Amsoil SDF 11 & ADBV

[medic]

I know there is nothing I can do about this, but I just wanted to post my recent findings with Amsoils ADBV in a SDF 11.

I have a '97 F-150 4.6l with the stock remote filter. I used a Fram once (because that's all I could get at the time) and found a terrible ticking noise upon start up due to the lack of a ADBV. I have never experienced this with the Motorcraft filters. I recently switched to Amsoil & am also using their filter. I, once again, am hearing the ticking noise with a cold start. Obviously the ADBV is not working. I'm planning on changing this filter around 5,000 to 7,500 miles. I'm hoping the next filter doesn't do this also.

I imagine if I want to continue using Amsoil's filter I 'll need to remount the relocation kit so the filter is vertical.

 

[M.T.Wallet]

I have a 2000 GMC2500 and have noticed simular condition that you described.I have the amsoil dual filter system and am using SPF filters with the Series 3000 5/30.The ticking goes away after the engine warms up a bit but I wonder if the valve in the filter is what its cracked up to be.

 

[Mystic]

I think that FRAM has a problem with their anti-drainback valves that tends to get overlooked. People are so focused on the cardboard endcaps and sometimes the filtering media, that the anti-drainback valve does not get enough discussion. I remember when I owned a Toyota Corolla and I tried a FRAM oil filter on it. I had to switch to a Toyota oil filter because there was totally no oil in the oil filter when I changed the oil. If the adbv had been working properly, there would be oil in the filter. This situation and another situation started to turn me off of FRAM oil filters, even before the oil filter studies on the internet. But when I tried some more expensive oil filters, like the Mobil 1 and the Amsoil, I sometimes still had problems. I noticed that the Mobil 1, for example, was designed for a few engine sizes. In contrast, a Purolator Premium Plus, to name one example, is designed for many different engines and car and truck models. You can find a Purolator oil filter that is designed pretty much for your particular vehicle. I sometimes think that Amsoil and ExxonMobil try to cover too many bases with too few filters. I think this is a potential problem that has not been discussed enough at this web site. Think of all the different vehicles with all of the different pressure requirements for adbvs. This is one of the reasons (other than cost) why I wish some of the midlevel oil filters had enough quality to justify using. If the oil filter study being done by people at this web site discovers that Brand X, which costs a reasonable 3-4-5-6 bucks, does a good enough job filtering and with oil flow, than that would be great. Not just because a reasonable price oil filter can be used, but also because that reasonably priced oil filter is probably designed in large enough numbers of oil filters to precisely fit many vehicles.

 

[medic]

The Fram I used didn't have a Anti-drainback valve. If it was there it may or may not have worked, but there wasn't even one to work properly.

As far as one filter for multiple applications, you may be right. I'm in the clear though. Ford went and put weird threads on the trucks to prevent you from using any other filter, including an oversized filter.

I imagine the Amsoil filter's ADBV just doesn't have what it takes. I'll find out within a few months. If needed I'll remount the remote filter so it's vertical. I want to continue using Amsoil's filters until somebody can prove that they are the same as Hastings filters.

 

[M.T.Wallet]

My Amsoil dual stage setup is mounted vertically-it doesn't seem to matter I still get the ticking sound when I start it.