2.25 oil filter upgrade to spin on filter

[harry]

allo,
somewhere her I read of one of you fine people getting a new oil filter adapter to put on your 2.25 s2a engine, or suchlike.


I have a 2a and it has sat for a couple of weeks out the back and when I backed it out through the garage I noticed that I was leaving a trail of oil.


closer inspection revealed that the oil filter housing was leaking at the top o ring, so out with the trusty spanner and tighten the little bugger up.
stopped the leak, but this bolt was way too tight for normal engineering practice and the little bugger hasn't been very far since it got a new filter and seals.
so I want to change it to a modern spin on filter, but not by using one of those ****ty adapters, I want the real deal, something about safety and aeroplanes in me.


can you advise me where I saw the pictures of this mod in a thread?
is it a factory update, or an aftermarket jigger?


I don't really want to drive off and lose the rest of the oil in the sump, that might make bad noises!!!

[Tikka7mm08]

One of the best little improvements you can make IMHO.

Check out the Rocky Mountain OFA from parabolicsprings.com (from memory). They are in Canada and I had trouble free purchase of 1, bottle opener and iron goat door cards fpr my '78 S3.

[Tikka7mm08]

Series III 2.25 Petrol Spin-on oil filter mod

[Killer]

FWD Motors in Yeronga sold one to me.

Cheers, Mick.

[S3ute]

Hello from Brisbane.

I recently bought one off a wreck in Zimbabwe for US$50 - the genuine Land Rover part was fitted to the diesel and petrol 2.5 litre motors that came in the early 90/110s. It bolts straight on to where the canister unit is mounted to the block. These were fairly common in the UK and Africa but to my knowledge less so here. It is available new from the various UK outlets (Craddocks, Island etc) but costs around GBP200 plus postage. Supposedly, the odd one comes up on UK eBay for around GBP30-40 but I haven't seen one to date.

The Rocky Mountain units are meant to be pretty good but from my limited understanding have been a bit hard to get in recent times. They list for around GBP70 from memory on the their website. I believe they were being redesigned and this might have been an issue. My various emails to the UK outlet went unanswered so I took the opportunity to source the genuine part off a wreck when I was last in Harare.

Whether it is worth it remains an open question - a lot of people have lived with the canister system for a long time and opinions vary on whether or not the spin ons are any less messy to change etc.

Cheers,

[harry]

thanks for the replies,
i dont want the rocky mountains one as it is just introducing another seal to fail.
ouch on the price of the l.r.series website ones also.
do we have to pay the pommy vat?

[S3ute]

Harry,

Hello again.

I should have listed the Land Rover part number that you are seeking if you go down that route - ETC5347.

You might find this interesting:

Spin on oil filter | My Series III 109 Land Rover

Back when I was toying around with the idea of getting the Rocky Mountain kit I came across a few UK LR chat sites that covered the LR part (including above). They were equally divided between the RM product and chasing down the LR part from wrecks (more readily available in the UK) - main complaint on the RM product was availability and a few suggested leakage problems around the seal. Others thought they were great and had no problems - same responses from a few AULRO posts. One feature of the RM adaptor that I don't see on the LR part is a blanked off port for an oil temperature sensor - might be useful if you planned to fit a gauge.

I went with the LR part simply because I work in Zimbabwe and South Africa from time to time and there are plenty of 2.5 litre motors lying around the place. Hence they are fairly cheap and clean up pretty well compared to the new UK price.

Re VAT on a new part - the answer should be no. Craddocks and the rest usually don't charge VAT on export orders.

Cheers,

[Ozdunc]

I've got an adapter on mine. Picked it up from Pa**ocks. At 143GBP not cheap, but the filters are only 5GBP, and its well made.
You need a new oil sender (metric thread) as well.

Much less messy than the bolt on tin can, and you don't need to faff around trying to get the big O-ring to seat correctly as you do it up.

[Tikka7mm08]

USD$80 for RM product (they improved it) still seems best option? Mine doesn't leak...at least not from the oil filter...!

[incisor]

really need to shout myself one of these........