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[christopher d czepyha]

If its crud as you believe what is the best non-evasive way to get rid of
the crud.

An old time mechanic told me to put 1 cup marvels in the oil and run the
car for about 20 min before the oil change, and let the fluid drain
completely.  


On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 07:05:01 -0400 "John Kepler"
<bigjohnohio@worldnet.att.net> writes:
> , installed
> > in his 65 110/pg a NAPA gold oil filter which blew apart where the 
> bolt
> > screws into the
> > filter with such force that the filter "can" was affected as well 
> as the
> gasket
> > area mentioned.
> 
> If this is indeed the case, then there's more than something wrong 
> with the
> filter!
> 
> There's a pressure by-pass valve in the engine that's not 
> functioning
> properly, and that's a BIG potential problem!  In the 'Vair, it's 
> located in
> the rear (front...depends on your perspective....it's the aluminum 
> gizmo
> that the oil filter base attaches to at the back of the car) 
> extension
> assembly, and is either jammed up with crud, or is otherwise jammed 
> in the
> "closed" or partially closed position.  This little non-functioning, 
> often
> overlooked item can lead to just tons of nasty problems, from 
> exploded
> oil-filter cans to broken cam shafts/drive gears to spun main and 
> rod
> bearings!  It's a potential "slate-wiper", one of those little 
> dip-sh**
> problems that's at the head-end of a LOT of disproportionately 
> severe
> "Unintended Consequences".
> 
> FWIW, in most engines, oil only passes through the filter at low 
> RPM....at
> higher RPM's, the filter is completely or at least significantly 
> by-passed.
> It's one of the reasons that your owners manual on a new car doesn't 
> want
> you to be running at sustained highway speeds for the first 2000
> miles......the metal that gets worn out of the engine in that time 
> needs to
> get trapped in the filter, not circulated through the bearings!  
> Racing
> engines use very large and quite pricey "full-flow" filtration 
> systems as a
> result of this too.

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