948cc engine strip continued.
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2019 7:26 pm
Today I stripped the old Purolator filter head off the 948cc block and decided to look inside the bowl and guess what - no plate or washers under the filter element so the oil filter had not been filtering the engine oil - all the engine oil was just flowing past the filter. Added to that - the old filter head to bowl seal had not been removed and an attempt to fit a replacement seal on top of the old seal had been tried but had not been successful as the replacement seal was found inside the filter bowl.
Extreme care must be taken when the old oil filter is replaced so that the plate and washers under the oil filter element are not inadvertently thrown away with the element. It is most important that the filter element is held tight against the underside of the filter head plate so that the oil has to go through the oil filter element.
The old filter head to filter bowl seal must be removed before fitting a new seal.
Happy days.
Phil
Extreme care must be taken when the old oil filter is replaced so that the plate and washers under the oil filter element are not inadvertently thrown away with the element. It is most important that the filter element is held tight against the underside of the filter head plate so that the oil has to go through the oil filter element.
The old filter head to filter bowl seal must be removed before fitting a new seal.
Happy days.
Phil