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

[Erik Nielsen (judge4re]

The 365 is two filters and 19.5 quarts.  Once you add in the 308 and
the Mondial plus the mileage achieved by each, its no wonder that I
get birthday cards from OPEC.

On 3/27/08, Gary Reed <gary [at] garyreedsales.com> wrote:
> YES, I remember all of the stories at the time about the UFI filter O-ring
> sealing defect problems. I believe they recalled them from their dealers.
>
> You should probably toss them in the recycling and replace with Baldwin
> #B253 oil filters. Great quality filters.
>
> That's what I've been using ever since the UFI problems and their big price
> increases, after they fixed them.
>
> Gary
>
> 1983 512BBi
> (w/TWO filters and apx. 4-GALLONS of oil per change)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Bennett" <pbennett [at] macnet.com>
> To: "Gary Reed" <gary [at] garyreedsales.com>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 10:10 PM
> Subject: [Ferrari] UFI Oil Filters - no watch or gun content
>
>
> > 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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