From: MV (MV@dc9.tzo.com)
Date: Thu Oct 13 2005 - 20:47:20 PDT
Way back in the 70's some company was selling a filter for your car that
used a roll of toilet paper. Didn't make much sense to me. Why would
anyone think that a roll of toilet paper would make a reliable filter??
Why not a roll of paper towel or a couple of old socks etc.....
You could always replace your OEM filter with an after market unit and
use a spin on FL1 type filter at $4.00 each. That would save a few
bucks also.
Filters and oil always seems like the last place where someone should
cut costs. I just bought a gasket set for a Ford 6.9 diesel and the
cost was almost $200.00! I haven't replaced any hard parts yet. And
that is just for the gaskets! Oil and filters are looking cheaper after
today.
Dave
bolton8@juno.com wrote:
> I have been told that you can insert a complete roll of toilet paper
> into a jeep's oil filter assembly in place of the standard oil filter
> element. The cardboard roller allows the oil to pass thru while the
> s*it paper removes impurities.
>
> Is this for real or a Motor Pool hoax? If it is real, just how
> effective does it work, and in what mil-vehs would said unit work?
> Seems for the price of one NOS oil filter you can get two dozen rolls of
> toilet paper.
>
> LANCE
>
>
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