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From: dave@ihu1f.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Oil Filter questions
Message-ID: <173@ihu1f.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 2-Sep-83 14:29:13 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep  2 14:29:13 1983
Date-Received: Sat, 3-Sep-83 13:52:06 EDT
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  I would like to know more information about oil filters.   Here  is
  what I have observed:

    1.  Sears (Fox valley) has a display in their automotive  section
        with  cut-away  samples of a K-mart, Fram (I think) and Sears
        oil filters.  All are  a  paper  filters,  differing  in  the
        amount  of  paper surface area.  The display makes you assume
        the more paper, the better the filtering.

    2.  The original filter on my Ford 302 was stuck  and  I  had  to
        drive  a screw driver though it to break it loose.  In it was
        not a paper filter, but some type of packed fiber.

  Here are my questions:

    1.  Are original equipment  filters  special  for  the  break  in
        period?

    2.  If so, and I change the original oil and  filter  before  the
        6,000 miles like my owners manual recommends, do I compromise
        filter quality needed for the break in?

    3.  Are other than paper filters available?

  Please  post  any  replies,  to  share  the  knowledge   with   all
  interested.

                                       Dave Miller