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RE: Oil filters

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Subject: RE: Oil filters
From: "Maynard Hirsch" <mghirsch@netzero.net>
Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 16:24:30 -0500
The relief valve in the filter is there to allow oil flow if the filter clogs
up.  What this means is that under most conditions, only a fraction of the oil
is filtered during a cycle.

The relief valve in the engine is to prevent overpressurization of the oil
galleys.

Maynard

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