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Would you use this? Dented oil filter can
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I would not. good filter to cut and inspect to see the result from the dent. I could not trust the endcap with a dent like that.
What brand is it? Wix. I'm thinking coil retainer spring, if it is, it's undamaged. I doubt element is functionally damaged, and unlikely can is compromised to the point of burst risk in pc use. Doesn't look too bad to me.
I'd like to see it in person, but if I couldn't return it I think I would use it. JMO
I'd like to see it in person, but if I couldn't return it I think I would use it. JMO
I'm cheap. I'm ultra cheap. I'm probably the cheapest person I know, and there is no way I would use that filter. It could turn into the proverb, "Penny wise, pound foolish."
(Hey! When I lived in Seward Nebraska, I dated a girl from Fremont! She'd tell you not to use the filter as well).
I might use it on an engine used only by me and never driven by wife or sons.
I'd be nervous for the first few hundred miles, though.
I'd figure that if it were going to fail, it would do so pretty quickly, although that might not be the case.
I'd feel better just tossing it, though.
Shame to throw a good filter away unused, but it would also be a shame to lose an engine to a fatigue failed can.
It would also suck to have shut the engine down in time to save it on a dark and rainy night, and be sitting by the side of a lonely two lane with no way home.
Your wife would not appreciate the phone call from you and would question your mechanical competence forever after.
If in doubt, throw it out.
I'd be nervous for the first few hundred miles, though.
I'd figure that if it were going to fail, it would do so pretty quickly, although that might not be the case.
I'd feel better just tossing it, though.
Shame to throw a good filter away unused, but it would also be a shame to lose an engine to a fatigue failed can.
It would also suck to have shut the engine down in time to save it on a dark and rainy night, and be sitting by the side of a lonely two lane with no way home.
Your wife would not appreciate the phone call from you and would question your mechanical competence forever after.
If in doubt, throw it out.
I've cut open hundreds and hundreds of filters over the decades.
Seen much worst dents from road debris over the miles and the filter was fine.
Let me be the first to say I'd use it. That area is just air and *IF* the dent was deep enough all it would have done is even less of an dent *IF* it made it to the end cap.
The amount of pressure that an engine produces is not going to do anything to the dent (as far as a leak)
The top part of the dome is not even distorted.
Look and make sure the bypass is still centered to the middle hole.
Place me in the "use" column.
Seen much worst dents from road debris over the miles and the filter was fine.
Let me be the first to say I'd use it. That area is just air and *IF* the dent was deep enough all it would have done is even less of an dent *IF* it made it to the end cap.
The amount of pressure that an engine produces is not going to do anything to the dent (as far as a leak)
The top part of the dome is not even distorted.
Look and make sure the bypass is still centered to the middle hole.
Place me in the "use" column.
It is a minor dent and I would use it myself. I agree with you on this one Bill from Utah!
Originally Posted By: yonyon
It's almost certainly suffered no damage that would prevent it functioning normally. I wouldn't use it anyway because it's creepy.
what's creepy
It's almost certainly suffered no damage that would prevent it functioning normally. I wouldn't use it anyway because it's creepy.
what's creepy
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Originally Posted By: GreeCguy
(Hey! When I lived in Seward Nebraska, I dated a girl from Fremont! She'd tell you not to use the filter as well).
I once bounced off a gal in New Hampshire when I went to the Mts...She would also tell you that filter is a no go.
(Hey! When I lived in Seward Nebraska, I dated a girl from Fremont! She'd tell you not to use the filter as well).
I once bounced off a gal in New Hampshire when I went to the Mts...She would also tell you that filter is a no go.
id absolutely use that. i agree with bill in utah. the size of that dent is no where near large enough to cause and issue. Use it.
no......
Nope read this thread
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2958258#Post2958258
I had a dent i did not know about that caused the leaf spring to fail. Read about it in the thread the last couple pages and the responses from motorking
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2958258#Post2958258
I had a dent i did not know about that caused the leaf spring to fail. Read about it in the thread the last couple pages and the responses from motorking
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