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Originally Posted By: Ken2
No oil filter can filter cold oil. The oil is just too thick and will damage any filter that it has to flow through.
Not when it has a wall of thick oil on the other side of the media ...and a bypass valve to limit the differential pressure between one side and the other...
You're typically right though ..in concept. The resistance of media ..in a vacuum...(pumping into atmospheric) is tremendous. It's only the thickness and resistance to flow that the oil on the other side of it sees that makes it so (usually) a non-issue.
No oil filter can filter cold oil. The oil is just too thick and will damage any filter that it has to flow through.
Not when it has a wall of thick oil on the other side of the media ...and a bypass valve to limit the differential pressure between one side and the other...
You're typically right though ..in concept. The resistance of media ..in a vacuum...(pumping into atmospheric) is tremendous. It's only the thickness and resistance to flow that the oil on the other side of it sees that makes it so (usually) a non-issue.
