Ouestion about Oversize filter

[Cristobal]

I have a big filter stash and for the forseeable future I will not buy any more.

But I was curious: What is the largest capacity oversize filter that might fit on my plate? Someone told me it's a Wix, but I can't find it on the charts. It is like a very lengthened standard filter I was told.

I think it would have more volume than a PH8A which DOES fit. It needs to fit on the same plate that (for reference) the Fram PH3614 OCOD would fit on and it needs these attributes:

Gasket I.D. 2.47" or close to it
Gasket O.D. 2.75" or close to it
Gasket Thickness .19" or close to it
Gasket Usage Base
Product Height around five to eight inches
Product I.D. 3/4-16 Thread

Let me know if anyone remembers. I wish there were a site that would just show a photo line up of every single oil filter in stock.

Thanks.

 

[wirelessF]

You must be looking for the Wix 51773:
http://www.wixfilters.com/filterlookup/PartDetail.asp?Part=51773

 

[Cristobal]

Bingo! Thank you.

 

[morris]

32 micron? dont like that. i think the reg filter for that one will be about 20 micron. and you didnt get higher flow amount.

 

[ZeeOSix]

Originally Posted By: morris
32 micron? dont like that. i think the reg filter for that one will be about 20 micron. and you didnt get higher flow amount.


That's the "Nominal" efficiency rating. 32 microns isn't bad for a 50% efficiency IMO.

From the "Filter Manufactures Council" Technical Service Bulletin 89-5R3:

"The two most popular reported media ratings are a nominal micron rating (50%) and an absolute micron rating (98.7%). A nominal rating usually means the filter's media can capture a given percentage of particles of a stated size. For example,
a filter might be said to have a nominal rating of 50% for particles 10 micrometers in size or larger."

 

[Cristobal]

Why would there be this 32 micron rating and others have a 21 micron rating. The pores in the media must be bigger, but why construct it so? There must be a reason for that.

 

[ZeeOSix]

Originally Posted By: Cristobal
Why would there be this 32 micron rating and others have a 21 micron rating. The pores in the media must be bigger, but why construct it so? There must be a reason for that.


Probably a different media or maybe it runs at higher flow & pressure delta across the media with could effect the efficiency rating.

 

[rrounds]

If you go to the Baldwin web site you can find a lot of bigger filters, like the B7311-MPG
http://www.adiesel.com/baldwinfilters/B7311-MPG.html
I think the B7311-MPG has a 12 Absolute Micron Rating
I did a quick look and found 8 or 10 filters that are larger than the PH8A(but did not look up the Absolute Micron Rating on all of them)

ROD