No one is immune, even found in US Military spares.
Or, could just be crappy quality, lot's of formerly trustworthy 'names' have been bought, production sent offshore to wherever was absolute cheapest.
Colorful boxes, now full of crap.
--Previous Message--
: Have an interesting one in the shop.
: 76 Spit with low/no oil pressure and a
: hammer in the engine, not that unusual,
: death-rattle cold/hot.
: Owner reported that he had oil and
: filter changed 150 miles ago.
: Dumped the (5W30) oil, and pulled the
: filter to inspect the anti-drainback
: valve and to inspect the element for
: trash. No surprise that the filter had
: no oil in it when removed, but the
: filter cartridge was loose in the can
: (!). I cut it open and the spring was
: MISSING from the oil filter, leaving
: about 1/4 inch of axial
: "float" in the element. This
: made both the drainback inop, plus the
: filter was bypassing...
: Filter in question NAPA 21374.
: I guess the message here is to be
: suspect of everything.
: Glen
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