Oh boy... and I thought I had a mess when I dumped 4 quarts on the driveway
due to misalignment of the screw-on oil filter converter. 6 quarts in the
engine compartment of a 308 -- ugh. Not your best access in there for clean
up, I imagine.
on 5/2/01 11:50 AM, R. O. Lindsay at rolindsay@dgrc.com wrote:
> Also, I am a bit over sensitive regarding oil pressure as I
> have recently had oil filter problems with my 308GTB. The
> Ferrari supported supplier of oil filters for the 308 is a
> company called UFI. Recently, the UFI company made a run
> of filters and supplied them with a defective sealing O-ring.
> Actually it is a D-ring but close enough. The rubber used in
> the seal was WAY too soft and deformed under pressure
> allowing hot oil to flow past the ring. In the 308, when the
> seal is broken, the pressure sensor tells the oil pumps to go
> full flow! The result is a massive oil blow. Twice in one day,
> I blew 6 quarts of Mobil1 oil into the engine compartment in
> 10 seconds at 100psi! Fortunately, both times I got the
> engine shut down safely in time to avoid damage. Also, the
> flash point of synthetic oil is higher than that of dino-oil and
> even though the headers were glowing hot, the oil did not
> catch fire. Massive good luck there. I now use Baldwin racing
> filters on the 308.
>
> rick
>
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