Needs the paper towel "wick trick".
Maybe I’m retarded but part of me thinks a 51516 is correct filter. Maybe I’m wrong. Filter looks good, Thank You for post.
The bitog diaper?
Nobody likes messy media.
That's sludge from it laying in the drain pan at an angle for a week.
The van is supposed to take a 51348 but the 51515 fits right on with a mile of clearance everywhere around, plus it bumps the oil capacity from 5 to 6 quarts to full mark.
Doubt there is a whole quart of volume difference between those two filters.
Ah, That explains that. Thanks
5 quarts with the 51348 is dead on full. Dead on full on both his and my van at 6 quarts with the 51515.
You checking the oil before or after starting the engine after an oil change? You do realize that in order for that to happen, there would have to be a 1 quart difference in volume between those two oil filters. You have a photo of them sitting side-by-side? The larger filter would have to be gigantic in relation to the smaller filter.
Yes, after starting, cold engine on flat ground. I've gotten just about an entire quart into the full size 51515 filters prefilling them before. The 51348 it calls for is a lawnmower sized filter, in fact I've installed that size/number filter on many riding lawnmowers and hydraulic power units running V twin small engines. The 51515 is the same as a Fl-1A Ford filter. They are rather large. I've done it many times, and it brings the full mark right to 6 quarts with the 3.3 and 3.8 V6 engines.
Very good sir. Thank You
I've been using these combo valve filters for quite a few years now on vertical and 45 degree angle filter orientations now and never had a problem or complaint using them. I've ran some of them a full 12 months and they still felt fine.
I can't dispute your anecdotal evidence, though I have my doubts how the valve feels is evidence it functioned properly throughout the entire oci. Has little or nothing to do with the antidrainback function of the nitrile combo valve. It's most to do with the bypass function. Trusting a piece of rubber to allow bypass at the proper psi especially as intervals increase, in doubt, imo. And, as has been discussed this sub-forum before, use of combo valve strictly a cost saving measure.
