> Rick Lindsay wrote:
> >
> > David, I can only imagine that there is an implied simplicity
> > but I never found the cartridge filters in my e-type to be
> > any more hassle than the screw-on cans. My BMW M3
> > uses a cartridge and it is no hassle either.
Yes, I also had a BMW with a cartridge filter, except in my
case it was a 1967 1800/02-ti. Had no problem with that,
either.
> > I really think
> > that the American buying public thinks they know what
> > an oil filter looks like: an orange, screw-on can. Anything
> > else looks too hard. Then again, I don't place too much
> > faith in humanity. :-P
Hey, us 'Murcans are totally open-minded, and I'll shoot any
damn foreigner that says different! :-)
Paul Root SEZ -
> I had the cartidge on my TR7. Once when I changed the oil, I
> got the canister on a bit sideways and pumped 3-4 quarts of oil
> out on the paddock of my apartment complex.
I got into the habit of starting the engine and running
around to the engine compartment to check for that. I could
get there before the rockers stopped clattering. When I
bought my MGA, I discovered that the PO had removed the
pressure disk from the filter cannister. Gawdknows how long
he drove it with the oil going *around* the filter! Oh well,
the engine needed a rebuild anyway.
> On the other hand, I shreded a oil filter can on my old Mazda Navajo
> and had to turn it's base 1/16 in at a time. Talk about your 3 hour
> oil changes.
Been there! In fact, several times. Once had to pound a
screwdriver through the side of a spin-on filter and use that
to remove it when the friend I was helping change his oil didn't
have an oil filter wrench of the right type.
:-)
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