Can anyone tell me the Fram filter number for a Yanmar 3GM? I have been using them for 20 years, but can't recall the number.
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Ed: I don't know where you are located, but Torresen sells these filters for $7.20 and Amazon sell the Fram filter for $7.71. Why would you purchase a Fram filter vs. a Yanmar.
If you read filter reviews there would NEVER EVER be a Fram filter stuck on your Yanmar.
PS: The part number for your Fram would be PH8170. The "new" Yanmar number would be 119305-35151-12. The old Yanmar number is 119660-35150
Best of Luck!
If you read filter reviews there would NEVER EVER be a Fram filter stuck on your Yanmar.
PS: The part number for your Fram would be PH8170. The "new" Yanmar number would be 119305-35151-12. The old Yanmar number is 119660-35150
Best of Luck!
I would concur Kloudie1 down in Louisiana. The Fram part number is PH 3593A... and yes, I used to work for Fram. I was the FRAM MAN... 
Walmart stocks this item most everywhere...
Walmart stocks this item most everywhere...
I've also used...
the NAPA filter when the Fram was out of stock at our local PEP Boys and Wallyworld. 60 to 80 hours of use a season hardly puts a filter from a reputable manufacturer at risk. To each his own...
the NAPA filter when the Fram was out of stock at our local PEP Boys and Wallyworld. 60 to 80 hours of use a season hardly puts a filter from a reputable manufacturer at risk. To each his own...
I've read the filter reviews. Sure, there's cardboard in there, where it "should be" metal. But has anyone actually seen one fail? I know my family's auto repair buisness uses them, and has for the last 20 years. No filters have blown up yet?
Our Hunter dealer, who is also a Yanmar dealer, conducts a free 1-day Yanmar maintenance seminar each year for its customers who wish to perform their own maintenance. Reviewing my notes from the class, we were cautioned not to use automotive filters (Fram or others) on the marinized Yanmar engines as the lube oil systems on these engines operate at pressures > 100 psi which exceeds the design of filters intended for automotive applications and could result in a rupture of the filter can.
I agree with those who say not to use anything but the Yanmar filters. As stated, the Yanmars run at high oil pressure and require the filters which can handle these PSI's. Otherwise, by using Fram and other auto-like filters all you're doing is blowing engine oil past the filters bypass. The Fram (and others) outer metal casings will handle most engine pressures and not blow - however your not filtering the engine oil either. Sounds dollar foolish not to use the Yanmar filters.
I accept that the oil feed system runs at higher pressure than most automotive systems, but has anyone seen documentation that the filter is on the OUTLET side of the pump, not on the suction side? I can't believe that someone would ever design an engine that way. I agree that the price difference is too small to bother with-most of us do an annual change only I suspect, but a generic filter might be needed in an emergency. Over years of building racing engines, I've never seen a filter fail, even on engines with oversized pumps
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