Ardun Bill,
The Frantz and all other paper filters I know of are bypass filters and
there is a restricting orifice in the system to limit oil flow. I have had
my oil tested many times and there is no evidence of cellulose (paper) in
the test results.
Howard
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From: <ardunbill@webtv.net>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2002 6:43 AM
Subject: Re: Full-Flow Oil Filters
> Hi Folks, before we depart forever from this topic, there are still a
> couple of nagging questions about the legendary "Franz" toilet-paper oil
> filter, that have been on my mind for about fifty years now, since first
> I read about it.
>
> 1. How can a high volume of oil be pumped through a dense roll of
> toilet paper without a. disintegrating it, or b. a tremendous pressure
> drop, so that there is hardly any oil pressure at the outlet?
>
> 2. Also, since toilet paper in general is designed to disintegrate in
> liquid, so that it doesn't clog up those septic tanks in the boondocks
> of Texas, or Virginia, why does not this oil pumping through the toilet
> paper oil filter carry away with it a mass of white particles that will
> fill up the engine with "detritus"?
>
> As one of my workmates used to say, "I don't understand all I know about
> this."
>
> Ardun Bill
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