Robert,
I can't for the life of me understand how an oil filter will do that.
The only thing that I can rationalize is that the Fram does not offer as
much back pressure as the WIX and the extra back pressure is realized as
the appearance of higher oil pressure.
If this is the case, I wonder which is better for the engine???
Regards,
Joe Curry
Robert Allen wrote:
>
> I tramped the TR6 really hard a couple of weeks ago and then noticed the
> oil pressure had dropped from 60+ to 35 pounds. Bummer.
>
> And then I rememebered that I had changed the oil and this time replaced
> the Wix cartiridge oil filter with a Fram PH3816. And then I also
> remembered that one of the gods on the MG list said Fram filters were
> crap and to stick with Napa or Wix.
>
> So this weekend, I stopped by O'Reilly's and picked up a Wix 51374 and
> tossed it in the boot. For the next 60 miles I carefully watched the oil
> pressure. 35 pounds and fading in this heat.. While I was stopped at a
> friends house, I swapped the Fram for the Wix.
>
> No oil change. Same day. Same weather. Same roads. Same speeds.
>
> The TR6 happily jumped right back up to the 60-65 psi range it has
> always had.
>
> I'll be damned. Nothing I do ever works out that good!
>
> Bob Allen, Kansas City, '69CGT, '75TR6
> New CW Fav: "I'm so miserable without you it's almost like you're still
> here."
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