moosepileit
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Ugh ... Oil Filter Shortage got me
- Thread starter bkervaski
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Oil Filters On The Way!
I spent the other morning at Tempest in Burlington, NC, watching oil filter production. They are going great guns, and getting them in the pipeline (as they have been doing for quite awhile!). The folks on the line were working like it is wartime - if you ned a filter here’s a shot that should make you happy….
Of course, we’ll be doing some coverage in Kitplanes on how they build them!
Paul
I spent the other morning at Tempest in Burlington, NC, watching oil filter production. They are going great guns, and getting them in the pipeline (as they have been doing for quite awhile!). The folks on the line were working like it is wartime - if you ned a filter here’s a shot that should make you happy….
Of course, we’ll be doing some coverage in Kitplanes on how they build them!
Paul
How many "samples" were you able to obtain? I know; proprietary information!
+1, Krea - would like to know which ultrasonic cleaner and cleaning solution you use.
Thanks!
Dave
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Andy612
Active Member
FLO PCS4C Oil Filter loose magnet
Recently I could not find the 48108 oil filter I normally use at the usual vendor, so I ordered a FLO Oil Filters PCS4C filter online.
It arrived in the mail today and when I opened the box I found the magnet missing. Closer inspection showed it had fallen down into the filter and clung to the steel pressure bypass ball
. This suggests to me the glue they are using to secure the magnet might not be suitable.
Gives me second thoughts about using this filter at all. At the very least I will discard the magnet and clean out the residual glue from the magnet mounting hole.
For anyone else using this filter, before installing it maybe give the magnet a good tug to make sure yours is not loose too.
This is how my filter looked new out of the box. Not the greatest photo, but you can see the magnet down inside: Couldn't this be pretty catastrophic if the magnet found its way into the engine?
Recently I could not find the 48108 oil filter I normally use at the usual vendor, so I ordered a FLO Oil Filters PCS4C filter online.
It arrived in the mail today and when I opened the box I found the magnet missing. Closer inspection showed it had fallen down into the filter and clung to the steel pressure bypass ball
. This suggests to me the glue they are using to secure the magnet might not be suitable.Gives me second thoughts about using this filter at all. At the very least I will discard the magnet and clean out the residual glue from the magnet mounting hole.
For anyone else using this filter, before installing it maybe give the magnet a good tug to make sure yours is not loose too.
This is how my filter looked new out of the box. Not the greatest photo, but you can see the magnet down inside: Couldn't this be pretty catastrophic if the magnet found its way into the engine?
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I'd be inclined to replace the magnet... part of the benefit of this filter is having the magnetic pickup built-in. I just received my K&P S16 and will be looking at how the magnet is retained. I may look at running a safety-wire over it as a retainer, or perhaps drilling and tapping for a pair of screws that would hold retaining washers on two sides... Then safety-wire the screws. There may be other methods as well.
Andy612
Active Member
loose magnet in PCS4C
The magnet in the PCS4 filter is glued in place. At least mine was. The glue residue is visible in the hole the magnet fell out of. Also the magnet is quite loose in the hole when trying to re-fit it. So definitely not a press fit.
The residual glue is still stuck very strongly to the filter, but no glue residue can be seen on the magnet. The magnet feels a little oily, as if it was never cleaned properly before assembly. Maybe I just got unlucky with mine and something contaminated the magnet during assembly at the factory.
Got an RMA request in with the seller.
The magnet in the PCS4 filter is glued in place. At least mine was. The glue residue is visible in the hole the magnet fell out of. Also the magnet is quite loose in the hole when trying to re-fit it. So definitely not a press fit.
The residual glue is still stuck very strongly to the filter, but no glue residue can be seen on the magnet. The magnet feels a little oily, as if it was never cleaned properly before assembly. Maybe I just got unlucky with mine and something contaminated the magnet during assembly at the factory.
Got an RMA request in with the seller.
Use JB Weld (metalized epoxy) to glue it back in place and then use a nail-set or automatic center punch to "stake" the edges of the hole.
LeonardWestermeyer
Member
Tempest Filter Source
Just purchased 6 Tempest Oil Filters from Air Power Inc. They still have 62 units available.
https://www.airpowerinc.com/aa48110-2
Just purchased 6 Tempest Oil Filters from Air Power Inc. They still have 62 units available.
https://www.airpowerinc.com/aa48110-2
LeonardWestermeyer
Member
Chief Aircraft is showing out of stock for the Tempest AA48110-2. However Air Power Inc has 132 units.
I wondered about that... If the outlet of the filter is the hole in the center, then there's no way to ingest the magnet into the engine...
PixelWorker
Active Member
I purchased a few from Air Power a couple days ago but even though it shows over 100 in stock they are apparently all spoken for. The sales rep said it would be a few more weeks before another shipment comes in.
