[Healeys] Wix 51516XP oil filter

[Bob Spidell]

Anyone seen the Ferrari engines with a large, usually Fram(!) oil filter 
mounted upside-down on top of each cylinder bank? I've always wondered 
1) why Ferrari did this and 2) how do you keep from dumping 2qts. of 
dirty oil on the engine when you change them out?

Although the rubber--I think most are silicone now--anti-drainback 
valves are a good idea, I think they allow most of the oil to drain back 
eventually except, of course, when the filters are mounted business-end 
up. They also only seal-up the inlet holes, so if the filter gets tipped 
oil will drain out quickly from the outlet hole.


On 11/8/2022 4:26 AM, Michael Oritt via Healeys wrote:
> I use K&N 2009's which fasten to the engine laterally and wish I could 
> find a spin-on adaptor that has the filter facing (open-end) up simply 
> because it is much easier to avoid a mess.
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
>
> On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 10:32 PM Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>     yes generally if the filter is pointed down, the bigger the
>     better... usually the wider it is is more preferable to the longer
>     it is.
>
>     But for filter conversions on our healeys, they normally sit
>     sideways so you gotta get it with the oil bypass valve
>
>     On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 9:52 AM Simon Lachlan via Healeys
>     <healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>         As a corollary to this topic, a question…..
>
>         If one has two filters identical in all respects except size,
>         would the bigger of the two be better? ie, does size matter?
>
>         I only ask because I have latterly been using large filters,
>         Mann W1130/1. Made in Germany.:-
>
>         MANN-FILTER Online Catalog Europe - Product Details Oil Filter
>         W 1130/1
>         <https://catalog.mann-filter.com/EU/eng/catalog/MANN-FILTER%20Katalog%20Europa/Oil%20Filter/W%201130~1>
>
>         Impossible with the original Lucas starter.
>
>         Any ideas?
>
>         Thanks,
>
>         Simon
>
>         *From:*Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of
>         *Jean Caron
>         *Sent:* 07 November 2022 20:10
>         *To:* fsufan1952 at yahoo.com; Warren Dietz <flyhihealey at gmail.com>
>         *Cc:* Healeys at autox.team.net
>         *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Wix 51516XP oil filter
>
>         Don,
>
>         It makes absolutely no difference where the filter is made
>         unless the manufacturer specifies different material in its
>         manufacturing process. Absolutely every step of the
>         fabrication is automated and made by robots except the step of
>         lining up  the bottom part of the filter and I doubt an
>         American can drop it in place any better than a Chinese. See a
>         video on YouTube how Fram filters are made.
>
>         Given the relatively low price of an oil filter, I would still
>         change the filter every oil change.
>
>         Jean
>
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