RE: Oil Filter replacement on SPIDER?

[bill leclair <billleclair@domain.elided>]

Im sure you have received a million posts, but virtually all alfas use the 
PH7s, I did hear that the new OEM filters from Alfa are small. I try to use 
an upscale filter such as the mobil one filter, or the purolator pure-one. 
These filters may cost a few dolars more, but when you are spending $26.00 
on synthetic oil, why use a $2.00 filter.

There was a very good site comparing oil filters on minimopar.com, however 
the website seems to be down.

http://minimopar.simplenet.com/oilfilterstudy.html

Bill LeClair

-----Original Message-----
From:	LLe_2001 [SMTP:ltooz@domain.elided]
Sent:	Tuesday, November 13, 2001 1:08 PM
To:	alfa-digest@domain.elided
Subject:	Oil Filter replacement on SPIDER?

Hello all,
 Changing oil on my 91 Spider Veloce for the first time after acquiring the 
car 2 months ago, I noticed the filter that I bought FRAM PH6 (specified 
for Spider Veloce) is much bigger than the old one that was in there. The 
old filter is so small that I could remove it from the bottom of the car, 
but the new one (FRAM) is so big that I had to remove the air filter to 
install it from the engine bay.
 Is the oil filter for Spider Veloce that big? or I got the wrong one? Any 
how, with the bigger oil filter, I noticed the oil pressure is a tad lower 
than the small old one?
 Which one is better? Small or Big?
 **** Oil Plug:
 I bought an oil plug (magnetic) from IAP, it's so much different from the 
original, the socket size is so big >24mm which I don't have the socket for 
and the plug itself is much taller than the original one. I didn't use it. 
Did any one use this replacement plug before and what size is the socket? I 
thought I just threw away $8 with shipping.

Thanks,

Louis
91 Spider Veloce,
Sunnyvale, CA


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