T3: RE: oil filter location

["Erkson, Toby" <toby.erkson@intel.com>]

If you look at the images on my web page you can see where I had it 
mounted.  Actually, it was fairly safe from road debris as I have mud flaps 
and it was up high enough.  The after-market exhaust header protected it 
somewhat.  I had absolutely no fear of dislodging it from bottoming out 
because if I did bottom it out the following damages would've occurred as 
well:  Total destruction of my 1.5qt. oil sump; exhaust header ripped from 
engine; nasty mangling of sheetmetal around rear apron and side fenders; 
other assorted engine damage when a bottoming out occurs :p

The new mount, which I will show pictures of once I put the engine back in 
(after the new tranny comes), just puts the filter up a little higher out 
of the way, which will make it less visible once I get a new rear apron, 
and over toward the center of the engine (not flush with the bumper mount 
as before) to keep the oil lines from rubbing on other components and 
keeping the tension of the lines down.

I will be putting a heat shield between the filter and mount.  This will 
keep the exhaust header heat and engine cooling heat (there's an oxymoron) 
from heating up the filter (sort of a problem before).

The filter is definitely vertical with the opening of the filter facing UP.

This makes removal/installation of the filter much less messy!
    Toby Erkson
    air_cooled_nut@pobox.com  <-- Please use this address for email
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    '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L
    '75 Porsche 914 1.8L, ORPCA member
    Portland, Oregon, http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8501/



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Subject: oil filter location
Author:  Ned Glenn [SMTP:elg2@axe.humboldt.edu]  at MSXGATE
Date:    3/30/98 1:35 PM

Where did you mount it?  on the left bummper mount?  is it vertical or 
hozitall, what about ground clearance? rocks?  Do you have a stock 
muffler or "headers".  If yours is on the left bumper mount, isn't that 
quite close to the heat?

Right now mine is hanging from a coat hanger, near the gen pulley cover 
and i think that is wher it migh get bolted but I'm looking for 
suggestions.


thanx
ned