Do you want my old filter?

[marine65]

I know some of you love to cut open old filters.
I will soon be changing my oil and filter.
It's a Fram Ultra and will have about 14K on it.
If it's not against post office rules I will send it to someone to cut open.
I will pay shipping but you have to post pictures.
Any takers?

 

[Bandito440]

It's not against post office regulations, so when they ask if there's anything hazardous, liquid, etc., just say "no". Trying to explain an oil sample or residual oil just causes confusion.

 

[slacktide_bitog]

Put it in a couple ziploc bags

 

[Hokiefyd]

I'll do it. PM me and I'll send you my address.

 

[Sayjac]

Just a suggestion if someone takes you up on your offer. Take some toothpicks, qtips or nails and open a couple/few of the inlet holes/adbv with them and let it drain before shipping. Will get rid of most of the oil left in the can and reduce shipping weight.

Puncturing a hole in dome will help with that too but not essential.

 

[robo339]

I'll do it

 

[tratman2000]

I'm a Hazmat technician so please bag it well because if it leaks the post office will have to report it as a suspicious package and call the fire dept. It's not fun.

 

[robo339]

Haha I took that 2 day class too ^^^

 

[bullwinkle]

Be sure to ship it in a box marked "This end up" & ship it base end up (in addition to double bagging it & draining the oil out of it first, the couple of toothpicks or even small screwdrivers poked through the ADBV overnight [base down]will do it).

 

[marine65]

Originally Posted By: Hokiefyd
I'll do it. PM me and I'll send you my address.

You were first I sent a PM.

 

[Stewie]

If you want to send it to Canada I would be willing to.

 

[Kruse]

Originally Posted By: tratman2000
I'm a Hazmat technician so please bag it well because if it leaks the post office will have to report it as a suspicious package and call the fire dept. It's not fun.


I can vouch for that. Several years ago, I purchased about two dozen bottles of S.L.O.B. oil treatment from a private seller. (Street Legal Oil Booster. Remember that stuff?) To anybody here who actually does remember the stuff, it came in a hot pink bottle that would deteriorate after a couple of years. The shipper of the stuff didn't package it too well and a bottle or two leaked. The post office actually held shipment on the SLOBs for a couple of weeks while they opened my package, checked it to make sure it wasn't a drug or hazard shipment, double wrapped each bottle with plastic bags, and then overdid it with the bubble wrap. After that, they put a bunch of warnings on the box. I also got a verbal warning from my postmaster. Hey, I didn't ship it, but I was at their mercy.

 

[tratman2000]

Originally Posted By: robo339
Haha I took that 2 day class too ^^^


I wish. mine was 114 hours over 14 straight days. Most of it in level level A suits outside in the heat. Hope to never have a class like that again.

 

[robo339]

I did mine in college and they knocked it out in two class days and a half day outside mostly doing nothing except baking in those hot pocket suits

 

[kenv]

Originally Posted By: tratman2000
I'm a Hazmat technician so please bag it well because if it leaks the post office will have to report it as a suspicious package and call the fire dept. It's not fun.


^^This^^ I put 17 years in the USPS. If you tell the clerk that there is no Hazmat materials in your package & it leaks. They not only will not put it in the mail stream, you may get an unpleasant visit from a Postal Inspector, or OIG agent.

 

[Hokiefyd]

Originally Posted By: marine65
Originally Posted By: Hokiefyd
I'll do it. PM me and I'll send you my address.

You were first I sent a PM.


Thanks; replied back.

I am current on HAZWOPER...fortunately, that's just a 40 hour class with one day in the space suit...

 

[marine65]

Originally Posted By: Hokiefyd
Originally Posted By: marine65
Originally Posted By: Hokiefyd
I'll do it. PM me and I'll send you my address.

You were first I sent a PM.


Thanks; replied back.

I am current on HAZWOPER...fortunately, that's just a 40 hour class with one day in the space suit...


here are the specs
2006 sentra 147K miles
14K or so on the filter
Castrol syn with titanium changed twice.

 

[Hokiefyd]

Due to no fault of marine65's, and being that I'm a complete slacker, I haven't posted his pictures until now. They are below. I couldn't believe this filter has close to 15k miles on it. Typical excellent Fram Ultra construction. All parts looked new (when cleaned up) and the valve was very pliable.

 

[ZeeOSix]

Looks great ... the engine must be pretty clean and using full synthetic (?).

 

[53' Stude]

+1