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Originally Posted by Rick Parker
He made it sound as if a regular filter is in some state of bypass all the time and that is how the oil gets through the filter body. While doing so the oil deposits the contaminants in the creases of the pleats as it passes over the media surface. Any one else have any comments? |
Yes Rick...
While I don't think that the
oil "never" permiates the paper of the filter, I do believe 100% that filters with a bypass valve (even "racing" filters that have heavier bypass springs for higher PSI pumps) DO INDEED "bypass" quite regularly, even during street use...
I have seen more than one circumstance to back that statement up, and I am not an engineer nor do I play one on TV...
This is why I use a Canton, no bypass type and I KNOW that this same filter saved my much engine damage when I ground a steel dizzy/camshaft gear into a fine steel powder once...
Pat
ONLY a no-bypass filter for my Cobra...