MF150 gas engine oil filter

[bubbanm]

Hi Everyone,
I have an early 70's model MF150 with the Continental gas engine. I am trying to find the correct canister type oil filter for that tractor. The one the parts house sold me does not look
like the one that was in it. Does anyone have a part number for that oil filter? They sold me a WIX 51010 but like I said it does not look like the one that is in it. The one in it has a
rubber gasket on top and bottom. The one they sold me has neither. Thanks for your help.

 

[Jim.ME]

That is the right cross in Wix. Does the Wix filter have sealing rings inside the top and bottom of the element, where your oil filter had gaskets on the outside? If it seals to the center stud it should be good.

 

[bubbanm]

Hi Jim
My old filter had the rubber gaskets on top and bottom but the new one (51010) does not. Does it matter?

 

[Jim.ME]

As I asked, does the Wix filter have sealing rings inside the hole in the top and bottom?

If it does; those seal to the center stud/bolt. They take the place of the rubber gaskets on the outside at the top and bottom of the element where the center stud/bolt goes through the filter element. You still use the spring and its retainer to hold the filter element down against the base.

 

[bubbanm]

Thanks Jim,
The one the parts house sold me (51010) does not have the rubber seal but they have ordered a 51080 that does have the rubber seal. The 51080 should work Thanks!!

 

[ptfarmer]

Just a note on the Continental gas engines, the oil filters are bypass style meaning they filter a little bit of the oil, and it goes back into the oil pan. The bearings receive whatever may still be floating around in the oil.

 

[Jim.ME]

(quoted from post at 08:59:48 03/11/20) Thanks Jim,
The one the parts house sold me (51010) does not have the rubber seal but they have ordered a 51080 that does have the rubber seal. The 51080 should work Thanks!!

Glad you got one with the gaskets, like your old one, you wanted.

It has been a while since I changed one of those but I thought I remembered seals inside the 51010s and it looked like they were there (where I pointed the arrow) in the picture from the Wix site. So just for the record, to check my memory and eyesight; I called the parts store I use and had one of the counter guys check a Wix 51010 they had in stock. He confirmed there are O-ring type seals made inside the center hole (not on the outside) which seal to the center post/bolt. If you had one without those seals I would say it was defective.

 

[Hay hay hay]

I just bought one last week and it had the seals around the bolts on both ends.