Originally Posted by 69Torino
The image shows the filter in an angled orientation, but a Ford Modular engine has the filter either mounted in a horizontal position (cars) or a somewhat vertical position (trucks). In the cars, I've cut open filters and found carbon laying in the can. I don't want that carbon picked up in the bypass stream to be washed into the rod and main bearings. That's a fact.
Thanks, very interesting. I can see where more contaiminants can get back into the engine with the dome located bypass. Motorcraft is the only base-bypass I have seen for this application. The combo's in low end WIX products would classify as base mounted bypass I guess.
The image shows the filter in an angled orientation, but a Ford Modular engine has the filter either mounted in a horizontal position (cars) or a somewhat vertical position (trucks). In the cars, I've cut open filters and found carbon laying in the can. I don't want that carbon picked up in the bypass stream to be washed into the rod and main bearings. That's a fact.
Thanks, very interesting. I can see where more contaiminants can get back into the engine with the dome located bypass. Motorcraft is the only base-bypass I have seen for this application. The combo's in low end WIX products would classify as base mounted bypass I guess.
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