I have used the clear glass one for a long time. I like being able to see
inside. I have never had it come apart, mine is clamped securely to the body
on
both ends within about 1" of the ends of the filter though. I could see where
if left to hang with much extra hose it could twist apart.
Chad '72B
Max Heim wrote:
> I think you two are talking about the same thing -- the multi-piece glass
> tubes with metal ends are the problem. The all-in-one metal cans or
> translucent (milky-white) plastic filters are pretty foolproof.
>
> Although since I've never used the glass tube type, I don't really know what
> the problem is...
>
> on 5/13/03 5:54 AM, Telewest (PH) at paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
>
>
>>I thought it was the metal and glass filters that had the problems, not the
>>translucent plastic type.
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Aaron Whiteman" <aaronw@wsu.edu>
>>To: "MG Mailing List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
>>Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 4:15 PM
>>Subject: Re: misfire at 3000 rpm
>>
>>
>>
>>>On Friday, May 9, 2003, at 04:19 AM, Carl French wrote:
>>>
>>>The clear filters have a history of problems (Barney?), avoid them and
>>>use a high-quality metal cased filter.
>>
>
>
>
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