Hello all--I have a 97 Maxima that we bought new It now has 105K miles on it and runs and looks like the day we bought it.. I changed the oil a few days ago i do this every 3K Same brand i been using for years--but this time i used a Fram oil filter--Anyway--I notice sometimes on a cold start i hear like a rap for a second--The same sound you sometimes hear right after you start the car up after an oil change--It happens so fast and lasts for a second--But i hear it.. Could the oil filter be causing this? I always used the Nissan filter--but i couldnt pass up a the great on sale price of the fram--which is the fram ultra-filters like 98%..

Thanks for any info..... 10W30 is the oil i use and have been using for YEARS!

 

Hum? My 96 does the same thing when cold. I also use the fram filter? Doubt the filter has anything to do with this noise. For how long have you noticed this noise? I mean did it ever make the noise before this last oil change?

 

Sounds like the fram doesn't have the anti drain back.

 

Do you know if it does or not? Never herd that before? going to reserch oil filters right now...

 

Pretty sure FRAMS are on the do-not-buy list in the fluids/oils sticky.

Could be, You should check out your filter OP.

I have a mobile 1 from autozone, I hear nothing like what you describe.

 

I just checked and the fram def says that it has the anti-drain back valve. Fast what fram filter did you use part #? if you remember.

 

I by the Wal-Mart Super Tech for $2.50 and don't have any noise.

 

it happens on my 98 all the time when I first start it up during the day when it's cold. it's kinda like a high pitched grinding sound almost. and it just very brief. I'll take a video in a few hours.... I think it might be because it's so cold the oil sticks like **** on a blanket as opposed to hot oil that's slicker than a harpooned hippo on a banana tree.