Thread: First start did not go so good.
View Single Post
  #34 (permalink)  
Old 11-28-2006, 10:00 PM
Rick Parker's Avatar
Rick Parker Rick Parker is offline
CC Member
Visit my Photo Gallery

 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: California, Ca
Cobra Make, Engine: NAF 289 Slabside Early Comp Car with 289 Webers and all the goodies. Cancelling the efforts of several Priuses
Posts: 6,592
Not Ranked     
Default
The oil will not flow through the filter in reverse. Normally the oil flows out of the pump/block into the outer perimeter slots, into the filter canister through the filter media towards the center of the canister and then out the hole in the center of the filter and into the main oil galleys to be distributed throughout the engine. The silicone rubber flapper valve that lies behind each of the slots is specifically designed to prevent oil from flowing in reverse.
__________________
Rick

As you slide down the Banister of Life, may the splinters never be pointing the wrong way
Reply With Quote