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

[J R Read]

Made in USA Corvair oil filters - part #L20014 - from Purolator are 
available.  Look for a grey box with bluish corners and the word Purolator 
in red letters with the word "Classic" just below that.  Around $6.00 at 
your FLAPS.

Two cool things about these:
1.  Made like the AC PF4
2.  No logo of any kind on the side of the (white) filter.
Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "shortle" <shortle556 at earthlink.net>
To: "J R Read" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>; <wfcc at mediacombb.net>; 
<N2VZD at aol.com>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> unusual? failure? something to watch for long 
CORVAIRrelated story


> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: J R Read <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
>>Sent: Jun 1, 2011 2:33 PM
>>To: wfcc at mediacombb.net, N2VZD at aol.com
>>Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>>Subject: Re: <VV> unusual? failure? something to watch for long CORVAIR 
>>related story
>>
>>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
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: <wfcc at mediacombb.net>
>>To: <N2VZD at aol.com>
>>Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>>Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 10:39 AM
>>Subject: Re: <VV> unusual? failure? something to watch for long CORVAIR
>>related story
>>
>>
>>>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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