<VV> unusual? failure? something to watch for long CORVAIR related story

[shortle]

That is pretty darn scary in the sense it can take an engine out. I wonder if they have any plans of recalling these filters as I have been hearing more of them failing. I for one have purchased some of these filters and actually have them on my wagon at this time. 
Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado 81301


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>From: J R Read <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
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>It happens from time to time.  All you have to do is look at the top of each 
>filter after you remove it to be sure nothing got left behind.
>Later, JR
>
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>>I wasn't going to mention this but I had the same thing happen -it was a 
>>filter that was made in Tiawan and sold through a northern U.S. parts 
>>vendor. I recently had a Harmonic balancer come apart and replaced it-when 
>>I was under the car I looked up where the oil filter bolts on and that 
>>metal plate and the outer gasket from the oil filter were still on there. 
>>If I hadn't been under the car I couldn't have seen them and it brobably 
>>would have made one hell of a mess when I put a new filter on and it 
>>wouldn't seal....
>> I also has one of these same filters start to leak a few months after 
>> installation-appeared to be from the top seam.
>>
>>                                  Ed Lindsay
>>
>> West Florida Corvair Club
>> 66 A/C Corsa
>> UltraVans 338/407
>> 66 Crown 283
>> Minnie Moore
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: N2VZD at aol.com
>> <SNIP> my findings are: the oil
>> filter  has a metal gasket retainer plate with holes in it matching the 
>> holes in
>> the top  of the filter pressed on. this plate spun a little , blocking the
>> holes .so i  THINK the blockage caused the oil pump to work  very hard
>> pumping thru the  bypass valves , showing real shiny wear on the 
>> distributor
>> gear? due to the fact  that i paint my oil filters a semi black , and i 
>> use 2
>> sources of filters , i am  not sure of the brand. not sure how that plate
>> could spin , unless (i doubt it  but)  i spun it when installing it.
>> this is one of several motors i built this year , but the only one i heard
>> this type of noise in.
>> now i may look at filters on the rest of my stuff.... the trick here is
>> that the pressure indicated on my test adaptabolt oil gauge i use on all 
>> of my
>> motors for the first few hours of running was perfectly normal.
>> i put a picture of the filter in the last issue of our newsletter.
>> my final words are: try not to spin the filter , just the bolt, when you
>> install it.
>> regards, Tim  Colson                      i hope the picture works
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