[DeTomaso] Pure Power Oil Filters High Performance Motor Oil

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

Of course the oil passes through paper filters too. What did they write to indicate otherwise?

Tomas

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To: <mikeldrew at aol.com>
Cc: <kenn_green at yahoo.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 11:39 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pure Power Oil Filters High Performance Motor Oil


> The thing in the presentation I saw from Pure Power that struck me the  
> most, (if I understood what was said properly) is that I always  
> assumed that the oil in a paper type filter was all forcefully passed  
> through the paper. According to them, it simply flows against and  
> around the element, and the element collects the impurities. In their  
> screen system, the oil actually passes through the screen. I will  
> clarify this stuff at the MPMC conference third week in January and  
> post the info. I will also try to arrange a group buy for us. I am  
> definitely going with the Pure Power filter anyway.
> On Dec 18, 2009, at 12:06 PM, mikeldrew at aol.com wrote:
> 
>>
>> In a message dated 12/18/09 10 02 30, kenn_green at yahoo.com writes:
>>
>>
>>> Just wondering what is in the oil that actually plugs up (uses up?)  
>>> an oil filter?  I think that the older oils oxidized and produced  
>>> gunk that the filters caught.  With modern synthetic oil, I wonder  
>>> is the filters ever come close to being "used up"?  From many  
>>> reports, bearing wear etc. is insignificant with a good synthetic  
>>> oil.
>>
>>
>> Probably true.  The biggest threat is probably chucks of RTV that  
>> can break off when its used overmuch (some people insist on throwing  
>> away the front and back seals for the intake manifold and instead  
>> using a huge glob of RTV, which is an open invitation to this sort  
>> of thing IMHO).
>>
>> I think it would take a profound amount of debris to 'plug up' an  
>> oil filter, but changing them periodically (every other or every  
>> third oil change for instance) is probably still a good idea.
>>
>> Mike
> 
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