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Old timer told me to stop using spin-on oil filters on commercial fridges
A guy named Dave who's been doing appliance repair since the 80s told me last year to ditch spin-on oil filters on reach-in coolers. I thought he was nuts. Every supplier I knew pushed those things as standard. But after 6 months of tracking callbacks, I found spin-ons kept leaking at the gasket on Copeland compressors. Dave was right, the old cartridge style seals better on those vertical mounts. I switched 12 units over and haven't had a single oil leak since. Has anyone else ran into this issue with newer style filters on older compressor models?
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emerycarr19d ago
Haven't seen that many leak issues with spin-ons myself. Maybe it's just a bad batch of filters or how tight you're cranking them down. Sounds like Dave gave you one fix but I'd check the gasket surface and torque first before tossing all those spin-ons.
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mia_singh2418d ago
Maybe it's just a bad batch of filters" yeah and my last three girlfriends were just "bad batches" too. I'm starting to think it's me, but you're probably right about checking the torque first. Gasket surface sounds like the real culprit here.
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