Long-off 340 build

knote72 said

Bunch of comments saying Tony's engine seize was because of oil contamination on part of "the orange can". Is fram really that bad of an oil filter or is it being blown outta proportion?

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Frams have apparently changed for the worse on some models of filters but not all. But this particular video is inconclusive on that point, and likely some commentors are just jumping the Fram-bashing badwagon. If it worries you, there are other known good filters out there.

It could also have been poor bearing clearances. I noticed that a couple of the pistons had scuffed too. We don't know what all they did to the engine either; the oil was amazingly black for an engine that new. (And when you see a guy using an air rachet for a breaker bar, you gotta wonder...)