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Re: [Mgs] Paper or Felt Oil Filters

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Subject: Re: [Mgs] Paper or Felt Oil Filters
From: Peter C <peter@nosimport.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:37:49 -0500
I've seen scoring on crankshafts at the oil feed holes and found bits 
of felt in the main bearing channels. Not on every engine, but enough 
that I use paper exclusively. This on MGs, Jag, and Land Rovers.
         Peter C
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At 08:21 AM 9/6/2007, WSpohn4@aol.com wrote:

>In a message dated 05/09/2007 11:38:42 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
>don@napanet.net writes:
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>A felt  filter would give about 5-10 pounds more oil pressure than a paper
>one.  That sold me on the felt ones.  I don't know about how  much filtering
>was going on though- for all I know the diminished pressure  indicated more
>effective filtration.
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>Nice thing about the felt ones is that you can pull them apart and see just
>what is getting into them. A sudden increase in brass bits is a much kinder
>indicator that something is going astray than that nasty pounding accompanied
>by  a sudden loss of oil pressure in the middle of the next race.....
>
>Bill
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