Filter suggestions for OCI of 10k?

[SuperBusa]

Originally Posted By: mechanicx
Well one thing about taking a filter apart is, you can tell if it held together, but you can't really tell how loaded it is. The filter could be bypassing when oil's cold or at high RPM. I think most filters can go 10K miles in most conditions. But if you read the filter council website, they suggested filters load up by 5K miles. Maybe they are somewhat biased.


If you cut the media out of the filter and inspect it under strong light and magnification, or hold it up to strong light you an get an idea of how much crud is in the media.

 

[mechanicx]

Originally Posted By: SuperBusa
Originally Posted By: mechanicx
Well one thing about taking a filter apart is, you can tell if it held together, but you can't really tell how loaded it is. The filter could be bypassing when oil's cold or at high RPM. I think most filters can go 10K miles in most conditions. But if you read the filter council website, they suggested filters load up by 5K miles. Maybe they are somewhat biased.


If you cut the media out of the filter and inspect it under strong light and magnification, or hold it up to strong light you an get an idea of how much crud is in the media.


Yeah but they all look cruddy. It doesn't really tell you if the filter is loaded. I've seen filters that looked good but would flow no air. Grant that is an air filter working at lower pressures, but air is easy to pass. I don't think you can tell by eyeballing the media a loaded one from one that is not. It's microscopic, the filter pores and contaminates.