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Re: Oil Filter Failure
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 5/28/1998

Ted,

The only time I have been able to blame an oil filter for a major failure was for a broken camshaft on a 2.6 Mitsubishi engine. When I removed the cam I found peices of filter medium had blocked the oil passage to a cam bearing (integral). The filter wa... Login to read more.