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

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

The issue was never the "filter" per se., it was the
D-ring that seals the filter to the adapter.  The
"rubber" composition was bad allowing the ring to
deform so much that the ring would migrate out of the
groove.  Trust me, this is real.  I blew two of them
and examined the filters after each event.  Both
failed the same way and both came from the same UFI
production run.

rick

--- "Hans E. Hansen" <FList [at] hanshansen.org> wrote:

> Ferrari North America didn't think it was an urban
> legend.  I have
> a letter from them addressed to the prior owner of
> my car saying
> *not* to use the UFI filters.  I'll have to dig into
> my storage unit
> and see what the date was.
> 
> Hans.
> 
> On 3/27/08, red5hilser [at] aol.com <red5hilser [at] aol.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hey Paul: I've had my gt4 since June, 1999, and
> changed filters every 4K, using only UFIs. I've put
> 50K on it with NO oil baths. But then, it's only a
> Shitbox, right cLyDe?
> >
> > Sounds like a 99% urban legend to me. Think of all
> the UFIs used all over the world, and how many
> actually burst. Sounds like it's a toss-up on
> whether you get hit by a?piece of space junk?or have
> a UFI malfunction first.
> >
>
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