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Old 07-16-2012, 08:35 PM
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Lardy: The difference in the flow rates will definately impact your temps. The root cause for this is the filter media is finer (filter out smaller particles) on the non "R" filter, thus causing more flow resistance. Wix is a good filter either way.
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