I wanted to pass on a warning about the remote filter kits you can buy for
almost any vehicle. I am passing this on since I know it is a common thing to
use in both stock and V8 MGB's as I am doing a conversion myself.. These kits
are manufactured by a variety of vendors, and I will not name the Mfg. of my
kit as this really needs to be a widespread warning. I was very lucky that I
followed a gut instinct and checked my oil the other day on my wife's camry
before driving it. The car leaks oil (yes even a Toyota does it) so I had
reason to do it, but what I found scared me. I installed a remote filter kit
about 2500miles ago in an effort to lessen the oil draining all over the block
during changes.... When reaching for the dipstick to check the oil, something
caught my eye and I looked closer to find a large split in the outer housing
of the outbound remote filter line. This was in a open section of the hose
with no bends and no parts anywhere near it. The hose simply failed.
Thankfully the inner housing was intake so no oil was lost, but who knows when
that could have happened. I am now faced with a full day project of
unmounting the entire set-up to get the old hoses out and replacing them with
braided lines.
Be VERY careful and suspect of the hoses included in the kits. More often
than not they are NOT the best quality hose, otherwise the kits would be even
more expensive. On top of that they are packaged up on plastic shrink wrap
and probably sit in warehouses and on shelves for extended periods. These
contribute to weakened hoses. I noticed this hose did not feel like other
hoses I had worked with, but thought nothing of it. I now know better.. I
will probably buy the adapter and remote base separately and spend the extra
$$ on buying good hoses locally.
Just a warning, I know I would hate to have a sudden drop in pressure and be
on the side of the road with no oil in the motor and nothing possible other
than a tow, or worse have an engine blow due to sudden oil loss at high RPM..
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