[Healeys] Wix 51516XP oil filter

Wed Nov 9 06:14:35 MST 2022

I did not want to bring this up as I do not like to bash our suppliers but
I wrote to Moss about their spin-on adapter when in about 2010 the one I
installed on my Elva Courier's MGA engine failed, allowing the entire
filter to come apart and the oil blow all over. Luckily it happened when I
was working on the engine and I was able to shut down immediately.  Moss
said thank you and sent me a replacement which never failed--perhaps it was
a bad casting or whatever.

Best--Michael Oritt

On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 4:30 AM BJ8Healeys via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Alan, I remember now that you mention it that Moss had a recall of their
> adapter for some problem like that, but it was solved before I got mine.
> The adapter I have has filtered my oil for almost 40 years and 131,000
> miles now, so if the filter is being bypassed it has caused no problems
> with the engine.  I think I’ll keep it.
>
>
>
> Cheers!
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> *From:* Alan Seigrist [mailto:healey.nut at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 8, 2022 6:24 PM
> *To:* BJ8Healeys
> *Cc:* Healeys at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Wix 51516XP oil filter
>
>
>
> Hi Steve -
>
>
>
> I had one of those as well but I discovered it was improperly designed and
> the oil completely bypassed the filter in operation.  Not sure if it’s
> because it was designed for a puralator and I had a teclemite or vice
> versatile, who knows.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> Alan
>
>
>
> On Tue, 8 Nov 2022 at 11:36 PM, BJ8Healeys via Healeys <
> healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> I got one of Moss’s first “spin on” adapters in the late ‘80s because of
> the mess caused by the original canister, and the need to special-order the
> replacement cartridges.  This adapter holds the spin-on filter parallel to
> the centerline of the car, with the aft end of the filter lower than the
> front.  Changing oil is easy and causes no mess.  I don’t know if this type
> of adapter is still available, but the one I have is the only one I’ve ever
> seen.  All the others hold the filter perpendicular and level to the block
> and seem to be sized for a smaller filter than what I use.
> I have several Wix 51085 filters, and all except one (China) are marked
> “Made in USA”.  I remember back in the ‘60s that I used to pass the Wix
> plant in Gastonia, NC about once a week.
>
>
>
> Steve Byers
>
> HBJ8L/36666
>
> BJ8 Registry
>
> AHCA Delegate at Large
>
> Havelock, NC  USA
>
> *From:* Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of *Michael
> Oritt via Healeys
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 8, 2022 7:26 AM
> *To:* Alan Seigrist
> *Cc:* Healeys at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Wix 51516XP oil filter
>
>
>
> 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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