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

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

My 308GTB blew TWO of those filters within a few days
of one another.  Upon removing the filter, the
defective rubber "D" ring was deformed almost flat and
out of the metal groove in the area where it leaked. 
And of course, when the pressure regulation valve
detected a drop in oil pressure, the pump went full
bore on.  I now use Baldwins.

My car is a dry sump car.  It put 2 quarts of oil in
the compartment in the time it took to shut the engine
off!  Which, BTW, is a good argument for synthetic
oil.  Its flash point is much higher reducing the
chance of fire from an oil leak.

rick

--- Paul Bennett <pbennett [at] macnet.com> wrote:

> 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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