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I wasn't trying to disparage Tunisia, that what was printed on the bottom of the filter, previously I note nothing was printed on the bottom of UFI filters I bought.
And speaking of Fram filters, I had one installed at an oil change shop on the wife's car that had a nick in the rubber gasket (from the shape of it not likely caused by the shop) big enough to piss out most of the contents of the sump in the couple miles I drove it before the shop was able to get a hold of me. They saw the oil trailing behind me as I was pulling away.
I don't buy the counterfeiting thing. There are easier ways to make money making knock-offs than making motorcycle oil filters. First, the margins can't be that high considering we are talking about something that costs maybe 12 bucks and second, they aren't selling this filter by the millions or even hundreds of thousands.If you're going to counterfeit an oil filter used by motorcycles, then making them for MGs is the way to go? Sorry, I can't see the logic there.
Maybe one of the dealer people on the forum could answer, how many times has the factory asked for the oil filter when an engine failed in whole or part and do they accept what the dealer says and go from there. I mean if the dealer sold the filter, the engine failed and the customer says "hey, I bought the filter from YOU", what are the chances someone says "yeah, guess we sold a counterfeit". The customer has recourse, he knows where he bought the filter and can prove it.
And speaking of Fram filters, I had one installed at an oil change shop on the wife's car that had a nick in the rubber gasket (from the shape of it not likely caused by the shop) big enough to piss out most of the contents of the sump in the couple miles I drove it before the shop was able to get a hold of me. They saw the oil trailing behind me as I was pulling away. I was lucky, no damage done as far as I could tell. Point is, shit happens, and can happen to anyone. Question is, how often, and what do they do about it-if it was really them & not some scumbag.Is that what the shop told you? If you had ever done it yourself you would know you put a film of oil on the rubber gasket b4 you install the gasket so it doesn't get pinched when installing. They just CTA.
Just checked my UFI stash....have 9 left of the ten I purchased, all made in Tunisia, and all look good!
I think the problem is that regardless of where the filter was bought, a 'defect' big enough to piss out the oil in a couple of miles should be readily noticeable by the installer. Even if he couldn't see it, he should have felt it while oiling the gasket. So the question is -- did they notice the problem and install it anyway because the customer brought it in, or are they blind and numb?