Hey guys,
So I'm reading up on all the experts on BITOG for a while now trying to find "The Best" Oil Filter out there. Still confused with all the inconclusive garage studies I've read over the years past, and different opinions. I guess it boils down to in Alphabetical Order: #1. Amsoil EOA, #2. Fram Ultra, #3. Mobil 1 Extended Performance..... can't think of the others that seem to be the top end filters, but have read on BITOG to stick with the 100% synthetics.
In the past, I have also used larger filters that would fit my Cadillac's with the rationale that more surface area = lower pressure drop = more efficiency,.... at least that's the general principal with HVAC Air Filtration for indoor air quality. I'm even trying to maybe adapt to the Donaldson Endurance somehow on my 305 Chevy motor but don't know if it's been down before as maybe it's a better filter than whats available at the parts stores.
Now I was thinking of another concept and problem I had to solve for a 28 story commercial condo building that had a cooling tower sediment problem and the water cooled A/C units on the lower floors were getting clogged. So I installed a centrifugal spin down filter on each units water cooled input line that worked great to keep the A/C's water cooled condenser coil from clogging. No more clogs, everyone is happy, and the system is getting cleaner every day!
So I Googled: "Centrifugal Oil Filters" and found out there are many on the market. I was hoping there would be extensive discussion here on BITOG with a lot of knowledge about these systems, but not too much from what I could find so far which is why I'm posting this along with what looks like some amazing "expensive" technology in oil filtering of efficiencies far less than 1 micron! Each mfg. touts these systems as being so efficient; it would be amusing if they could separate the oils additive package along with "Dino DNA"!
I posted this in the "Oil Filter Section" because I think some of these "Centrifugal Filter Systems are also used as primary filters from what I can see.....so maybe this would need moved to the "Bypass Filter" section and I'll start the thread there and place this threads link in that new thread......let me know if I should do it?
The only 2 threads on BITOG I could find that mentioned Centrifugal Filters was HERE the 3rd post on that pg. by "Glum" who stated he won't post again on the forum for some reason?????but no one commented about the "Diesel Craft Filter System" link he posted. His study there was an interesting read measuring oil filter efficiency per "Particle Count" although there was some debate on validity of the test.
Also HERE where "Stew705" posted about the "FPE-Spin Clean" system.
So here are some very interesting and I guess ultimate filtration systems for review:
Diesel Craft System
FPE Spin Clean System
PPE Filter System
Spinner II System
Spinner II's simple website which I think is a dealer's site in Canada:
HERE
This X-Military Vintage Truck Forum talks about how good the Spinner II system is, but I wonder if a gas engine with a stock oil pump has enough oil pressure to make the system function ?????
HERE
If these systems have been discussed already, sorry for posting, but this was just an idea I had for the ultimate filtration of oil. It looks like each of these system have smaller units to adapt to a gas engine and run off the engines oil pressure. I think one unit (Diesel Craft System) has an auxiliary electric oil pump, but I don't know enough about each w/o calling these company's to find out IF they can be installed on a non-diesel street motor but I don't see why not.
I'd like to see my motors cleaner after a mishap many years ago from some bad commercial fleet oil that was sold to our business that sludged up a whole fleet of delivery trucks including my 2 Cadillac's and the problem was compounded by the "Kick" in the "Nuts" "red oil air filters" I brilliantly ran thinking they were the best for power and filtration back then in the early 90's......and I could never understand why I had such high silicate values on my Oil Analysis for the past 20 years!
So once again.......who makes the best regular type oil filter ????!!!!! They all look the same to me the more I read on BITOG!
Regards,
Chris
So I'm reading up on all the experts on BITOG for a while now trying to find "The Best" Oil Filter out there. Still confused with all the inconclusive garage studies I've read over the years past, and different opinions. I guess it boils down to in Alphabetical Order: #1. Amsoil EOA, #2. Fram Ultra, #3. Mobil 1 Extended Performance..... can't think of the others that seem to be the top end filters, but have read on BITOG to stick with the 100% synthetics.
In the past, I have also used larger filters that would fit my Cadillac's with the rationale that more surface area = lower pressure drop = more efficiency,.... at least that's the general principal with HVAC Air Filtration for indoor air quality. I'm even trying to maybe adapt to the Donaldson Endurance somehow on my 305 Chevy motor but don't know if it's been down before as maybe it's a better filter than whats available at the parts stores.
Now I was thinking of another concept and problem I had to solve for a 28 story commercial condo building that had a cooling tower sediment problem and the water cooled A/C units on the lower floors were getting clogged. So I installed a centrifugal spin down filter on each units water cooled input line that worked great to keep the A/C's water cooled condenser coil from clogging. No more clogs, everyone is happy, and the system is getting cleaner every day!
So I Googled: "Centrifugal Oil Filters" and found out there are many on the market. I was hoping there would be extensive discussion here on BITOG with a lot of knowledge about these systems, but not too much from what I could find so far which is why I'm posting this along with what looks like some amazing "expensive" technology in oil filtering of efficiencies far less than 1 micron! Each mfg. touts these systems as being so efficient; it would be amusing if they could separate the oils additive package along with "Dino DNA"!
I posted this in the "Oil Filter Section" because I think some of these "Centrifugal Filter Systems are also used as primary filters from what I can see.....so maybe this would need moved to the "Bypass Filter" section and I'll start the thread there and place this threads link in that new thread......let me know if I should do it?
The only 2 threads on BITOG I could find that mentioned Centrifugal Filters was HERE the 3rd post on that pg. by "Glum" who stated he won't post again on the forum for some reason?????but no one commented about the "Diesel Craft Filter System" link he posted. His study there was an interesting read measuring oil filter efficiency per "Particle Count" although there was some debate on validity of the test.
Also HERE where "Stew705" posted about the "FPE-Spin Clean" system.
So here are some very interesting and I guess ultimate filtration systems for review:
Diesel Craft System
FPE Spin Clean System
PPE Filter System
Spinner II System
Spinner II's simple website which I think is a dealer's site in Canada:
HERE
This X-Military Vintage Truck Forum talks about how good the Spinner II system is, but I wonder if a gas engine with a stock oil pump has enough oil pressure to make the system function ?????
HERE
If these systems have been discussed already, sorry for posting, but this was just an idea I had for the ultimate filtration of oil. It looks like each of these system have smaller units to adapt to a gas engine and run off the engines oil pressure. I think one unit (Diesel Craft System) has an auxiliary electric oil pump, but I don't know enough about each w/o calling these company's to find out IF they can be installed on a non-diesel street motor but I don't see why not.
I'd like to see my motors cleaner after a mishap many years ago from some bad commercial fleet oil that was sold to our business that sludged up a whole fleet of delivery trucks including my 2 Cadillac's and the problem was compounded by the "Kick" in the "Nuts" "red oil air filters" I brilliantly ran thinking they were the best for power and filtration back then in the early 90's......and I could never understand why I had such high silicate values on my Oil Analysis for the past 20 years!
So once again.......who makes the best regular type oil filter ????!!!!! They all look the same to me the more I read on BITOG!
Regards,
Chris
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