[Shotimes] Fram oil filter

[Ron DeReus]

Somewhere I have a paper where somebody researched a bunch of different oil
filters.  Basically, you get what you pay for, and with Fram, you don't get
much.  I think the Motorcraft, Mobil1, Wix, and maybe Purolator filters all
have the bypass where it should be.

Ron DeReus
95 MTX

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of sho2go
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 7:48 PM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Fram oil filter


I have strong doubts, Mark.  If you consider the flow by the time the filter
goes into bypass, its up greater than 5 gpm as high as the pump will flow,
maybe 11-12 gpm.  Thats a tremendous amount of turbulence washing right by
the folds, and I am quite sure a good portion of the debris will go along
for the ride.
Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Mallory" <mmallory78@earthlink.net>
To: "sho2go" <srfdude@cox.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Fram oil filter


> I think it's a pretty safe bet that any contimnats will stay in the folds
of
> the filter.  Look at an air filter... even larger debris stays within the
> filter folds until you physically separate the folds.  The more common
> smaller particles will embed themselves in the filter and there is no
> concern about them "falling" into the bypass stream.
>
> Mark Mallory
> Toledo, Ohio
> '95 SHO MTX
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sho2go" <srfdude@cox.net>
> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 7:54 PM
> Subject: [Shotimes] Fram oil filter
>
>
> > I just changed my oil/filter after an AutoRx treatment, the filter was
the
> > Fram PH3600.  Cut it open to see what was in there (this was on my '90
> w/150K
> > miles) and found the bypass valve to be on the bottom.  Pretty black,
but
> no
> > gritty stuff.  Has anyone cut any of the normal suspects for an SHO
filter
> > apart to find the bypass on the top (where it should be)?  The oil forum
> tests
> > are showing that just about all filters will go into bypass at either
cold
> > temps, or high revs; I hate to think all the stuff thats filtered out
just
> > washes right through the bypass, when its on the bottom (opposite the
> screw-on
> > end).
> > Mike
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