| Re: [GMCnet] GMC engine problems again for Dan and Teri [message #115110] |
Tue, 15 February 2011 14:58  |
rallymaster
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Clog up the oil filter, and it will use the filter bypass route to the
engine
RonC
On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:22:55 -0600 Ken Burton <n9cv@comcast.net> writes:
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> Here is what I do not understand. I thought I looked this up
> before. I thought that the oil flow is:
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> 1. Oil pan
> 2. Engine oil pump
> 3. Lines to the oil cooler
> 4. Oil cooler
> 5. Line back to the oil filter adapter
> 6. Oil filter
> 7. Through the various parts of the engine
> 8. Back to the pan.
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> If this flow is true then the existing oil filter ought to capture
> any particles left in the oil cooler.
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> If the above flow is incorrect and oil goes through the oil filter
> BEFORE it goes through the oil cooler, then there should not be any
> particles in the cooler in the first place.
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> I would be more likely to blame the oil filter for not trapping the
> smaller particles. Maybe we should be looking for filter that traps
> smaller particles and use it after a new engine install.
> --
> Ken Burton - N9KB
> 76 Palm Beach
> Hebron, Indiana
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1978 Eleganza II
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| Re: [GMCnet] GMC engine problems again for Dan and Teri [message #115205 is a reply to message #115110] |
Wed, 16 February 2011 00:20  |
Ken Burton
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| rallymaster wrote on Tue, 15 February 2011 14:58 |
Clog up the oil filter, and it will use the filter bypass route to the
engine
RonC
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I do not think that the Wix filter most of us are using has a bypass in it. Is there a bypass in the oil filter adapter in the engine?
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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