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Re: [Healeys] Wix 51516XP oil filter

To: BJ8Healeys <sbyers@ec.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Wix 51516XP oil filter
From: Alan Seigrist via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 07:23:59 +0800
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Hi Steve -

I had one of those as well but I discovered it was improperly designed and
the oil completely bypassed the filter in operation.  Not sure if it=E2=80=
=99s
because it was designed for a puralator and I had a teclemite or vice
versatile, who knows.

Best,

Alan

On Tue, 8 Nov 2022 at 11:36 PM, BJ8Healeys via Healeys <
healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:

> I got one of Moss=E2=80=99s first =E2=80=9Cspin on=E2=80=9D adapters in t=
he late =E2=80=9880s because of
> the mess caused by the original canister, and the need to special-order t=
he
> replacement cartridges.  This adapter holds the spin-on filter parallel t=
o
> the centerline of the car, with the aft end of the filter lower than the
> front.  Changing oil is easy and causes no mess.  I don=E2=80=99t know if=
 this type
> of adapter is still available, but the one I have is the only one I=E2=80=
=99ve ever
> seen.  All the others hold the filter perpendicular and level to the bloc=
k
> and seem to be sized for a smaller filter than what I use.
> I have several Wix 51085 filters, and all except one (China) are marked
> =E2=80=9CMade in USA=E2=80=9D.  I remember back in the =E2=80=9860s that =
I used to pass the Wix
> plant in Gastonia, NC about once a week.
>
>
>
> Steve Byers
>
> HBJ8L/36666
>
> BJ8 Registry
>
> AHCA Delegate at Large
>
> Havelock, NC  USA
>
> *From:* Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of *Mi=
chael
> Oritt via Healeys
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 8, 2022 7:26 AM
> *To:* Alan Seigrist
> *Cc:* Healeys@autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Wix 51516XP oil filter
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 10:32 PM Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
>
> But for filter conversions on our healeys, they normally sit sideways so
> you gotta get it with the oil bypass valve
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 9:52 AM Simon Lachlan via Healeys <
> healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> As a corollary to this topic, a question=E2=80=A6..
>
> If one has two filters identical in all respects except size, would the
> bigger of the two be better? ie, does size matter?
>
> I only ask because I have latterly been using large filters, Mann W1130/1=
.
> Made in Germany.:-
>
> MANN-FILTER Online Catalog Europe - Product Details Oil Filter W 1130/1
> <https://catalog.mann-filter.com/EU/eng/catalog/MANN-FILTER%20Katalog%20E=
uropa/Oil%20Filter/W%201130~1>
>
> Impossible with the original Lucas starter.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Simon
>
>
>
> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *Jean Caro=
n
> *Sent:* 07 November 2022 20:10
> *To:* fsufan1952@yahoo.com; Warren Dietz <flyhihealey@gmail.com>
> *Cc:* Healeys@autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Wix 51516XP oil filter
>
>
>
> Don,
>
> 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 a=
n
> American can drop it in place any better than a Chinese. See a video on
> YouTube how Fram filters are made.
>
> Given the relatively low price of an oil filter, I would still change the
> filter every oil change.
>
>
>
> Jean
>
>
>
> Sent from my Bell Samsung device over Canada=E2=80=99s largest network.
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<div dir=3D"auto">Hi Steve -</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"a=
uto">I had one of those as well but I discovered it was improperly designed=
 and the oil completely bypassed the filter in operation.=C2=A0 Not sure if=
 it=E2=80=99s because it was designed for a puralator and I had a teclemite=
 or vice versatile, who knows.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D=
"auto">Best,</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Alan</div><=
div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On=
 Tue, 8 Nov 2022 at 11:36 PM, BJ8Healeys via Healeys &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:=
healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blo=
ckquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #c=
cc solid;padding-left:1ex">









<div lang=3D"EN-US" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple">

<div class=3D"m_245926526388902215Section1">

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Ca=
libri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">I got one of Moss=E2=80=
=99s first =E2=80=9Cspin on=E2=80=9D adapters in the late =E2=80=9880s beca=
use
of the mess caused by the original canister, and the need to special-order =
the
replacement cartridges.=C2=A0 This adapter holds the spin-on filter paralle=
l to the
centerline of the car, with the aft end of the filter lower than the front.=
=C2=A0
Changing oil is easy and causes no mess.=C2=A0 I don=E2=80=99t know if this=
 type of adapter
is still available, but the one I have is the only one I=E2=80=99ve ever se=
en.=C2=A0 All the
others hold the filter perpendicular and level to the block and seem to be
sized for a smaller filter than what I use.<br>
I have several Wix 51085 filters, and all except one (China) are marked =E2=
=80=9CMade
in USA=E2=80=9D.=C2=A0 I remember back in the =E2=80=9860s that I used to p=
ass the Wix plant in
Gastonia, NC about once a week.=C2=A0 <u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><a name=3D"m_245926526388902215__MailEndCompose"><sp=
an style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-ser=
if&quot;;color:#1f497d"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></a></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Ca=
libri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">Steve Byers<u></u><u></u>=
</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Ca=
libri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">HBJ8L/36666<u></u><u></u>=
</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Ca=
libri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">BJ8 Registry<u></u><u></u=
></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Ca=
libri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">AHCA Delegate at Large<u>=
</u><u></u></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Ca=
libri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">Havelock, NC=C2=A0 USA<u>=
</u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div lang=3D"EN-US" link=3D"blue" vlink=
=3D"purple"><div class=3D"m_245926526388902215Section1">

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0in 0in">

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot=
;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span style=3D"font-s=
ize:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> Healeys
[mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blank"=
>healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Oritt via
Healeys<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 8, 2022 7:26 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Alan Seigrist<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href=3D"mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blank">Heal=
eys@autox.team.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Wix 51516XP oil filter<u></u><u></u></span></=
p>

</div>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p>

<div>

<div>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:#3333ff">I use K&amp;N=C2=A0200=
9&#39;s which
fasten=C2=A0to 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 t=
o
avoid a mess.=C2=A0=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></span></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:#3333ff"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></=
span></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:#3333ff">Best--Michael Oritt<u>=
</u><u></u></span></p>

</div>

</div>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p>

<div>

<div>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal">On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 10:32 PM Alan Seigrist &lt;<a=
 href=3D"mailto:healey.nut@gmail.com"; target=3D"_blank">healey.nut@gmail.co=
m</a>&gt; wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>

</div>

<blockquote style=3D"border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0i=
n 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in">

<div>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal">yes generally if the filter is pointed down, the big=
ger the
better... usually the wider it is is more preferable to the longer it is.<u=
></u><u></u></p>

<div>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><br>
But for filter conversions on our healeys, they normally sit sideways so yo=
u
gotta get it with the oil bypass=C2=A0valve<u></u><u></u></p>

</div>

</div>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p>

<div>

<div>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal">On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 9:52 AM Simon Lachlan via Hea=
leys
&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blank">healeys@aut=
ox.team.net</a>&gt;
wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>

</div>

<blockquote style=3D"border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0i=
n 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in">

<div>

<div>

<div>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">As a corollary to this topic, a=
 question=E2=80=A6..<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">If one has two filters identica=
l 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=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">I only ask because I have latte=
rly been using large filters, Mann
W1130/1. Made in Germany.:-<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><a href=3D"https://catalog.mann=
-filter.com/EU/eng/catalog/MANN-FILTER%20Katalog%20Europa/Oil%20Filter/W%20=
1130~1" target=3D"_blank">MANN-FILTER Online Catalog Europe - Product Detai=
ls Oil Filter
W 1130/1</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">Impossible with the original Lu=
cas starter.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">Any ideas?<u></u><u></u></span>=
</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></span></p=
>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">Simon<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<div>

<div style=3D"border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in =
0in 0in">

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b>From:</b>
Healeys &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_bl=
ank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>&gt;
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jean Caron<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 07 November 2022 20:10<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href=3D"mailto:fsufan1952@yahoo.com"; target=3D"_blank">fsufan=
1952@yahoo.com</a>;
Warren Dietz &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:flyhihealey@gmail.com"; target=3D"_blank"=
>flyhihealey@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href=3D"mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blank">Heal=
eys@autox.team.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Wix 51516XP oil filter<span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u=
></u><u></u></span></p>

</div>

</div>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<div>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">Don,<u></u><u></u></span></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">It makes absolutely no differen=
ce 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 ex=
cept
the step of lining up=C2=A0 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 You=
Tube
how Fram filters are made.=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></span></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">Given the relatively low price =
of an oil filter, I would still
change the filter every oil change.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background:white"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" styl=
e=3D"color:#212121">=C2=A0</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span>=
</p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background:white"><span lang=3D"EN-GB" styl=
e=3D"color:#212121">Jean</span><span lang=3D"EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></=
p>

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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-GB">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></span></p>

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