RE: Spin on filters

["Brian A.Tink" <batink@domain.elided>]

Richard

I have passed my comments about spin ons, but to recap, they are just as
messy as the original and that it with out the need to stab them.

In Oz, we can purchase a tool for the removal/tightening of spin ons, and
even with these the oil spills.

keep staggering   brian


At 11:13 AM 8/09/98 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi Al 
>
>I went for one of these adapters because I was fed up with
>Oil-up-my-sleeve every time that I changed the oil (hmm once a year was
>a real drag). There seems to be a lot of mixed views on the adapters out
>there. 
>
>Some people claim that there is an oil bypass in the unit that should
>not be. Apparently on some units the oil can flow past the inner o-ring
>and bypass the filter all together. I checked mine and it seems pretty
>tight so I am not worried.
>
>I have had lots of problems with it however. Because of a fault in the
>original outer o-ring, oil leaked from the engine block, so I had to
>trash a perfectly good filter to get it off and tighten it up again.
>This actually happened twice, until I very carefully applied a dab of
>thread lock to the bolt, I think that the action of loosening the old
>filter was also loosening the adapter.
>
>The other thing that I noticed was that I had defeated the original
>purpose of 	buying the unit because the only way to remove an old
>filter is to stab it with a screwdriver and twist it off. I reckon that
>I'm getting more oil up my sleeve than with the old system.
>
>I'm changing the oil on my Stag again this weekend (annual service), and
>guess what, I bought a paper filter. 
>
>Anyone want a Rimmer Bros. Spin-on oil filter adapter?
>
>Regards
>
>Richard Hudson
>73 Auto White Stag
>
>
>	-----Original Message-----
>	From:	AlFos@domain.elided [SMTP:AlFos@domain.elided]
>	Sent:	07 September 1998 23:32
>	To:	stag@domain.elided
>	Subject:	Spin on filters
>
>	Hi all, 
>
>	I am just about to buy a 'spin on' filter conversion for my
>Stag.  Unless of
>	course you guys tell me that it is not a very good idea.
>Assuming it is are
>	there any prefferred makes??
>
>	Al Forster
>
>
>