Hi Gang,
Perhaps this is an old thread. It it is, please flush
now.
I belong to a Ferrari list (www.FerrariList.com)
where the topic of recent conversation is oil filters.
The factory recommended brand is UFI. However,
there has been a run of bad sealing rings on the UFI
filters, although UFI hasn't admitted it, resulting in
SIX of us having blown filters! I have blown two
filters in my 308GTB. Imagine 6 quarts of Mobil 1
pumped into your engine compartment in 12 seconds!
The D-ring seal at the filter base is, in my opinion,
defective on this run of filters.
We have found a replacement filter from Baldwin
that has a burst strength of 600 psi and only a 5 psi
drop in pressure at 12 gpm flow rate. Why am I
telling you this?
The reason is to preface the question about oil
filters and MGBs. Is there a preferred oil filter
manufacturer for our cars? Granted, our LBCs
don't hold the 100+ psi pressure and 7.5 gpm flow
rates of a big Ferrari but it would be just as
disheartening to blow a filter and seize an engine!
All engines are sacred. What do you guys use?
--
Rick Lindsay
Diamond Geoscience Research
5727 S. Lewis Ave., Tulsa, OK
Voice: +1 918-747-3456
Fax: +1 918-747-8599
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