Hi, John,
jonmac wrote:
>
> Friends,
> Guidelines please. I've recently acquired a spin-on oil filter adaptor
from
> Chris Witor together with four FRAM filters PH 2895. They're quite long
> ones - about 5 inches.
Mine was from Earlpart -it's a Mocal-and came with one Unipart GFE30
Filter-4.5" long.
> 1. To fit a shorter filter in the same 10 o'clock position, or
Mine fits at the 8 o' clock position. I have no T-piece but there is
loads of room.
> 2. Keep my fingers crossed and see if it will fit in a vertical position
in
> the bowels of the engine bay meaning I'll have to lie under the car to
> unscrew it, or
It won't fit vertically because it will foul the clutch slave pipe- you
have to be careful not to nip this between the filter and the sump edge.
To take the filter off, you can use a chain type wrench (fits a socket
extension) and work from the top.
> 3. Still keep it in a vertical position with a shorter filter.
I doubt you'd get vertical fitment even with a stubby filter.
> If I fit a shorter filter, I'm obviously not going to get quite the same
> filtration because of the smaller overall filter paper area and I'm
> wondering if the oil pump might find itself working overtime to push the
> same volume of oil through a smaller area.
If you do go this way, it shouldn't affect the oil pump, the resistance
should be equal. However, I reckon more frequent filter changes would be
needed to compensate for the reduced filtration area.
BTW, The ring magnet from an old speaker is thought to be a good way of
trapping metallic particles. Just transfer it from the end of the old
filter to the new one at change time.
Cheers, Dave Hill
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