An amazing lapse in oil filter maintenance.
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Lake Speed Lickity Split: "This filter is now more efficient. Well done. Nothing to see here."
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I’ll be calling an ambulance for the stroke I just had looking at these pics. Thanks for that!
This is why I have trouble buying used cars
And that's one reason we love each other here (seriously).
Re post #24, and others: It's good to see Europeans catching up to American car care standards (sarc.)
RE post 24, looking back, i think those are actually pics from a 3.0 N57, the ones i should have posted that are from a VAG ea288 are these, not sure if I have posted these before, let me know!
Anytime I do maintenance on cars, I get my son involved. Great way for him to learn about repairs and how these machines actually work. He's learned a lot in the last couple of years. Sure beats paying $150 an hour at a shop.
We just changed front struts on a vehicle this weekend.
Filter bypass valve wasn't up to the task of flowing all the oil while keeping the dP down at the same time. Looks like there wasn't a center tube for the element built into the cartridge cavity or cap. Doesn't look like the media was wire backed (maybe it had a nylon mesh backing?), hard to tell in the photos.
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Nice daddy!
My old man was a prick.Selfish. Immature.
In so many ways.
Nice to see there are still fathers out there that care to be a good father.
Keep up the good work, son, daughters, dogs.
I rarely ever say this, but God Bless You.
Wow. Mind blown. What is the bypass route on the 3.6L? Is there a relief valve or something down inside the oil cooler housing??
It looks to me like the bypass spring is built into the cap. When pressure exceeds the springs rating, it pushed the whole filter up into the cap. The o-ringed plug is pulled out the drain/bypass port that dumps back to the oil pan.
I'm thinking that this is why most filters come out looking twisted, when actually it's from being compressed. Doesn't seem to be the best design, but I'm no engineer.
Please correct me If I'm wrong.
I am not sure either but that doesn't seem like the best design as a compressed filter may not seal again. You might be right about it being in the cap though. There could be a piston and spring at the top that allows oil to go around the filter when the pressure spikes. The only cutaway pictures I can find online don't have the cap sliced in half.
Pics don't show if it was a Jeep with 39 rubber ducks on the dash, lmao. Sorry Jeep frens, don't I get that one.
If this is from the post I saw on Reddit, the owner had been taking it to a local shop for services and they weren't changing the filter, was finally changed at a service at a different shop
Looks like a filter with 99% efficiency at 1 micron.
WOW! You know, it is just shocking to me to see those filters loaded up like that. If those engines are still running well, it's a real testament to their durability. But it also makes me want to change my oil right away, too, LOL.
I've got some Mobil 1 Advanced Clean in my Gladiator right now, so that takes the edge off. And my Wrangler has brand new, 200 miles on it bulk oil, probably Pennzoil in it right now after some new sensor seals, PCV, and other work. I think my Gladiator is at about 72k and my Wrangler is at 112k. The worst filter I ever pulled out of one looked great and like it could go many, many more miles, after looking at this.
I've got some Mobil 1 Advanced Clean in my Gladiator right now, so that takes the edge off. And my Wrangler has brand new, 200 miles on it bulk oil, probably Pennzoil in it right now after some new sensor seals, PCV, and other work. I think my Gladiator is at about 72k and my Wrangler is at 112k. The worst filter I ever pulled out of one looked great and like it could go many, many more miles, after looking at this.
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