---------------------------------------------------------- Stratus-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 03/24/05: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 03:23 PM - Purolator Fuel Filter Warning (Larry McFarland) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 03:23:34 PM PST US From: Larry McFarland stratus-list Subject: Stratus-List: Purolator Fuel Filter Warning --> Stratus-List message posted by: Larry McFarland Hi guys, Very recently, I referred to a search for a Purolator "See Through" Fuel Filter in a posting. This filter was eventually located and found to be a *Purolator Pro-Fuel Filter*. In the Google perusal of articles on this filter, I found that *there is a recall of this filter series* because the polylmer used for the housing in the suspect fuel filters may not be compatible with ethanol and other chemicals sometimes found in fuel systems. If the housing leaks, you could have a fire. In another listed instance, an aircraft builder's filter leaked and it was on negative pressure, sucked air and his engine quit on takeoff due to fuel starvation. Subsequent replacement of this item was found to be difficult as the replacement product was re-marked as Made in USA and it was obviously made in Taiwan. The latter didn't even exhibit the necessary quality found on the failed original filter made in the US. So much for the Purolator Company and their filters. I didn't want to have misled anyone into using this filter on their plane just because the basic concept embodied what I'd like to have found in one.......... Pleased to have found this, but immensely disappointed that the trend of once good products are disappearing and being re-mfg as similiar, but inferior items from offshore that could get you killed. Please be aware and *do not use the Purolator Part Numbers 804, 805, 806 and NAPA 624804, 624805 and 624806 part numbers*. Now I've got to find something else with a see-thru stainless filter that works. Arrrgh! Larry McFarland - 601HDS - Stratus