Yesterday I was drawing my 12k mile oil sample on my 03 Montana and then proceeded to change the FF filter. The van had just been shut off so everything was warm but the BE90 bypass filter was cold. I thought this may be normal for a cold winter day so I grabbed ahold of the other BE90 on the transmission circuit and it was toasty warm. So the engine bypass filter is definitely plugged.
I havn't changed many of these filters yet but they've never plugged up this soon. Could it be from the cold weather and condenstaion? Has anyone else noticed that their bypass filters don't last as long in cold weather? Everything else apears normal and the oil looked very clean after the filter change and 1L top up.
PS-look for my 12k mile Esso XD3 UOA early next week.
I havn't changed many of these filters yet but they've never plugged up this soon. Could it be from the cold weather and condenstaion? Has anyone else noticed that their bypass filters don't last as long in cold weather? Everything else apears normal and the oil looked very clean after the filter change and 1L top up.
PS-look for my 12k mile Esso XD3 UOA early next week.