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Discussion in 'California(Portofino)/Roma(Amalfi)' started by AandSC, Jan 6, 2025.

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  1. AandSC

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    #1 AandSC, Jan 6, 2025
    Posted this on the 430 forum but since the 430 and California oil filters are the same I’m posting here also (I was actually changing oil and filter on the California).

    Decided I would take a chance on picking up a couple California/430 oil filters from a popular auction site, shipped from China. These are portrayed as being OEM Ferrari, but they are not, even though they are shipped in a very similar box to OEM and the writing on the filters say made in France. In fact the writing on the filters is exactly the same as the OEM filters. It’s when you look inside the filter that you can see a notable difference between the two. The clean filter in these pics is the Chinese version and the oily one is the OEM. Luckily I had a couple OEMs on hand to use. Threw away the Chinese ones. Lesson learned and hopefully this will save some of my fellow California owners from learning this the hard way.
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  2. bb2thdr

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    #2 bb2thdr, Jan 6, 2025
    Thanks good to know, I was about to order them.
     
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    #3 spaghetti_jet, Jan 8, 2025
    Great info
    & thanks for sharing, but don’t just toss the Chinese filter, you should cut it and the old OE filters open and compare them. The old filter will be filthy of course, but it would be interesting to compare the construction.
     
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  4. AandSC

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    #4 AandSC, Jan 8, 2025
    I thought about doing that but a) didn’t have time and b) the difference in components is very noticeable. The difference in the relief valve construction, the thickness of the filter material and the difference in the center tube construction made it clear that I wasn’t going to install it. Plus, the trash truck hauled them away this morning….
     

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