<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">I use K&N 2009's which fasten to the engine laterally and wish I could find a spin-on adaptor that has the filter facing (open-end) up simply because it is much easier to avoid a mess. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Best--Michael Oritt</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 10:32 PM Alan Seigrist <<a href="mailto:healey.nut@gmail.com">healey.nut@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">yes generally if the filter is pointed down, the bigger the better... usually the wider it is is more preferable to the longer it is.<div><br>But for filter conversions on our healeys, they normally sit sideways so you gotta get it with the oil bypass valve</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 9:52 AM Simon Lachlan via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div lang="EN-GB"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span>As a corollary to this topic, a question…..<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>If one has two filters identical in all respects except size, would the bigger of the two be better? ie, does size matter?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>I only ask because I have latterly been using large filters, Mann W1130/1. Made in Germany.:-<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://catalog.mann-filter.com/EU/eng/catalog/MANN-FILTER%20Katalog%20Europa/Oil%20Filter/W%201130~1" target="_blank">MANN-FILTER Online Catalog Europe - Product Details Oil Filter W 1130/1</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Impossible with the original Lucas starter.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Any ideas?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Thanks,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Simon<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jean Caron<br><b>Sent:</b> 07 November 2022 20:10<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:fsufan1952@yahoo.com" target="_blank">fsufan1952@yahoo.com</a>; Warren Dietz <<a href="mailto:flyhihealey@gmail.com" target="_blank">flyhihealey@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Wix 51516XP oil filter<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Don,<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">It makes absolutely no difference where the filter is made unless the manufacturer specifies different material in its manufacturing process. Absolutely every step of the fabrication is automated and made by robots except the step of lining up the bottom part of the filter and I doubt an American can drop it in place any better than a Chinese. See a video on YouTube how Fram filters are made. <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Given the relatively low price of an oil filter, I would still change the filter every oil change.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">Jean<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div id="m_5431318785934887033m_-5770379689514194792ms-outlook-mobile-signature"><p class="MsoNormal">Sent from my Bell Samsung device over Canada’s largest network.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><hr size="3" width="98%" align="center"></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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