Thursday, Jun 15, 2006 at 14:28
Jeff
Not sure I follow all that in your 2nd follow up..bit amusing!
I don't remember the brand of oiled filter I had, but it was serviced every 10,000km max., and often needed it after my regular Cent Qld run (including 300km of dust). It would have been heaps better had I had a
snorkel fitted, I imaging, instead of drawing dusty air in down low.
I have always done my own servicing, and most repairs for many years. I tend to over-service my vehicles, some would say overkill, but it works for me...the only major component failures I've had have been design problems (94 Discovery input shaft, 2001 GU 5th gear spline), and a Fairy overdrive which couldn't handle an Isuzu 4BD1 in a Rangie.
Point is, the assumptions you made are not correct. What I related is my experience with an oiled filter, serviced regularly and exposed to a fair bit of dust. Now whether that filter was a Uni filter, Finer or other, I don't recall. The coarser foam outer certainly degraded, whether this was defective or the normal quality marketed, I am not qualified to say. This is just my experience as reported.
Glad to hear you've had good experiences with it.
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