Hmmm. If this is true, and I have no reason to believe that it isn't,
then the majority of the oil flowing through the engine is UN-filtered.
Obviously a lighter weight oil will present a larger percentage of
filtered oil running through the engine, where as 5 Qt's of Castrol
20/50 Plus one can of STP, may not get filtered much at all. I find
this disturbing. Maybe the structure of these small filteres simply
cant handle the pressure and volume of thick oil that we are asking them
to take.....Hmmmmm...Dam...It's never simple.
Rich
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>From: marrone@wco.com[SMTP:marrone@wco.com]
>Sent: Friday, October 25, 1996 7:52 AM
>To: tigers@autox.team.net
>Subject: What WIX Filters has to say...
>
>I got the number for the WIX filters technical hot line off the web (800 949
>6698), I couldn't find a number for Fram but I'm still working on it.
>
>WIX says that their replacement for the PH8A (WIX # 51515) indeed does have
>a bypass built into the filter and its activation pressure is 8-11 PSI. WIX
>claims that many of their other filters do have bypasses but filters
>intended to be used with an adaptor with a bypass delete this feature.
>
>Are we convinced yet?
>
>BTW, I'll find out if that renault filter has a bypass because if it does
>not that could be bad if you use it on a Ford small block.
>
>
>Frank Marrone MK I Tiger B9471116
>marrone@wco.com 1966 LTD
> Series I Alpine (2.3L powered by Ford)
> Yamaha Seca 900
>
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