WIX/NAPA - For me too.
Rick
Kevin D Richards wrote:
> I use Wix filters.....I have had no problems since 1989 when I first
> started using them.
> They have been proven to be one of the best out there, sold under the
> napa and carquest names, they also say wix on the filter. They are
> highly recommended by mechanics everywhere.
> cheers
> kevin
>
> R. O. Lindsay wrote:
> >
> > Hi Gang,
> > Perhaps this is an old thread. It it is, please flush
> > now.
> > I belong to a Ferrari list (www.FerrariList.com)
> > where the topic of recent conversation is oil filters.
> > The factory recommended brand is UFI. However,
> > there has been a run of bad sealing rings on the UFI
> > filters, although UFI hasn't admitted it, resulting in
> > SIX of us having blown filters! I have blown two
> > filters in my 308GTB. Imagine 6 quarts of Mobil 1
> > pumped into your engine compartment in 12 seconds!
> > The D-ring seal at the filter base is, in my opinion,
> > defective on this run of filters.
> > We have found a replacement filter from Baldwin
> > that has a burst strength of 600 psi and only a 5 psi
> > drop in pressure at 12 gpm flow rate. Why am I
> > telling you this?
> > The reason is to preface the question about oil
> > filters and MGBs. Is there a preferred oil filter
> > manufacturer for our cars? Granted, our LBCs
> > don't hold the 100+ psi pressure and 7.5 gpm flow
> > rates of a big Ferrari but it would be just as
> > disheartening to blow a filter and seize an engine!
> > All engines are sacred. What do you guys use?
> >
> > --
> > Rick Lindsay
> > Diamond Geoscience Research
> > 5727 S. Lewis Ave., Tulsa, OK
> > Voice: +1 918-747-3456
> > Fax: +1 918-747-8599
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