Argh!

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So I went to install the Spin-On filter for the TR3 just now and boy did I get a surprise when I removed the existing filter canister. NO OIL FILTER. Argh!

Good news is I only drove it like that for a total of a couple of miles and maybe twenty minutes of running time. Oil that was in there was fresh/clean at least but ARGH!

The spin-on filter went in just fine with no leaks so far. Thanks again for the help with the oil filter selection guys.

 

[TR3driver]

If it's any consolation, early TR motors did not filter the oil supplied to the bearings anyway. They had a bypass-type filter that returned the filtered oil to the crankcase and fed the oil galleries with pre-filter oil.

Something about the early felt-type filters not being able to pass enough oil for the galleries.

And the spin-on conversions won't fit those early engines unless you also change the filter head.

 

[Brosky]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]NO OIL FILTER. Argh![/QUOTE]

I know that YOU didn't do that, so how did it happen???

 

[Tinster]

Simple-

It was Pedro-ized.

 

[tdskip]

I know that YOU didn't do that, so how did it happen???

Thanks for the vote of confidence Paul!

The PO was having some health issues and I think he just missed it. It never occurred to me to check it since he is actually a mechanically talented guy.

 

[RonMacPherson]

Fuggedah about it!

Now stop and think of how many air cooled VW engines were made that didn't have an oil filter..... more than a couple of dozen.

Oh granted they came with a "screen". But when I worked at a dealership in the 70's(Joe Vittone's Econo Auto Center in Riverside) we would see a number of cars come in that the owners had removed the screen completely.

So, for the short period of time your filter was gone, I wouldn't worry about it.