>To: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton)
>From: vortex@worldaccess.nl (Bert Palte)
>Subject: Re: Fram oil filters sure do suck
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>On August 12th, Jay Tilton wrote:
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>>I changed my oil yesterday in my 77 B. When I pulled the filter, a little
>>bit of the rubber backflow-prevention diaphragm was poking out one of the
>>holes on the bottom.
>
>Here is my $ .02 worth:
>
>I'd *definitely* send the filter directly to the manufacturer, for
investigation.
>(that is: to the *manufacturer*, not to your local supplier, they would not
be interested, too much fuss).
>
>Unless you have not changed that filter for seven years or so,
>there obviously must have been something wrong with that filter!
>It is also in their interests that they know when something goes wrong.
>They will definitely let you know, either way!
>
>Having said that, I once had a similar poor experience with an oil filter
>- no oil pressure build-up after starting - but that had been a cheap filter,
>with no manufacturers name on it (probably from Korea, Taiwan, Cyprus
>or Eastern Europe - this was about 20 years ago).
>Changing the filter to one from a reputable manufacturer [ there are many
of them around] solved the problem.
>If I can avoid (and afford) it, no more unbranded parts for me!
>
>Bert Palte
>25 Roggeveld
>NL-3764 ZB Soest, The Netherlands
>tel. +31 35 602 39 49
>
>1970 MGB
>1964 Landrover Series II A
>1968 Trabant (no oil filters = two-stroke-engined car, just mix the oil
with the
> gasoline / petrol...)
>
>plus a few other cars
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