<VV> flushing VS filtering

[FrankCB at aol.com]

I remember some years ago Amsoil was selling a  BYPASS oil filter kit with a 
VERY fine filtering material.  The stock "full  flow" oil filter that comes on 
every car is NOT designed to take out really  small particles just so it 
won't easily/quickly clog up and send ALL the  UNfiltered oil through the stock 
bypass.  So with the Amsoil kit installed,  ALL the oil continues to go through 
the stock COARSE filter for major  particle removal while only PART of the oil 
goes through the Amsoil FINE filter  for fine particle removal.  Amsoil 
contends that over a period of time ALL  the oil gets FINE filtered.
    Current Amsoil dealers can tell us if Amsoil is  still offering this 
setup.
    Frank Burkhard
 
 
In a message dated 1/24/2008 5:10:27 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
kenpepke at juno.com writes:

The  point exactly.  Dissolving the sludge from the engine and running it 
into  the
oil could easily clog the filter and start sending all of the particles  
through the engine
... how long this could take is an unknown.  It  might be hundreds or 
thousands of 
miles ... or just a few minutes of  operation.  The driver will not know.  
The question 
remains;  what advantage is there in removing the sludge?  There should be a  
pretty
good payoff if one is to take the chance.
Ken  Pepke
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
One more thought about  filters. Back in the day when I was a USAF crew chief 
someone 
came up with  a brilliant idea for an engine oil filter .It was a super 
micron filter (it  
caught everything). It was so good that they clogged and allowed some  debris 
to get 
through the bypass, ruining several PW J57 engines. I guess  it is better to 
let some 
microscopic stuff through than to use a super  filter and possibly lose an 
engine.







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