Originally Posted By: dnewton3
Big man? Nope.
But I must admit your statements are contradictory, at least to me.
You stated this first:
Can someone explain how an oil filter works?
But then you later state this:
I know how an oil filter works.
If you knew how one works, why would you ask for us to explain it to you?
If you didn't know how it works, why would you state that you do?
Your statements indicate a sense of purjury of sorts; you cannot claim both to be true.
Or, maybe you really do know how a filter works, but you want to know if the rest of us know how a filter works (sort of a large bandwidth rudimentary quiz?). Am I to presume that your intent was to enhance the education of others by quizzing us?
Regardless, if your intent was truly to educate others (and not yourself) then why not seek out the links that already exist using the search feature on this site? Or, once you found such good info, perhaps ask the staff here to create a sticky for quick consumption by any noob or lurker?
Perhaps I'm at fault for chiding you, but then you might admit that your question was (for a lack of a better term) a bit lazy. Well defined questions with confined parameters typically get good, detailed answers. Open-ended, somewhat careless questions generally get the snarky answers ...
However, I owe you the public apology if I directly offended you; I'm sorry as it was not my intent.
I now look back at my q? and how I asked it.I should have (to covince you) said I know how an oil filter works,but,can someone post pictures or videos?
By reading your response I can tell you are somewhat very educated.I apologize for not being able to ask my q? properly to your satisfaction.