Hello everyone,
Long time lurker but my first topic.
I have a 2003 Ford Excursion with a 6.0 diesel. Like many I have replaced the oil cooler and already have temperature deltas that are out of factory spec. I dont want to mess with the factory oil cooler anymore so I will be building myself an external oil cooler & oil filter.
From what I can find the factory system will flow a max of 18.5gpm oil but is in the neighborhood of 12-15 (I cant remember specifically) at 3000 rpm's. The factory filter bypass is around 22psi & 20 microns (unknown betas).
There is a company that already markets and sells external oil coolers but the price is out of my budget, and more importantly I like doing these sort of projects on my own. But that company uses an external Carquest 85832 oil filter. From what I can gather that is only a 32 micron (unknown again on nominal or absolute) and rated flow seems to be only 16 gpm.
My question is: As I will be building system from scratch what would be the best readily available (not amsoil) filter I can get that will meet or exceed the 20 micron factory and flow 18.5 gpm. Ideally with a bypass and antidrain back.
Can hydraulic filters be used? Donaldson SP15/SP25 seem great, and the filter heads have integrated bypass valves in them Looking at P179089 as it has a 11 micron rating at 99.9%. But is that too fine? It should only have a 4 psi pressure drop per the data sheet.
Thank you ahead of time, any input is much appreciated. Oil and lube systems is not my strong suit so I want to make sure I have everything figured out before I attempt this.
Long time lurker but my first topic.
I have a 2003 Ford Excursion with a 6.0 diesel. Like many I have replaced the oil cooler and already have temperature deltas that are out of factory spec. I dont want to mess with the factory oil cooler anymore so I will be building myself an external oil cooler & oil filter.
From what I can find the factory system will flow a max of 18.5gpm oil but is in the neighborhood of 12-15 (I cant remember specifically) at 3000 rpm's. The factory filter bypass is around 22psi & 20 microns (unknown betas).
There is a company that already markets and sells external oil coolers but the price is out of my budget, and more importantly I like doing these sort of projects on my own. But that company uses an external Carquest 85832 oil filter. From what I can gather that is only a 32 micron (unknown again on nominal or absolute) and rated flow seems to be only 16 gpm.
My question is: As I will be building system from scratch what would be the best readily available (not amsoil) filter I can get that will meet or exceed the 20 micron factory and flow 18.5 gpm. Ideally with a bypass and antidrain back.
Can hydraulic filters be used? Donaldson SP15/SP25 seem great, and the filter heads have integrated bypass valves in them Looking at P179089 as it has a 11 micron rating at 99.9%. But is that too fine? It should only have a 4 psi pressure drop per the data sheet.
Thank you ahead of time, any input is much appreciated. Oil and lube systems is not my strong suit so I want to make sure I have everything figured out before I attempt this.