Re: [Amc-list] Motor Oil & Filter Confusion (where do I start)

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

I want to apologize for sending this out to the list.
I should not have done so.
Been a long day.

Sorry.

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
" Chronic Pain Hurts"

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From: Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx
> I bow to your knowledge.
> I would have never guessed that since I WROTE IT DOWN.
> Since you seem to have been in that garage at 2:00am 20 years ago I will bow to 
> your knowledge that the bypass was not stuck too.
>    We used to break in on straight 30W oil back in the "old days". I don't 
> recall blown oil filters happeing everytime we did so.
>  
> 
> --
> Mark Price
> Morgantown, WV
> 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
> 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
> " Chronic Pain Hurts"
> 
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Davis Martin <martin-davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 30 weight oil
> > 
> > Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:  
> > 
> > 
> > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > From: "Bruce Hevner" 
> > > I have experienced lots of customers over the years complaining of
> > > "ballooning" filters, blown oil filter seals and actually blowing the
> > > canister completely off the car leaving just the base screwed to the
> > > block!!
> > > In EVERY case it was a missing oil FILTER bypass valve!!
> > 
> > Had a buddy fire up his SBC for the first time at 2:00am Monday morning in the 
> > garage/gas station he worked at.
> > Blew the filter off the block!
> > 7 quarts of oil on the floor!
> > The gas station opened at 7:00am.
> > He had to clean the mess and get the car out of the shop before his boss saw 
> it!
> > He did not sleep that night...
> > Problem was traced to fresh motor, straight 30W oil and a stuck bypass.
> > --
> > Mark Price
> > Morgantown, WV
> > 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
> > 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
> > " Chronic Pain Hurts"
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