I know theres some guys on the site that have the glass and chrome inline filters on their cars. I used to have one on my 72 Nova. One day a friend of mine told me that someone he knew had his 68 Camaro go up in flames because the filter hit something metal under the hood, the glass broke and the gas sprayed all over the hot exhaust. I took mine off that day and never used one like it since. That was probably back in 1988.
One of my friends from my old job has a mint 78 Camaro. The car is pristine. Small block. Detailed to death under the hood. One day I noticed he had one of those glass filters. I told him the story about the other Camaro. He said if he had time he would look for another type of filter. So I get a call from him the other day. Hes on the side of the road. Empty gas tank. I drive up there with 5 gallons of gas to get him home. You can guess what the problem was. That filter broke. Gas washed the whole engine compartment. There was a trail of gas down the road. The guy was a nervous wreck. He was very lucky. I think the fact that he has stock manifolds instead of headers might have helped but Im not sure. Everything that was painted with regular paint looks like crap. It was all over the firewall, the frame, the booster. All that work ruined for a $15 filter. You guys out there better take a good look at the setup under your hoods and make sure that NOTHING hard can come in contact with the filter. Hitting one pothole can do it if theres enough slack in the fuel line ! Hate to see anyone lose a nice car !!!
One of my friends from my old job has a mint 78 Camaro. The car is pristine. Small block. Detailed to death under the hood. One day I noticed he had one of those glass filters. I told him the story about the other Camaro. He said if he had time he would look for another type of filter. So I get a call from him the other day. Hes on the side of the road. Empty gas tank. I drive up there with 5 gallons of gas to get him home. You can guess what the problem was. That filter broke. Gas washed the whole engine compartment. There was a trail of gas down the road. The guy was a nervous wreck. He was very lucky. I think the fact that he has stock manifolds instead of headers might have helped but Im not sure. Everything that was painted with regular paint looks like crap. It was all over the firewall, the frame, the booster. All that work ruined for a $15 filter. You guys out there better take a good look at the setup under your hoods and make sure that NOTHING hard can come in contact with the filter. Hitting one pothole can do it if theres enough slack in the fuel line ! Hate to see anyone lose a nice car !!!
