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I won't enter into this debate except to add that myself and a lot of others
are believers in oil bypass fitration. With bypass filtration in place, the
primary filter becomes much less of an issue.
Obviously Gulf Coast Filter is the big (and axpensive) name in such with
their big unit and the smaller albeit plastic one. There is also a guy named
Ralph Wood (I think) who converts a high quality air compressor filter into an
oil bypass filter. The link is: _http://www.bypassfilter.com_
(http://www.bypassfilter.com) . As I recall, I paid less than $100 for it. Although they
started as a paper towel or toilet paper roll filter, GCF now says that their
proprietary element is better (and expensive...). Whether you use theirs or the
grocery store variety in the normal course of operation, the fact that you can
use a either in a pinch is a plus. Of course, in a pinch, the bypass filter
can just be left in place to clog shut without adding any restriction or
detriment. You are just left to normal filtration.
Amsoil also makes a nice but pretty expensive setup which uses two spin-on
filters.
My setup uses a Racor screen primary with one of Ralph's filters. The Racor
has ports on either side of both halves (you normally block one) and I use one
as an inlet to the Racor and the other as flow to the bypass. I don't have
much time on this setup but I see no reason it won;t work well over the long
term.
Bill
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