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I have 431000 on my 1978 240d and the engine still running strong, but I have other things that need fixing, but the engine runs great. I am currently using a motor guard, getting the oil with metric t-adparter between the oil gauge tube and the oil filter housing, and returning to the oil cap...

I have a truck that runs on propane, it is a lot less trouble than gasoline, since the propane system almost never fails, one had a single big failure in over 10 years, the mixer (converter) failed all of the sudden leaking propane all over the place, since it was duel fuel I switch it to...

well the only way to really know is to put a pressure gauge at the T and if you do have such a pressure then it will work. But the main reason for the frantz restrictor is to create pressure for the filter. Using a oil pressure gauge to will find out for sure, at harbor freight the have low...

actually that is a very good idea, and it is something that is not difficult to do. Having some sort of an oil alarm in case a hose breaks would also be a good idea. if the hose broke with the restrictor at the engine in would give you some extra seconds or maybe a few extra minutes to save the...

It is very different, in the case of the engine the oil is not flowing through the oil tube gauge, it does flow until it reaches the gauge and then there is now more flow. One of the purposes for the restrictor in case of motor oil, it is so that the oil pressure is not reduced, and to make the...

The restrictor orifice for motorguard and frantz is when using the filter for the motor oil in bypass mode. When using it as a fuel filter or transmission filter you should not use the restrictor. Buy using a T instead of the frantz adapter, you could reduce the flow of oil to the filter to...

the original motor guard comes with restrictor orifice built in. It is located in the center tube and it is part of the aluminum housing. You could also get one from frantz, the once from frantz it is 1/16" diameter.

The frantz tp will not work for the motorguard, the motor guard normally uses a 4.5 x 4.5" tp, the frantz is slightly smaller. Do not go by the sizes advertised on the tp labels I have found out they are usually not accurate. As long as the tp is about 4.25" wide it should work fine for the...

the paper with oil is very strong, it does not fall apart. The oil mostly does not have water, the tiny amount of water that it may have will get absorbed by the toilet paper, if the toilet paper gets changed anywhere from 2000 to 4000 miles depending on the engine, it will not be a problem, if...

Hi, I have a question on the new frantz filter the restrictor fitting 1/16" is located in the center inlet port, however on the old frantz filter the restrictor fitting was located in the out port on the side. In the case of the original motor guard bypass filter the restrictor fitting was...

The TP removes only a few ounces of water once saturated with oil, the TP prevents the formations of acids by removing the water. The increase in MPG will be tiny, but there will be a tiny increase in MPG since by keeping the oil clean friction is reduced therefore increasing the MPG, the...

for the full flow filter napa gold (wix) is the best for the price they were on special on napa, not sure if the special still there, also mann filters are very good. for best filtration that in addition to that a frantz bypass filter, make sure you have space under the hood for the frantz, for...