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I purchased 12 oil filters from ebay. Great deal, had they been new new. They *were* new, but half or more had some rust on the top. See picture. Now...the ones that do not have rust like this one DO have rust, or slight rust on the OUTSIDE of the gasket. Obviously new ones do not have rust there, but it shouldn't matter since that part is outside the gasket and oil never gets there anyway. So, this renders the filter as usable, correct? Then my only concern is, could there be any crap inside it? i.e. can they rust inside as well? I suppose the easiest thing to do, is to just not use them and not take the risk. It's quite silly to take a risk on an engine because of an oil filter.

I just wanted the original blue ones, and got unlucky on ebay. Learn from my lesson. What do you think, should I use it or not? BTW I am showing you a pic of one that I WOULDN'T use. The other ones haver no rust, or VERY slight rust (VERY SLIGHT!)....and so my concern is, if it looks good on the outside, is it also good on the inside?

Thanks, Bender.

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bender

2001 9-3 Viggen Laser Red 5 door 48k miles
2000 9-3 SE Midnight Blue 5 door (Sold)

• Do oil filters rust on the inside at all?, bender , Fri, 2 Jul 2010 22:35:47 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Re: Do oil filters rust on the inside at all?, pete , Sat, 3 Jul 2010 07:14:45
    • Pete, great idea. I will give it a try...if I can, bender , Sat, 3 Jul 2010 14:19:55
    • Pete, great idea. I will give it a try...if I can, bender , Sat, 3 Jul 2010 11:47:49
      • Re: Pete, great idea. I will give it a try...if I can, BobS, Sat, 3 Jul 2010 13:18:33
        • Update: opened them up, bender , Sat, 3 Jul 2010 14:46:01
          • Re: Update: opened them up, pete , Sat, 3 Jul 2010 19:24:39
            • Pete, I'm not sure exactly what the flow is like, bender , Sat, 3 Jul 2010 21:35:43
              • Here is a picture of the flow....oh no., bender , Sat, 3 Jul 2010 21:41:32
              • Here is a picture of the flow....oh no., bender , Sat, 3 Jul 2010 21:41:31
                • Re: Here is a picture of the flow....oh no., pete , Sun, 4 Jul 2010 06:04:21
                  • Re: Here is a picture of the flow....oh no., bender , Sun, 4 Jul 2010 20:13:01
                    • Re: Here is a picture of the flow....oh no., Dean, Mon, 5 Jul 2010 07:35:45

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