Ferrari Mailing List: Re: UFI Oil Filters - no watch or gun content

[Matt Boyd (ferrari308driver]

I went back in my email to see if I could find reference, but it
occurred when I used an email account I no longer have.  I did find an
email I wrote in 2001 that said "remember way back when we had the UFI
problem?"  So it must have been before 2001....so, I guess 2000 is the
answer.

1998 filters should be ok, based on this line of reasoning...unless
Britt somehow had a really old filter!

-matt
'85 308

On 3/27/08, Britt2Asa [at] aol.com <Britt2Asa [at] aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> HI,
> The problem was in 2000 or 2001 not earlier. There were some pics on the  web
> showing the different filters, the type that would blow had different rivets
> in them so side by side you could see the problem. Have no idea where those
> pics  are now to give you the link.
>
> I got my first Ferrari in 2000 and the problem was AFTER that so I suspect
> you are ok.
>
> Britt
>
> Anyone  remember back some 8-10 years ago, a few stories about UFI filters
> for the  308 bursting, spraying oil throughout the engine compartment?
>
> I have 2  such UFI oil filters in Ferrari factory boxes dated 24-04-98,
> which I
> should sell but don't want to pass risk of the problem to an unsuspecting
> buyer, if in fact it is a potential problem.
>
> The information  I seek is whether this was a genuine widespread problem
> or a localized  fluke.  And whether it can be identified by datecode to a
> specific
> lot of filters.  So far I've searched the FerrariChat 2003 archives,  Google,
> Dogpile
> & Yahoo and found only 1 personal bursting story by  Bill Badurski FCA
> chairman
> - he claims sealing gasket let go due to a  production problem since
> corrected.
>
> tks
> p
>
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>
>
>
> BR in the  UK
> 1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK
> 1980 400i  (RHD 72,000 miles)
> Searching for the right 512TR
> 2003 BMW 530d
> 1991  Alfa Spider S4
>
>
>
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