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| Re: [GMCnet] Oil filter base bypass project? [message #303518 is a reply to message #303508] |
Wed, 13 July 2016 11:59   |
JohnL455
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Registered: October 2006
Location: Woodstock, IL
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Keep us posted. I am interested because the turbo Regal VIN 7 used the same addaptor to the rad tank in a smaller version. A lot of "experts" run 15w-50 where 5w-30 and 10w-30 was speced perhaps doing a lot of unknown bypassing due to differential across the paper element and loop.
John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
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| Re: [GMCnet] Oil filter [message #344075 is a reply to message #303508] |
Sun, 09 June 2019 10:13 |
jimk
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Registered: July 2006
Location: Belmont, CA
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On Sun, Jun 9, 2019 at 8:13 AM Jim Kanomata wrote:
> When my rt output shaft mtg plate came off in Texas and the oil filter got
> severed , I lost oil.
> However my Digi Panel had the oil pressure ignition switch that killed the
> engine and saved the engine.
> It would have been a long haul to CA.
> Oh, I was going 75when it happened
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> On Sun, Jun 9, 2019 at 6:23 AM Todd Snyder via Gmclist gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
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>> Thanks John, That's good info I needed. My shock at the small size
>> filter was based on viewing the one on the coach, after having the oil
>> changed
>> just before my 2000 mile recovery trip from TX to NY. Again, they have
>> cured me of ever letting anyone else change my oil besides me. The filter
>> measured 3" tall and 3" in diameter. Tiny.
>>
>> I picked up a STP S25 from Autozone, it cross references to the Wix
>> 51049, and it's much bigger. Looks like almost 4" in diameter and 5"
>> tall. The
>> gasket is set way inside the diameter of the can, where the one I took
>> off was right at the outside edge.
>>
>> It seems like a decent size filter, I was just tripped up by the grease
>> monkeys in the oil change pit.
>> --
>> Todd Snyder, Buffalo NY
>> 1976 Eleganza II
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> Jim Kanomata
> Applied/GMC, Newark,CA
> jimk@appliedairfilters.com
> http://www.appliedgmc.com
> 1-800-752-7502
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Jim Kanomata
Applied/GMC, Newark,CA
jimk@appliedairfilters.com
http://www.appliedgmc.com
1-800-752-7502
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