Spin off Oil Filter Problem!
Posted By : John-Kenneth Habbershaw, 18-Jun-2007, 10:03pm
By the way, use the kit that i brought from the Club.
Spin off Oil Filter Problem!
Posted By : Leon Guyot, 18-Jun-2007, 10:26pm
If that is one of those with 'Mocal' cast into the converter, then the problem is that you have one of those 10% of Triumph engine blocks that has a
slightly different depth where it fits, hard to explain, but simple to remedy.
You need to remove it and send it back to the manufactuers (Think Automotive) in Isleworth, Middlesex, who are aware of the problem and will be happy to remachine the casting for you so that it doesn't leak any more.
Obviously as the problem only seems to affect about 10% of Triumph 6 cylinder engines, they cannot put the problem right until they are made aware of it.
I cannot recall the exact amount of machining involved but it is very slight, something like 5/32nds of an inch or 3/32nds ???
They didn't charge me when they did mine, and I had two done, one with oil cooler take off and thermostat and one without.
I think they have recently stopped making these!
Regards
Léon
You need to remove it and send it back to the manufactuers (Think Automotive) in Isleworth, Middlesex, who are aware of the problem and will be happy to remachine the casting for you so that it doesn't leak any more.
Obviously as the problem only seems to affect about 10% of Triumph 6 cylinder engines, they cannot put the problem right until they are made aware of it.
I cannot recall the exact amount of machining involved but it is very slight, something like 5/32nds of an inch or 3/32nds ???
They didn't charge me when they did mine, and I had two done, one with oil cooler take off and thermostat and one without.
I think they have recently stopped making these!
Regards
Léon
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Spin off Oil Filter Problem!
Posted By : John Davies, 18-Jun-2007, 10:49pm
Leon,
The face of the oil filter fitting on the block is flat, so I presume that you refer to the depth of the groove for the sealing ring.
3-5/32nds sounds awfully like the thickness of the rubber ring that goes in there.
Is possible that you, and others had two rings one on top of the other???
JOhn-
Spin off Oil Filter Problem!
Posted By : Andy Cook, 18-Jun-2007, 11:07pm
I seem to remember when I bought mine that it came with two alternative thickness O rings for the centre bolt??? -
Spin off Oil Filter Problem!
Posted By : Leon Guyot, 19-Jun-2007, 01:29am
Good guess John, but no banana!
I only had one ring, and this is a fairly well known problem, at least I thought it was!
Rgds
Léon-
Spin off Oil Filter Problem!
Posted By : John Davies, 19-Jun-2007, 07:37am
No, no, Leon, Vinny is the Ace with the megaYellow Banananananana car!
It was a long shot, and I remember the two thicknesses of O-ring to seal the space between the central and outer spaces behind the filter (one inwards, one outwards - can't remember which). The kit even cam with a tiny peice of silly putty that you did a trial fitting with, to determine which thickness to use.
Problem is - the corresponding part of the adaptor barely fits! It is made so that the O-ring sits, not on the flat of the block face, but right on its edge. See below.
John
Spin off Oil Filter Problem!
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