Oil filter...
03-09-2015, 09:29 PM
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And that's why I asked. The metal appears 'ripped' and the top of pleates the same (ie:'ripped' too), making them look horrible. That skews the picture we see. IE; if it was cut by by an oil filter cutter or similar it would not look the same.....and that's the difference that makes it impossible, IMHO, to judge anything by looking at that pic. Probably just as hard in person.
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03-09-2015, 09:33 PM
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You need to use an oil filter cutter tool so you do not get all those very fine metal shavings (metallic color) all over the pleats and down in the filter from cutting open with a sawzall or cut off tools. We use oil filter cutters all the time and to cut open all fuel filters to.
Plus the oil filter cutter tool cuts off just above the base, Not jagged cuts into the pleats
Plus the oil filter cutter tool cuts off just above the base, Not jagged cuts into the pleats
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03-09-2015, 09:54 PM
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Good pic of more properly cut open filters:
1st, a typical filter cutter, although many other styles....pretty much all styles use rolling cutting wheels like a can opener:
1st, a typical filter cutter, although many other styles....pretty much all styles use rolling cutting wheels like a can opener:
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03-09-2015, 10:22 PM
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03-09-2015, 10:47 PM
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The bummer is I have a tubing cutter good for that size. Bummer.
03-09-2015, 10:58 PM
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Kinda tough to tell if it is actually collapsed after murdering it with a sawzall, but I suspect it was as I have a ZZ502 cam with OEM manifolds so it was definitely sucking water. It was a mercruiser filter though.
The bummer is I have a tubing cutter good for that size. Bummer.
The bummer is I have a tubing cutter good for that size. Bummer.
