Elliott and Martha DeGraff SEZ -
> You can reduce (not eliminate) the mess with the "on top" adapter if you use a
> filter such as the 3517857-3 filter available from all Volvo dealers to fit
> Volvos from 1962 and later. This filter has an internal check valve which
> minimizes the run back. Besides making less of a mess when you change it, the
> filtered out crud doesn't run back into the crankcase when you shut off the
> engine. If I wrap a bunch of rags around the base and then sop up the oil
>that's
> left in the adapter, I make very little mess. Besides, MGs and clean garage
> floors don't go together.
OK, I have a philosophical question about all this. :-)
It seems from this thread that the spin-on filters offer
no real advantage over the element filters in the prime
area of benefit: less spillage when changing oil. So why put
on a spin-on filter adapter? I've never owned an MG
with a spin-on filter, so I have no experience with them.
What are the real benefits?
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