STP oil filter and all. I can't figure .................. File a claim
with STP against their oil filter.
They may see fit to buy you a new engine.
If the driver and vehicle have a good history, it could very well be the
filter. Very good documentation is important but just a owners log book
is sufficient even without receipts.
I've had filters with leaky canisters and oil filters that ballooned up,
well like a balloon.

Bill M.

On Sun, 4 Aug 2002 22:35:28 -0400 Stephen Steele
<steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET> writes:
> Well, the friend had her Westy towed to my pal's shop yesterday.
>
> The good:
> It's more like a 9 out of 10; maybe a 9.5.  Absolutely no rust
> anywhere.
> The interior is perfect and there are very few small road marks and
> only one
> or two insignificant parking lot dings.  All in all this is one of
> the
> nicest original vans I've ever seen.
>
> The bad (for all of you who have p-mailed your potential interest in
> the
> engine-less van):
> She is going to have the engine replaced.  I have volunteered to do
> it since
> my pal doesn't have the time to do it with his current workload and
> her
> schedule needs.
>
> The ugly:
>
> She's going to need a CORE for exchange ...anybody got a cheap,
> rebuildable
> 2.1 for sale?
>
> There is a sizable (baseball size!) hole in the top, left side
> engine case;
> directly between the #3 and #4 pistons.  Without removing anything
> and
> prodding around, it appears that the  #3 cylinder is intact.  I'll
> know more
> when I get it up on a rack later this week. In talking to her since
> my last
> post...seems she had the oil changed the day before by some hot
> rodder that
> has a garage out in the sticks... STP oil filter and all. I can't
> figure
> what possessed her to do that! It should be interesting to see what
> happened
> to cause such a catastrophic failure.  I haven't done an engine
> failure tear
> down since I was an Engineer in the Navy.  Big bucks and big blame
> back
> then.  This could just be coincidence/fate/karma here.
> More later.
>
> --
> Stephen
> Chillicothe OH
>

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