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Re: [Mgs] alternative to the inverted oil filter mount?

To: "Matthew Milkevitch" <mmilkevitch@yahoo.com>, <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] alternative to the inverted oil filter mount?
From: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:32:59 +0100
Quite.  But with a 2" pipe up the middle of the filter, which is where the 
oil drains to the bearings from, it will only drain the oil that is above 
the top of the pipe.

----- Original Message ----- 
> The point that no one as touched on yet is, where does the oil drain to 
> when you punch an air hole in the filter?  It drains down via the main oil 
> galley and drips out through all crankshaft bearings, camshaft bearings, 
> timing chain tensioner, and anything else that is below the level of the 
> oil filter in the oil flow path. 
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