Words of warning

Well, after installing the salvage yard engine into my truck I drove it about 20 miles and started hearing the awful sound of rods knocking. During the rebuild I have been trying to determine what the cause could have been and have traced it back to the oil filter. When installing the engine I dented the filter. I would have never thought this would have been an issue. I cut the filter open and found that the filter media sits on a plate on the bottom of the filter canister. The dent in the filter put an open passage-way between the bottom of the filter canister and the element allowing any debris that was in the engine to travel through the system. Never in my wildest dream did this dent in the bottom of the filter ever cross my mind as to possibly ever causing a problem.

Bottom line... this became a $700 oil filter. Would have been a lot more expensive if I couldn't do the work myself.

damn..that sucks big time...at least you found out what the cause way thou

yeah i used to work at valvoline in helotes. and we always had to send oil filters back to them if they were dented.

Well you needed a built motor any way right! :thumb:

Built, yes. Rebuilt, no. A couple years up the road I might have done a stroker or something else but right now finances keep a reality check on my play toys. Thank God that I sold the original engine and transmission just a couple weeks ago and I had the money to rebuild this or I'd be in deep shit.

in life i have ran into several 700 dollar lessons!! with more to come i am sure!
That saying.... "To be old and wise you must first be young and dumb"think i saw it on here somwhere. :pics:

too bad we get to learn from your mistakes, i dont know what would be worse, the money or having to undo all your hard work puttin that motor. i feel for ya.

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Originally posted by AGRV8D@Dec 12 2005, 10:44 AM

That saying.... "To be old and wise you must first be young and dumb"think i saw it on here somwhere. :pics:

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if your going to be dumb, you gotta be tough, and im pretty tough. :whack:

I like the above saying sounds about right for me.

Red sorry man that sucks bad Ill be sure and not use dented oil filters.

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Originally posted by Tim Z@Dec 12 2005, 04:34 PM
if your going to be dumb, you gotta be tough, and im pretty tough. :whack:

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Roger Alan Wade? :laugh:

Thanks, Guys. A very expensive lesson learned. :whack:

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Originally posted by RedHeartbeat@Dec 12 2005, 09:32 PM
Thanks, Guys. A very expensive lesson learned. :whack:

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Thanks for sharing what you learned so I/we don't have to go through that problem. Now if I can just avoid ALL the others......... :eek: :rock: