Don, The optional oil filter on AMC engines of that era was a partial flow filter which only filtered a portion of the oil flow produced by the oil pump. Nondetergent oil was commonly used in that era, which allowed the contaminants to accumulate in the oil pan and not circulate throughout the engine. Now of course, detergent oil is in common use, which tends to keep contaminants in suspenstion. An oil filter is more necessary in today's world. If it were my car, I would install an oil filter. Joe Fulton --- DonMcCPA@xxxxxxx wrote: > I don't have an oil filter on this car and my AMC > mechanic says that the > optional filter doesn't work that well anyway. > Should I add one? > > Thanks, > Don McCready > > > > **************************************Check out > AOL's list of 2007's hottest > products. > (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://www.amc-list.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20071203/ca3c12ac/attachment.htm > > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list