"Bill Putney" <bptn.DeleteThis@kinez.net> wrote in message
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> Daniel Who Wants to Know wrote:
>> I am researching various filters that fit the 3.3/3.8 and have learned so
>> far that there seem to be 4 different ones that have the correct threads
>> and gasket diameter for the block. Going by Wix numbers: 51085, 51515,
>> 51775, and 51773. My question is if the 51773 will fit without the end
>> hitting anything or hanging too low where road debris could hit it.
>> Other than that spun #1 rod bearings in 3 different 2.2 engines using
>> fram filters for regular oil and filter changes has made me avoid them
>> like the plague.
>
> What unique aspect of Fram filters caused the rod bearings to spin 3
> times?
>
> Bill Putney
> (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address
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#1 may not have been entirely the fault of the filter, Friends installed a
new A413 transaxle in our 89 yellow Sundance when 3rd and reverse went out
but they didn't get the kickdown cable adjusted right so it would downshift
up the smallest of hills and not shift back up until we let completely off
the pedal. We told them and they took off down the highway with the car
floored which of course wouldn't allow it to upshift at any speed and they
spun the bearing. I'm not sure if they redlined it or what but it came back
knocking. Had the engine replaced by another friend.
#2 1 month after getting back from a road trip to Florida to pick up my
sister the head cracked from thermostat not opening until the temp gauge was
almost to overheating then the temp slammed back to cold as the coolant in
the radiator rushed to the hot block and head. A few months earlier my
sister backed into an iron I beam light pole and creased in the back of the
car so we decided to pull the engine and tranny among other parts and store
them as extras. Bought another 89 Sundance with a bad fuel pump this time
grey with what appeared to be an older engine as it had the square tooth
timing belt and the blanking plate where the mechanical fuel pump would
mount. Changed oil, filter, fuel pump, and fuel filter and drove it for a
few months then it spun yet another bearing.
#3 Replaced the head on the other block and put the engine and trans in the
grey Sundance. After test driving the car around to warm it up I looked
under it with it idling to check for leaks and the engine stopped. After
restarting it several times and having it idle for a few seconds and stop
each time I started it again and held the RPM at 2500 during which time it
bogged down a few times and was then that it started knocking. The oil was
still full and it didn't get contaminated when the head cracked because we
didn't try to drive it that way so it didn't get any coolant in the oil. I
guess hindsight really is 20/20 because had I known that the engine was
seizing I wouldn't have restarted it after it died the first time but at the
time I didn't suspect oil because it was full and the light never so much as
flickered after it was started.
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