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

[Bill Shaw (b.shaw]

One more real one for the record:  Dom's (ex - Christian) silver 308i.  
Dom had just bought it and headed for the highway home when it burst.

Best,

Bill

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> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:10:16 -0700
> From: Paul Bennett <pbennett [at] macnet.com>
> Subject: [Ferrari] UFI Oil Filters - no watch or gun content
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> 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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