gs34
Junior Member
Well, I've been trying to keep my mouth shut on this issue. However, the more I read this post, the more I want to add my 2 cents worth.
1, All oil filters are not created equal. That is why you should always use the filter that meets the EXACT specifications of the engine manufacturer.
2. New oill filters, packaged in unopened factory containers are clean, and contain no contaminants
With that said, I will add.....There is absolutely no way....and I repeat.....NO WAY that you can clean a "reuseable" filter to meet the same level of clean that you get with ANY new spin on off the shelf.
Don't believe me??.....run it by a laboratory and check it out.
3. Oil filter bypass valves work on a differential pressure....in other words, they compare incoming oil pressure (before the oil passes thru the filter) to filtered pressure (after the oil goes thru the filter media) to determine when the valve opens. This pressure is set by the filter manufacturer according to the engine manufacturers specs.(see # 1)
4. Oil filters, as set out in the specs are designed to function normally, without bypassing, for the recommended change interval set forth by said manufacturer. If you do your maintenance according to the manufacturers recommendations, you will not have a problem.
As a matter of fact, manufacturers want you to install these filters dry...just as they come out of the box, because they do not wat you to take a chance of introducing any foreign contaminant into the filter, before it is installed on the engine.....in other words they want you to spin it on dry & empty, and let the engine fill it up.
5. Modern oil, by design, API, and EPA requirments keeps small (minute) particulate matter in suspension within the oil.
This is primarily an emission driven requirement.
These minute particles are mainly products of the combustion process..soot...carbon..etc
And they are kept in suspension to be removed by filtration....thus the requirement for 5 micron filtration in the newer engines.
Reusable filters will not catch this stuff as it is designed to be caught.
I would add here also that much....and I repeat... much of the damage to bearings and rotating surfaces inside engines is caused by these minute particles of carbon, soot, dust, dirt, and other contaminants.
6. I can not think of one, 1 engine manufacturer that recommends the use of a "Reuseable" oil filter on their product.
Why do you suppose this is?????? Could it possibly be that they know for sure that the reuseables cannot and willnot do the job required of protecting their engines to the level that they require?
Enough!!.....I could keep this up but, it would really serve no purpose.
I really don't have a dog in the fight, but I do not like to see folks be led down a path that could possibly be against their best intrests.
Look, I have rebuilt hundreds of engines. I have changed thousands of oil filters. I've cut them open, I've looked at them thru microscopes, I've taken thousands of oil samples and read enough oil analysis reports to fill a small library.
I know what I have seen with my own eyes, and 1st hand experience is pretty hard to beat.
I will stick with guidlines and recommendations of the engine manufacturer..oil and filters are cheap insurance.
Always have been....always will be.
Just my opinion.....and worth what ya paid!
1, All oil filters are not created equal. That is why you should always use the filter that meets the EXACT specifications of the engine manufacturer.
2. New oill filters, packaged in unopened factory containers are clean, and contain no contaminants
With that said, I will add.....There is absolutely no way....and I repeat.....NO WAY that you can clean a "reuseable" filter to meet the same level of clean that you get with ANY new spin on off the shelf.
Don't believe me??.....run it by a laboratory and check it out.
3. Oil filter bypass valves work on a differential pressure....in other words, they compare incoming oil pressure (before the oil passes thru the filter) to filtered pressure (after the oil goes thru the filter media) to determine when the valve opens. This pressure is set by the filter manufacturer according to the engine manufacturers specs.(see # 1)
4. Oil filters, as set out in the specs are designed to function normally, without bypassing, for the recommended change interval set forth by said manufacturer. If you do your maintenance according to the manufacturers recommendations, you will not have a problem.
As a matter of fact, manufacturers want you to install these filters dry...just as they come out of the box, because they do not wat you to take a chance of introducing any foreign contaminant into the filter, before it is installed on the engine.....in other words they want you to spin it on dry & empty, and let the engine fill it up.
5. Modern oil, by design, API, and EPA requirments keeps small (minute) particulate matter in suspension within the oil.
This is primarily an emission driven requirement.
These minute particles are mainly products of the combustion process..soot...carbon..etc
And they are kept in suspension to be removed by filtration....thus the requirement for 5 micron filtration in the newer engines.
Reusable filters will not catch this stuff as it is designed to be caught.
I would add here also that much....and I repeat... much of the damage to bearings and rotating surfaces inside engines is caused by these minute particles of carbon, soot, dust, dirt, and other contaminants.
6. I can not think of one, 1 engine manufacturer that recommends the use of a "Reuseable" oil filter on their product.
Why do you suppose this is?????? Could it possibly be that they know for sure that the reuseables cannot and willnot do the job required of protecting their engines to the level that they require?
Enough!!.....I could keep this up but, it would really serve no purpose.
I really don't have a dog in the fight, but I do not like to see folks be led down a path that could possibly be against their best intrests.
Look, I have rebuilt hundreds of engines. I have changed thousands of oil filters. I've cut them open, I've looked at them thru microscopes, I've taken thousands of oil samples and read enough oil analysis reports to fill a small library.
I know what I have seen with my own eyes, and 1st hand experience is pretty hard to beat.
I will stick with guidlines and recommendations of the engine manufacturer..oil and filters are cheap insurance.
Always have been....always will be.
Just my opinion.....and worth what ya paid!
