Despite that fact that I've owned airplanes for a few decades, I have never before been blessed with an engine that had a spin-on filter (always just had screens), so I have no experience with the things...
I'm wondering how many folks actually cut open their filters every time to look for bits and pieces of their engine. A friend gave me a filter cutter, and I opened up my first two filters this morning (I had saved them cause I was curious to cut them open), just to see how it went. A little messy, but didn't find any chunks.
Oh yeah - which way does the flow work on these thigns - from the outside of the paper in - or from the center out? I looked at both sides of the paper, and didn't find any particles....just curious!
Paul
I'm wondering how many folks actually cut open their filters every time to look for bits and pieces of their engine. A friend gave me a filter cutter, and I opened up my first two filters this morning (I had saved them cause I was curious to cut them open), just to see how it went. A little messy, but didn't find any chunks.
Oh yeah - which way does the flow work on these thigns - from the outside of the paper in - or from the center out? I looked at both sides of the paper, and didn't find any particles....just curious!
Paul