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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tom Schindler" data-source="post: 630059" data-attributes="member: 56140">Fram filters are notorious in having the anti-drainback valve fail. I had a ticking noise when I started my Escort GT's engine shortly after I got it. Climbed under it and sure enough, it had a Fram filter. Drained the oil and replaced the filter with a Motorcraft, and after 2+ years it still doesn't tick after I start it after sitting weeks on end.Just so someone doesn't say I am lying, a little info about the car. I got it as a project car. The engine is getting replaced with a higher horsepower model (about 300 or so) so I could care less about the engine that is in it. The only reason why I changed the oil in the first place is to prove the oil filter study wrong about the drainback valve and I needed it to pass smog check. The oil that was in it was very clean and as far as I could tell, it looked like brand new. As I said, with a Fram, it ticked for a few seconds, with a Motorcraft filter, it doesn't...even after 2+ years of the same filter.Tom</blockquote>