to run me to auto zone to look for another one

mmmbrapND

GSR's are 3593A filters... to the best of my knowledge...

mrdeadman

Return the fram oil filter and get a good one, from the dealership.

acura_intregra_gsr

thats what it's supposed to be but it doesn't fit......

i can't find any tha fit my car so all i can do now is put the old one back on for a few days untill either my parents send me the other one down or i can make it to a dealer to get another one

steveo135

just fyi fram oil filters arent that great

DBAl

Was the oil filter you took off not labeled?

94 ls-r

So much easier to go down to the dealer and get the oem one. Not much more expensive either.

acura_intregra_gsr

well at first i didn't notice anything but honeywell on the side. but thats cuz i didn't tip it upside down to look. on the bottem it had the big honda H so i'm guessing it came from the dealer to i'll have to run down there tomorrow and get one

acura_intregra_gsr

i know thats what i'm going to do for now on this was just a pain in the ***

shandonwall

Stock Oil Pan?? The oil filter doesn't attach to nor is it affected by what oil pan you are running.

Anyways, most Honda's from 1988-on use #3593 Fram filters, not sure what other brands' part numbers are. Honda s2000's are the only other 88-up Honda I know of that runs a different oil filter than Fram #3593. There may be other Honda's out there that use a different filter, but from Civic's to Prelude's to Integra's, all I've seen them use are the #3593 Fram filter. If I had to guess, either the Filter you bought had the wrong filter in the correct box (most stores open the box at checkout to make sure the right filter is in the right box) *or* the was somehow damaged (perhaps it got knocked off the store's shelf or dropped) *or* had a defect from the manufacturer (Sleepy QA (Quality Assurance) worker at the factory).

94 ls-r

They only have 2 kinds of filters at dealer. Small ones for tegs and civics. Larger ones for s2k and some accords and etc..... I used to by them by the case wit my friends shop account.

acura_intregra_gsr

i took the filter off and took it in to auto zone to compare and my filter was smaller then all the one's that was supposed to go to my car. the other filters were just to big to fit on it kept hitting something so it wouldn't line up right

90_EX_Civic

are u sure that it was straight on? like you lined it up right? there should be nothing there in the way. even if the oem honda filer (blue in color) is smaller, you can fit a s2k filter, which is a lot bigger then the fram, on your gsr. if you can, take a pic.

acura_intregra_gsr

i'm pretty sure it was going on straight. i sat there and tried and tried and this isn't exactly my first oil change. there was something it was hitting there i'm just not sure what it was i was pretty limited on space. i was just pulled up on the curb and thats still pretty low for a teg for i didn't have much room but i'm sure it was going on straight cuz the old one slide right on again