bypass pressure question

[seotaji]

my car is spec'ed to use a baldwin B179, but i'm using a B173-S. The B179 has an 8PSI bypass valve and the B173-S has a 20PSI bypass valve. Could I be damaging my car by continuing to use the 20PSI bypass valve oil filter?

thanks in advance.

 

[Bill Kapaun]

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Originally posted by seotaji:
my car is spec'ed to use a baldwin B179, but i'm using a B173-S. The B179 has an 8PSI bypass valve and the B173-S has a 20PSI bypass valve. Could I be damaging my car by continuing to use the 20PSI bypass valve oil filter?

thanks in advance.

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In a clean engine in good mechanical condition, it probably doesn't really matter.
If the filter were to become clogged, and the O Pump wasn't capable of producing 20 PSI, you would have no flow.
Interestingly, when you cross the Baldwin # to Wix, they show a noticeably lower BP pressure.
Would a B161-S work? It still shows the 20 PSI bypass however.

 

[Ugly3]

Interesting thread for ya:
Does It Really Matter What Filter You Use

The preponderance of the data suggests the oil filter selection makes little difference. Why not use a filter spec'd for your engine (bypass pressure, filter media, flow rate, etc.) and get on to obsessing about the grease in the door hinges?

 

[seotaji]

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WHAT! We have to put grease where?

OMG, do we use 5w30 or 10w30 grease, and do we run conventional or synthetic. Does it matter if the ambient temp. is above -18 and what about people who like to open their doors alot? can I go a long time between GCI and Aaaarrgghhhh!!!!!!

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I use a belgian 0w30 grease with a bypass filter and pre-greaser.

No worries for me.

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Why not use a filter spec'd for your engine (bypass pressure, filter media, flow rate, etc.) and get on to obsessing about the grease in the door hinges?

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Hopefully I can find out what the bypass pressure for the M1-105 I'm using now is and find a replacement with a lower bypass pressure setting whenever I run out of the filters stashed in my closet.

If anyone knows the bypass setting for the M1-105 that would be fine too

 

[Bill Kapaun]

You say your car is spec'd for a B 179 and then you want to know about an Mobil 1 M1-105.
Very different gasket diameters!

Why not just state the kind of car you have and what you really want in a filter?
Posting conflicting part #'s just confuses the issue.

 

[seotaji]

Sorry about that, I drive a 00' Acura 3.2 TL which is spec'ed to use the larger honda filter before they downsized. Cross-references to PH3593A, ST3593A, Purolator L14459 (12-15PSI bypass), etc...

I've used a ST3593A before the switch to synthetic, but recently I've been alternating bewteen ST3950 or M1-105's.

It would be nice to find a filter that is large enough to increase the capacity of oil in the system, possess' more filter material for 10k oci's, can flow as well as it filters, and has a bypass setting similar to factory spec's.

Too much to ask?

 

[TheFuror]

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Originally posted by Ugly3:
Why not use a filter spec'd for your engine (bypass pressure, filter media, flow rate, etc.) and get on to obsessing about the grease in the door hinges?

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WHAT! We have to put grease where?

OMG, do we use 5w30 or 10w30 grease, and do we run conventional or synthetic. Does it matter if the ambient temp. is above -18 and what about people who like to open their doors alot? can I go a long time between GCI and Aaaarrgghhhh!!!!!!

Bob W.

 

[Bill Kapaun]

Look at-
Length" Wix Purolator Hastings MotorCraft
(3.25 OD) 4.1 51344 L24458 LF386 FL799