Thread: Serious oil filter adapter problems

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Roger-I have admitted the possibility on this repair was done in error.I am not being defensive about that.I also said it is impossible to see the o-ring mating surface after it's bolted back on.That I was tired of the trial and error watching my hard earned money in oil pour out on the floor.

Roger where we respectfully disagree is the topic of 10 yrs on a Astro site seeing failure after failure and now recently being on a S10 site seeing the same where the repair was the delete and then having me think back to when I owned a 10 box truck with a SBC with a oil cooler and that leaked too.I am summarizing from that experience/history there is a issue of the design that could use improvement.

I bring it up here because of the trust level I have in the members here and because I believe in general a root foundation of what I think hot rodding is,the innovations of the possibilities what can be.

A example of that is my project a no window high top cargo Astro van with a SBC 383,700R4,Ford 9",lifted 3",with a custom built sleeper behind the driver's seat.I think it is kind of the same thing in a way.

Originally Posted by 1gary

the topic of 10 yrs on a Astro site seeing failure after failure and now recently being on a S10 site seeing the same where the repair was the delete and then having me think back to when I owned a 10 box truck with a SBC with a oil cooler and that leaked too.I am summarizing from that experience/history there is a issue of the design that could use improvement.

I'll admit ignorance of this particular design.. if this has been going on for 10 years at another website, and now is being seen at another site that again is specific to the brand... I'd say it's either a terrible design or maybe not a high enough priority / criticality issue to investigate repair.

10 plus years is a long time and no-one has "fixed" it? That means (to me) it isn't a big problem or ?????????