Ferrari Mailing List: Date confirmed, was: UFI Oil Filters - no watch or gun content

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

Hey Gang,
   I just found an old picture of my 308's engine
taken not long after the UFI-blows.  In this picture
you can see the replacement Baldwin filter I
installed.  It is dated 3/8/2001.  Hope that helps
with your date-stamp questions.

http://www.aubard.us/Ferrari/308GTB002e2.jpg

rick

http://www.aubard.us/Ferrari/308GTB002e2.jpg
--- Rick Lindsay <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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