[DeTomaso] 351c oil filter

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

The online oil filter study states that the internals look like Purolator parts.

http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oilfilterstudy.html#mc-fl1a

Tomas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Hendrickson" <chendric at bellsouth.net>
To: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>; <RKMosier at aol.com>; <dakelm at qwest.net>
Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 2:27 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 351c oil filter


> 
> 
> I remember hearing something about MotorCraft filters actually being made by
> Purolater. Anyone know if that is true?
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
> Behalf Of MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 6:52 PM
> To: RKMosier at aol.com; dakelm at qwest.net
> Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 351c oil filter
> 
> 
> In a message dated 9/25/07 6 51 40, RKMosier at aol.com writes:
> 
> 
>> 
>> What have the problems been? Just curious.
>> 
> 
> They had horrible quality control problems.   They moved production of the 
> HP-1 offshore to the Philippines.   Performance cars with high pressure oil 
> pumps were literally *exploding* Fram filters when they revved to high rpm.
> They 
> also fell apart internally and sent all sorts of filter debris through the 
> engine.
> 
> They may have corrected these flaws by now.   But genuine Ford filters are 
> reckoned to be the best, or among the best.   And nobody else makes a filter
> 
> like the FL1-HP with such a heavy-duty case.
> 
> Mike
> 
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