fleetgaurd filter

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(04-20-2018 )Hammerhead Wrote:  

(04-19-2018 )Waterloo Wrote:  Fleetguard changed the design, now Baldwin has that problem. Myself, I use Fleetguard filters, have for years without issue.

Where have you heard that Baldwin filters are having this issue?

I run Baldwin filters, and have for years, so I'd like to know if it is an issue and where have you heard it?

When I did my flywheel housing gasket job back in January I found a whole o-ring stuck in the oil crossover rifle. It had been in there for years as it was hardened solid.
It was clearly an old F/G filter o-ring, as I immediately grabbed a used and new Baldwin filter to compare as I was shocked to find it.
The Baldwin filter o-rings are more than twice the thickness of the hardened one I found, and clearly not the source.

Post # 24 of THIS thread shows pics and discusses the obvious o-ring difference.

I actually still have a very old F/G filter that plugged up on me (yes I save stupid shi#t), and I pulled the o-ring from it, and it was a dead match, so this o-ring had luckily for me stayed in one piece and trapped from a service done long ago.

I have found at least 3 last year inside the engine blocks with the BALDWIN THICKER O-RING IN THEM!!! -- IT IS STILL A PROBLEM!!!

Take any LF1400NN filter and look at the o-ruing design. They removed the o-ruing and put a tabbed seal instead to prevent just this problem.

I will only ever use fleet-guard because of this issue alone.