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Hi Brian, Glad to hear that you spotted the split filter before it bled to death and locked up your engine. =:^0 Happy Holidays Tom "Flamin' Fastback" Cloud >Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 15:02:06 -0700 >From: Brian and Shannon <zoofye@micron.net> >To: a t-3 club <type3@vwtype3.org> >Subject: [T3] So mad I could spit!!!! > >What a great day, not!!! I went out to start the Nochster and while >idling I heard a mild backfire...Cold I thought. Wrongo!!! The piece o >junk Fram oil filter exploded! Second one in 2 months! It came apart >right at the seam to the filter base. Oil everywhere and no clean place >to fix it. The parking pad is on a sharp incline! Anyway, called the >local supply shop and they said there has been a rash of Fram filters >doing this....explanation: A faulty pressure check valve. Made sense, >the temps in the low 30s...but, oil pressure was at about 60psi at >idle. Idle being 450rpm. So, BEWARE! Went with NAPA this time. So >far so good. > >>From the Darkness, >Brian Fye > >------------------------------------------------------------------- >Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com