Sealed Canister Oil Filter

[8SECONDSS]

I purchased a new sealed canister oil filter (throw away type) from ebay and its rusty where the fitting screw in. Is it useable or should I Write it off and dump it. Thanks Greg

[TodFitch]

That would be a judgement call. If there were just a little surface rust around the fitting and it looked like the inside was clean, I'd probably use it. But if there were any evidence of rust on the inside, I'd scrap it.

[8SECONDSS]

Tod, the hole where the fittings go is small so it's hard to see inside. When I blow through the top hole with my mouth it' feels clear but from the bottom fitting its a lot harder. What are your thoughts of going with no filter? I just overhauled the engine so everthing is clean and this system filters only 10 percent. Thanks Greg

[Young Ed]

Clean the rust you can see and then tap it on a solid surface. See if rust flakes fall out. Otherwise find a replaceable element oil filter.

[8SECONDSS]

Is the filter element inside paper or does it have a screen? And I'll try tapping it to see what comes out. I tried to get a new filter but was told that it not available so I got this one. It was in the original box that was in pieces. Thanks Greg

[greg g]

can you run a piece of mechanics wire through the plumbing. the feed line is pressurized the other is whatever pressure builds in the can plus gravity.  If you can change the lies do so, they are just 1/4 steel line with flared fittings.   What brand of canister did you get?  You can usually tell by the color, tan with red/orange top MOPAR, orange Fram, Blue AC/Delco, but there are also black ones, silver ones, white ones, yellow and green, red, and others, usually a NAPA 1080 or 1080 G will do the trick just make sure the top gasket is compatible. Do a search for oil filters 101 to see what shows up on these old MOPARS.

[Don Coatney]

I dont know where you got the 10% number. Actually all of the oil goes through the by-pass filter over time.

 

 

[8SECONDSS]

Greg, (nice name) the canister color was blue ac delco. I'll try the mecnhanics wire and I have new lines to install after mounting the canister. I'll do a search for the filters too. Thanks Greg

[8SECONDSS]

Don I thought I read something saying that it only filters 10 percent but I was probably half sleeping when I was reading it. Thanks for the pics of the filter and lines too.

[Guest bewillie]

Why pay the prices they are asking on EBAY? You can buy throw away and canaster filters at any local parts store 5 or six bucks. Look in the wix catalog. I am running a wix throw away but can't remember the #.

[MBF]

If you just rebuilt the engine you know what that costs.  I wouldn't chance a filter of unknown condition in any engine. The cannister type filters are readily available at NAPA.   Like an old mechanic once told me the only difference between a good engine and a bad engine can be as little as a tablespoon full of metal particles.  Why risk it?  Mike

[TodFitch]

Why pay the prices they are asking on EBAY? You can buy throw away and canaster filters at any local parts store 5 or six bucks. Look in the wix catalog. I am running a wix throw away but can't remember the #.

Wix stopped making that one about 10 or 15 years ago so it is no longer available at your local parts store. Roberts lists them in their catalog but I don't know where they are getting them from.

 

The sealed canister types are supposed to have a depth media of packed cellulose. My worry about old stock on those is that there are small critters that are perfectly happy to eat cellulose so there may be no actual filter material in the canister and no real way to check.

[8SECONDSS]

Tod thats the filter I have. Roberts told me they can't get it thats why I bought it from ebay. On the lower port when I blow air (with my mouth) in it it restricts a little. On the top port it doesn't restrict as much. Might be ok?