No Oil Filter on my p-15

[1949 p-15]

I am about to get my p-15 back on the road. It does not have an Oil Filter. I guess that these came from the Factory this way. Is it alright to run it this way or should I find a Filter Housing for it?

[Norm's Coupe]

Not all engines had oil filters back in the day, so I guess you can get away without one. However, I'd prefer to add one myself. They aren't hard to add on.

[steveplym]

You can add one that has replacement filters or just an all in one filter canister. I changed mine over to the reusable filter that just has the cartridges to replace. I've also got an extra filter canister that has to be replaced all in one that I bought a few years ago. If you would like to have it let me know.

You can buy and make the lines at any auto parts store. Just have to get the right fittings to screw into the block.

[Jerry Roberts]

I see a lot of the old canisters at swap meets and if there is a junk yard in your area with old cars , you will find them there too .

[Norm's Coupe]

The guys are right, you see the old type oil filter canisters for sale all the time at swap meets. Also on ebay.

But.........if you don't want to go chasing for those, you can either go to a local bone yard, or buy a new filter housing from the auto parts store, or old car/street rod catalogs. Then mount it on the firewall and use a modern screw on filter.

[greg g]

You can also buy a modern spin aon filter adapter at most street rod places.

But before you go through the trouble, think of the conditions that exist today compared to when your car was running around during it child hood.

Dirt roads, non detergent oil, no aditives, lots of parafin based single viscosity oils. Lots of coal dust i the air from factories and homes burning it for power and heat. Stop and go traffic, leaded gasoline etc. By comparison todays conditions are almost sterile. Paved roads, clean air, multi viscosity detergent oils, unleaded gas, etc. If you are driving only occasionally putting 2K miles on a year, change the oil at the beginning or end of each season, and don't worry about it. Then you will have something to talk about when you are at car shows. Besides you will be helping save the world by using 1/2 quart less oil every year not having to fill the filter with the oil change. See once again Chrysler engineers were ahead of the curve.