Good morning all and Happy New Year!
Did some work on mounting a coolant filter in my 2007 Toyota Tundra this morning in the cold. Actually, it's not bad, as I have the torpedo heater running to keep the chill off.
Well, it turns out the place I had selected for my coolant filter was a little smaller than I had hoped for. I can mount the filter with the base up/filter down, but I don't have enough room to change the filter.
Now, if I can mount the filter at about a 45 degree angle, still base up/filter down, I can get it in there plus have room to change the filter. Anyone know if you can mount a coolant filter at an angle? Or even sideways?
It would seem to be that anything besides a pure base up/filter down position would trap air, rendering the filter at least partially useless.
Then I remembered seeing an inline filter in Jegs that would definitely fit. It's by VE-Labs (Vehicle Enhancement Labs) and is a small, almost fuel-filter looking device that plugs inline to your heater core. The filter element appears to be sintered brass and it appears to be cleanable.
Anyone ever use one of these? It's got to be better than nothing, but I can see where it wouldn't be as good as a NAPA cartridge filter.
I'd post a link to Jeg's, but I'm pretty sure that's prohibited. Go to Jeg's, type "coolant filter" into the search and its the first result.
thanks much!
ben
Did some work on mounting a coolant filter in my 2007 Toyota Tundra this morning in the cold. Actually, it's not bad, as I have the torpedo heater running to keep the chill off.
Well, it turns out the place I had selected for my coolant filter was a little smaller than I had hoped for. I can mount the filter with the base up/filter down, but I don't have enough room to change the filter.
Now, if I can mount the filter at about a 45 degree angle, still base up/filter down, I can get it in there plus have room to change the filter. Anyone know if you can mount a coolant filter at an angle? Or even sideways?
It would seem to be that anything besides a pure base up/filter down position would trap air, rendering the filter at least partially useless.
Then I remembered seeing an inline filter in Jegs that would definitely fit. It's by VE-Labs (Vehicle Enhancement Labs) and is a small, almost fuel-filter looking device that plugs inline to your heater core. The filter element appears to be sintered brass and it appears to be cleanable.
Anyone ever use one of these? It's got to be better than nothing, but I can see where it wouldn't be as good as a NAPA cartridge filter.
I'd post a link to Jeg's, but I'm pretty sure that's prohibited. Go to Jeg's, type "coolant filter" into the search and its the first result.
thanks much!
ben