Filter Failure

[Kenneth Blackwell]

I have used the Dubro #162 final filter (Tower Stock No. LXD 742) for years
and for the most part have had good luck. I like the finer mesh of the
filter element. HOWEVER.....lately, I have had several of them leak at the
joint where it is pressed together. This filter is the round cylindrical
filter....about 3/8" dia by 1.5" long.

Generally, I dont' like the screw together type...so I am also looking for a
new type of filter.

Yes I do put my filters and check valves on the front side of the firewall.

Cheers,

Ken Blackwell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Hoard" <khoard at midsouth.rr.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 10:43 AM
Subject: Re: Filter Failure


> I guess they call it the "Final Filter" because that is the last one
you'll
> ever buy!!  <VBG>
>
> Are these filters the blue plastic ones??  I've had every one of them come
> apart after a while, also.  Luckily, my filter is next to the engine so
the
> mess dumped on the ground.
>
> Keith L. Hoard
> Cordova, TN
> khoard at midsouth.rr.com
>
> "Going to war without the French is like... going into the ninth inning
> without your place kicker"
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at nuc.net>
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 10:07 AM
> Subject: Filter Failure
>
>
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone had a failure similar to mine.  I fly a Y.S.
> > 1.40L in my Advantage and discovered a flooded fuselage caused by the
> > DuBro 162 The Final Filter coming apart. There were two halves lying in
> > the bottom of the fuselage with several ounces of fuel.  Maybe it's time
> > to move the filter outside the firewall
> >
> > Ron Van Putte
> >
> >
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