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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: foxracer1 on August 09, 2007, 08:18:22 pm

Title: Oil filters full flow vs bypass?
Post by: foxracer1 on August 09, 2007, 08:18:22 pm

I have filter housings from where i work. I plan to run dual filters once i plumb up my air to oil cooler. One that is a finer 5 or 10 micron that will have a cold bypass and one higher micron rating that will filter all the time. The housings are from a hydraulic system. I found a filter that fits them from autozone i just used frams to fit one on there. Its a PH618 for a 1999 Jaguar VDP. Sadly its $8.99 for a fram.

So is there a way to find filters to match my flow needs? Full flow 10-20 micron? Bypass 5-10 micron?

Title: Oil filters full flow vs bypass?
Post by: jtanguay on August 10, 2007, 12:48:52 pm

i'll be running the FS-2500 (bypass) on my car with the full flow filter & relocation kit.

the full flow will get most if not all the soot out of the oil (low flow), while the full flow ensures that larger particles are kept out.

they say that the full flow filter can last 20'000km, and the FS-2500 can last 5'000km (and this is on a big rig!)

so i estimate 20'000km for the FS-2500 filter (approx $23 each) and 60'000 for full flow or more.  will only be using the best, expensive oil, and so extending the drain interval for that stuff is imperative.

Title: Oil filters full flow vs bypass?
Post by: zukgod1 on August 10, 2007, 01:55:58 pm

Quote from: "jtanguay"

i'll be running the FS-2500 (bypass) on my car with the full flow filter & relocation kit.

the full flow will get most if not all the soot out of the oil (low flow), while the full flow ensures that larger particles are kept out.

they say that the full flow filter can last 20'000km, and the FS-2500 can last 5'000km (and this is on a big rig!)

so i estimate 20'000km for the FS-2500 filter (approx $23 each) and 60'000 for full flow or more.  will only be using the best, expensive oil, and so extending the drain interval for that stuff is imperative.

What brand is that?

dan

Title: Oil filters full flow vs bypass?
Post by: foxracer1 on August 10, 2007, 04:32:32 pm

Amsoil i believe. Right jtanguay?

Title: Oil filters full flow vs bypass?
Post by: jtanguay on August 10, 2007, 05:59:21 pm

www.fs2500.com

supposedly amsoil works just as good as the FS2500, but i have yet to view any conclusive evidence.  (the amsoil EA bypass filters are also around $40 each... quite a bit more expensive, but you don't have such a bulky housing.)

check out the fs2500 video's.  hard evidence!