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Pinto Oil Filters
« on: January 04, 2012, 08:14:33 PM »
do all the pinto engines take the fl-1 oil fliter
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Re: Pinto Oil Filters
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2012, 08:24:30 PM »
What year ? I know for a fact the the 1974 to etc 2.3 used the FL-1A from Motorcraft .If it's not a Motorcraft Filter get rid of it...FRAM has had alot of failures lately...on the 2.3 engines .

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Re: Pinto Oil Filters
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2012, 08:58:22 PM »
its a 73 with a 2000
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Re: Pinto Oil Filters
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2012, 11:55:44 PM »
A lot of people swear by Fram...I'll never use one unless i'm in desperation mode and then it will be replaced asap. We use Napa and Fleetgaurd filters at work. I use Napa on my personal vehicles. A lot of the older Fords use the same filter between the V8's and 6cyl engines. 1515 is the filter # for Napa. The 1.6 engine uses a totally different one but the 2.0 and 2.3 use the 1515. 

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Re: Pinto Oil Filters
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2012, 02:04:23 AM »
WIX (Dana corp) makes the 1515 filter. GOOD stuff!!!!! Good deals on e-bay all the time.
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Re: Pinto Oil Filters
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2012, 06:22:50 PM »
I am curious to know what type of failures Fram has had as stated above. I remember back in the day, it was Pennziol and Fram PH8A. What fails, and what is the outcome?
 
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Re: Pinto Oil Filters
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2012, 08:26:28 PM »
On Fram filters the paper element tends to come apart & you can imagine what happens once that happens.  When I worked for Advance Auto I heard that so many times about the paper element coming apart & starving the engine of oil so that would prevent me from ever buying a Fram filter.
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Re: Pinto Oil Filters
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2012, 08:38:57 PM »
yep,,,, bad fram filter equals no oil pressure....eq uals toasted bearings...... equals walking...
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Re: Pinto Oil Filters
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2012, 08:56:40 PM »
I use a Motorcraft FL1A on my 73 with a 2000.

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