<VV> Oil filter gasket design

[Stan East]

Keep the Baldwin’s as souvenirs for the Oil Filter Group. We had a Baldwin
split the seal on Kent Sullivan’s white coupe at the Time Trials.
Fortunately we only lost a ½ quart of oil before Ken Hand came in to the
pits. In the same vein Kent installed the last design Canadian AC filter
with the same “U” shaped seal on his concours car; guess what started an oil
leak!

 

Save the mailing to someone with a cutaway it’s already been tested.

 

Stan (very lucky) East

 

 

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Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:07:10 -0500

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Subject: <VV> Oil filter gasket design

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So do we think that ALL filters with the "over the edge" gasket don't seal
properly? Or just the Purolators? I have a case of Baldwin filters (good
quality, and years old) that have the "over the edge" gasket, but without
installing on a cutaway mount how do you tell?

 

I'd be glad to send a filter to someone who has the cutaway mount to check.

 

Les

corvair at mts.net