Oil Filtration

[RalphPWood]

Ever wonder why you are sold a filter that doesn't clean oil then told to come back for an oil change. It works a lot better if the FILTER gets DIRTY instead of the OIL. Clean oil lasts a lot longer and will greatly extend engine life.
It's not complicated and never has been.

Ralph

 

[dickwells]

IMHO it is because the ability of the system to filter oil and deliver oil supply to the bearing areas are inversly proportional to each other.

 

[VaderSS]

I think Ralph wants to make some bypass filter converts.

 

[jjbula]

Maybe our problem is that we naturally fear change.

 

[jjbula]

Not an oil change.

I mean changing to a bypass system.

 

[msparks]

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Originally posted by RalphPWood:
Ever wonder why you are sold a filter that doesn't clean oil then told to come back for an oil change. It works a lot better if the FILTER gets DIRTY instead of the OIL. Clean oil lasts a lot longer and will greatly extend engine life.
It's not complicated and never has been.

Ralph

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Did you ever consider that we are a through away socieity??? That is why its the 21 century and we are still building with wood

Maybe it is easier just to stop by the closest quick lube and have them do it than to remember to change a simple filter!!

After all it is pretty complicated to remember to change that roll of TP. Hell half the I sit down on the pot only to see an empty piece of card board!! Luckily I always have a book on hand

 

[pgtr]

My theory is that there are 2 types of contaminants and that filters can only reasonably address one of the two.

The particulate contaminants down to a certain size can be 'filtered' by the media. But chemicals, some combustion by-products and such can become part of the oil 'liquid' in suspension and 'flow' just like oil and are thus immune to filtering.

Just my opinion - I could be wrong.