Nissan Cartridge ZD30

[Shannow]

after copping flak for not recording oil filter dimensions on my SCA deconstruction a few months ago...

Oil change on my Nissan, so decided to deconstruct the filter.

Nissan OEM cartridge type filter...New filter and O-Ring pictured next to the canister before installation.

Filter and canister installed. Nissan were nice enough to have a 1/2" drive in the canister to enable on/off filter changes.

Old filter drained down for a while.

Chopped up...plastic frame, glued felt end caps (end caps don't seem to be a "bypass" filer as opined previously, too much glue. Plastic frame doesn't get glue, the element and end caps do that.

The felt end caps seal over a spigot in the filter housing, as well as a similar spigot in the filter adaptor.

Bypass functions are performed by the filter adaptor.

15 months, 10,000km, and filter was intact, had one visible white metal flake...always get 1 per oil change.

Filter media unrolled to 1.7m long, 95mm wide.

 

[Eddie]

Thanks for the picture shannow. Is the filter actually mounted horizontal as pictured?

 

[Hokiefyd]

Interesting. Looks like the replacement filter element has the plastic cage (like an Ecore). Most of the cartridge designs I've seen have a metal cage in the cartridge housing, and the element slides over that.

 

[Shannow]

Originally Posted By: Eddie
Thanks for the picture shannow. Is the filter actually mounted horizontal as pictured?


Yep, it's horizontal.

There's a hole in the filter adapter that sits over a tundish with a drain pipe dropping off it. Turn the filter canister, and the holes line up, draining the filter into the tundish, which then empties...over the swaybar.

 

[ZeeOSix]

Originally Posted By: Shannow
Filter media unrolled to 1.7m long, 95mm wide.


Good amount of media ... ~250 sq-in.

 

[yaris0128]

Where did you get that can of Castrol? Id like something like that.

 

[Shannow]

Local oxy welding outlet is a Castrol agent...the Magnatec SP 5W-40 is a "professional" product, so only available in 20s and 205L containers. I've bought a few off them, but when they hit $180 for 20 litres, I switched to buying Mobil 3000 in 5 litres, and only having a couple of litres inventory left over.

It's a pretty drum. My other Magnatec drum is just white with a sticker. My Delvac 1 "drum" is a plastic pail. My used oil gets dumped into another 20L (mobil kero IIRC), and I've got a shell Kero drum as well for other stuff.

Can buy Delo 400, Delo Silver, Valvoline, etc. in 20 litre drums reasonably easily around here.

 

[artificialist]

What kind of engine does that Nissan have in it? In the USA, I have never seen a Nissan engine that uses a cartridge filter.

Is it a diesel? Nissan hasn't sold a diesel car or pickup truck in the USA since the 1980s, either because people didn't like them, or because they couldn't pass tougher smog tests, I don't remember which.