Better Understand Vehicle Maintenance Considerations With New Oil Filter Rating System

Better Understand Vehicle Maintenance Considerations With New Oil Filter
Rating System

FRAM(R) Brand Launches Industry-First Engine Protection Guide

DANBURY, Conn., June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Everything has a rating system: crash
tests, movies, tires... so why shouldn't your oil filter, especially as people
hold on to their cars longer.

The FRAM team has unveiled a new engine protection rating system to help
consumers determine which of its oil filters to choose.

FRAM engineers have demonstrated measurable engine protection results for its
FRAM(R) Extra Guard, FRAM(R) Tough Guard and FRAM(R) Xtended Guard oil filters
by utilizing International Organization for Standardization's commonly
accepted test method to measure a filter's dirt holding capacity and filtering
efficiency. The chart below summarizes the levels of engine protection
provided by its filters as compared to the average of leading economy filters.

Average of FRAM Extra FRAM Tough FRAM Xtended
economy Guard Guard Guard
filters
Engine Protection(1) 1x 3x 6x

Dirt-Trapping
Efficiency(1) <80% 95% 99% 97%
Oil Filter Change
Interval 3,000 miles 5,000 miles 7,500 miles 10,000 miles(3)

"There is an important difference between an economy filter and premium
filters so our goal was to bring the filter back into the spotlight during the
oil change process and challenge drivers to ask themselves, 'What's protecting
my vehicle's oil?'" said Andrew Coccari, Director of Global Marketing,
Filtration for Honeywell Consumer Products Group. "The key difference between
economy filters and FRAM filters is the quality of the filter media."

Even though some filter media may look the same to the naked eye, it can be
very different in terms of performance and quality. FRAM engineers use a
unique technology and a more expensive media in its oil filters:

-- FRAM Extra Guard features cellulose and glass blended filter media
that
helps improve efficiency without sacrificing performance.
-- FRAM Tough Guard uses an intertwined synthetic blend media that also
contains cellulose and glass.
-- FRAM Xtended Guard uses a specially engineered two-ply synthetic media
reinforced with a metal screen. It provides the highest capacity out
of
the FRAM filter line up.

More information on FRAM filters can be found online at www.fram.com.

Honeywell Consumer Products Group, a business unit within the Honeywell
Transportation Systems segment, has headquarters in Danbury, Conn. Its leading
automotive care products include FRAM(R) oil, air, transmission and fuel
filters; Autolite(R) spark plugs, ignition wire sets and lights; Prestone(R)
antifreeze and car care products; and Holts(R) car care. It maintains R&D
capabilities in both the United States and Europe and has a manufacturing
footprint in 10 countries worldwide.

Honeywell International (www.honeywell.com) is a Fortune 100 diversified
technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with
aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and
industry; automotive products; turbochargers; and specialty materials. Based
in Morris Township, N.J., Honeywell's shares are traded on the New York,
London, and Chicago Stock Exchanges. For more news and information on
Honeywell, please visit www.honeywellnow.com.

(1) Honeywell testing of filter efficiency and capacity of models equivalent
to PH8A or TG8A, 3387A and 6607 under ISO 4548-12 protocol for particles >20
microns.

(2) Motorists should still follow 10,000 mile the recommended change oil
change intervals listed in their interval owner's manual.

(3) 10,000 mile oil change interval when using fully synthetic motor oil under
normal driving conditions.

SOURCE Honeywell International

Sativa Ross, Weber Shandwick, for Honeywell International, +1-248-633-6528,
sross@webershandwick.com