By-pass Rollcall

[therion]

Wow motor guard looks like the best filter, and most cost effective too!! TP is cheap!

Any ideas where to buy a Motor Guard bypass kit??

 

[Bio-T]

Try here:

http://www.bypassfilter.com/

 

[Bill Plock]

EPS-20 OilGuard Installed on my 2003 Chevy 2500HD LT CC SB Duramax Diesel/Allison

Oil on Dip Stick at 3kmi

Oil at 5kmi

11 Quarts 5W40 Rotella T Synth - Next Oil Change will be DELVAC-1. LOF at 7.5kmi (Baldwin B1441), Bypass Change at 15kmi.

 

[mangusta1969]

Bill,

Great pictures and a very clean installation on your Duramax. Thanks for the post.

I just put an OilGuard EPS10 on a BMW Turbo engine. I will post some installation pictures and baseline oil analysis results in the next few days.

Do you have any oil analysis figures for your Oilguard installation? Your oil certainly looks clean in the pictures.

Steve

 

[Bill Plock]

Steve,

Thanks for the feedback!

I was also surprised at how clean the used oil looks coming out of the Duramax considering it’s a diesel. It was very clean looking even before adding the OilGuard, which I believe, is a function of the Bosch common rail injection system. On previous diesels I have owned the oil was black after 500 miles. However, as we all know, a UOA is the best way to evaluate the oil. The last UOA was at 19k miles and Cu and Si were running a little high but the Duramax is known for elevated Cu and Si during break-in. I’m told the Si is due to leaching from silicone gasket sealants and copper could be from the oil cooler - the other wear metals are low. Other Duramax owners have reported similar results and the Si and Cu trend down as the engine breaks-in. The values from the last UOA (Oil Analyzers) with 5kmiles on Rotella-T 5w40 are as follows:

Iron: 4 (ppm)
Chromium: 0
Lead: 9
Copper: 40
Tin: 0
Aluminum: 1
Nickel 0
Silver 1
Silicon 12
Boron 1
Sodium 0
Magnesium 12
Calcium 2914
Barium 0
Phosphorus 1126
Zinc 1335
Molybdenum 1
Titanium 0
Vandium 0
Potassium 0
Fuel: VIS @ 100C 13.63
Water 0
Soot/Solids 0.1
Glycol NEG
TBN 9.33
OXD 7.0
NITR 9.0

 

[plexx]

Toyota 2001 4runner 30k
Fantz on motor installed about a week ago
Oil is pennzoil 10w30 dino,ran Mobile 1 before the bypass filter but I want to see how long I can go with a good dino and just changing the tp element.

 

[wulimaster]

Amsoil bypass installed 11 years ago on a toyota 4x4 4 cyl RE engine at about 13k miles. Now at 110k. Be90 bypass changed at 25k miles regardless of time. Have left it in as long as 4 years. Had to cut the 4th oil change short because of antifreeze in the oil pan during the timing chain replacemnent last November. Changed the FF oil filter at 12,500 miles regardless of time. Mobil 1 oil filter used, Amsoil 10w30 oil, 6.5 quarts. I use the Landcruiser filter instead of the stock one as it is 2.5 times larger and fits.

 

[Tim]

2003 VW TDI
Oil Guard installed at 500 miles
Currently running Amsoil 10W-40 (since 2500 miles on car).


Tim

 

[rob-the-oil-nut]

OilGuard EPS-20. Was on my old car and removed prior to trade-in. Plan to have it installed in my 3800 Series II within a few weeks.
Furthur info available upon request or see my postings.
THANKS!
Rob

 

[rugerman1]

1998 Dodge Ram 2500
8.0L V-10
Frantz Filter
Currently running Exxon Superflo 10w-40 with Auto-Rx
Doing short 1000 miles filter changes

Soon to install Frantz on Auto tranny

 

[Mykro]

quote:

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Originally posted by rugerman1:
1998 Dodge Ram 2500
8.0L V-10
Frantz Filter
Currently running Exxon Superflo 10w-40 with Auto-Rx
Doing short 1000 miles filter changes

Soon to install Frantz on Auto tranny

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Good Deal.. Frantz on the Tranny! I just switched to Mobil 1 Synthetic in my tranny.. Between The Frantz and the new fluid I'm wondering how many miles I'll get out of it...

 

[Popperboy1]

99 F-250 7.3L (15 quart sump)
Mobil Delvac 1 5w-40 (15,187 miles so far)
Amsoil BE-100 By-pass (15,187 miles so far)
Purolator L44872 (change every 5,000)

Oil analysis every 5,000 (+/-) miles

Iron 49, Chromium 4, Lead 4, Copper 8, Tin 0, Aluminum 3, Nickel 1, Silicon 6, Boron 36, Sodium 4, Potassium 5, Magnesium 504, Calcium 2407, Phrosphorus 1480, Zinc 1712 Moly 2, Vis 13.5, Tbn 9.4 Soot 0.2, Oxidation 16, Nitration 9.

Continue normal PM & sample interval

 

[igor_k]

1987 Chevy Nova (same as Toyota Corrolla) with 195,000 miles, still going strong.
A Motor Guard M-30 bypass filter that I got from Ralph, and a Permacool sandwich adapter. The supply/return lines are both connected to the sandwich adapte. I installed them about 100 miles ago. Havoline 10W30 oil (which turns black fairly quickly) is beginning to clear up.

 

[greencrew]

Any new installs?

 

[aldive]

1999 Ford Explorer 4.0 SOHC
Amsoil BMK-13

See http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126111&highlight=bypass+filter

 

[LateArrivalforLSU]

2004 Ford F250 6.0 Powerstroke Diesel
Frantz Bypass Filter
Amsoil S3K 5W-30 Engine Oil

 

[iceberg]

1999 dodge ram 1500 sport frantz on tranny and motor.

2000 blazer Frantz on tranny soon to be Motorguard on tranny and frantz on motor.

 

[gner]

Motor Gaurd on a 1999 Grand Marquis and using 5W20 Havoline.

Motor Gaurd on 2003 Ford Escape w/ DOC V6 using 5W20 motorcraft

 

[mjo]

'95 Saturn SL2 1.9L DOHC
Frantz on motor oil & soon to be on transmission.
10k on Frantz & oil. I use Mobil 1 5w-30 (not EP). Change TP every 2k miles.

 

[4.8 Silverado]

Trasco bypass on the engine with a T.P. change every 5k. Trasco bypass on the transmission side with T.P. change every 20k.