Oil Filter Update
08-07-2009, 08:58 PM
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Has anyone heard of a K&N 3002 filter failing. Had a customer lose an engine due to the media getting crushed internally. He checked with someone else and they had info.from Boost Power that they lost 2 engines on the dyno due to this. They said; use a Wix racing filter. This would have been avoided if he would have listened to the warning buzzer along with the oil pressure gauge, and just changed the filter. We could only figure it was from his older oil coolers having old dirt come out of them after a period of time running and breaking it down and flowing to the filter and clogging it. I told him he needed new coolers because of heat, wouldn't think after cleaning them that old dirt would break-down and flow out to the filter. How much oil temp can these filters stand?
08-07-2009, 09:09 PM
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Has anyone heard of a K&N 3002 filter failing. Had a customer lose an engine due to the media getting crushed internally. He checked with someone else and they had info.from Boost Power that they lost 2 engines on the dyno due to this. They said; use a Wix racing filter. This would have been avoided if he would have listened to the warning buzzer along with the oil pressure gauge, and just changed the filter. We could only figure it was from his older oil coolers having old dirt come out of them after a period of time running and breaking it down and flowing to the filter and clogging it. I told him he needed new coolers because of heat, wouldn't think after cleaning them that old dirt would break-down and flow out to the filter. How much oil temp can these filters stand?
This article (though on a Porsche) says if the oil temp is much over 210*F the oil will fry...probably much sooner than the oil filter wil.
http://www.elephantracing.com/techto...emperature.htm
K&N's look like good filters.
As far as max oil temps...
08-08-2009, 09:58 AM
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I see Mercury recently came out with a synthetic media oil filter for most of its engines now. I Wonder how they compare to the Amsoil EAO's I have been using?
Mercury Precision High Efficiency MerCruiser Oil Filter 858004K
Fits all Mercury MerCruiser/Mercury Inboard GM engines, except V-6 without remote oil filter
High efficiency, high performance synthetic media removes over 97% of oil contaminants versus 78% for conventional paper element filters
Mercury Precision High Efficiency MerCruiser Oil Filter 858004K
Fits all Mercury MerCruiser/Mercury Inboard GM engines, except V-6 without remote oil filter
High efficiency, high performance synthetic media removes over 97% of oil contaminants versus 78% for conventional paper element filters
08-08-2009, 11:00 AM
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I see Mercury recently came out with a synthetic media oil filter for most of its engines now. I Wonder how they compare to the Amsoil EAO's I have been using?
Mercury Precision High Efficiency MerCruiser Oil Filter 858004K
Fits all Mercury MerCruiser/Mercury Inboard GM engines, except V-6 without remote oil filter
High efficiency, high performance synthetic media removes over 97% of oil contaminants versus 78% for conventional paper element filters
Mercury Precision High Efficiency MerCruiser Oil Filter 858004K
Fits all Mercury MerCruiser/Mercury Inboard GM engines, except V-6 without remote oil filter
High efficiency, high performance synthetic media removes over 97% of oil contaminants versus 78% for conventional paper element filters
....we are on the right track with synthiteic oil and synthetic filter elements...actually we were ahead of the game a while back!
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08-08-2009, 12:06 PM
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Boy, For me, ultimate filtration is for my daily drivers that see many, many miles. For my boat engines I want FLOW and lots of it. Just catch the rocks. I am hoping for 120 hours between teardowns, not 100,000 miles.
Just my .02 cents.
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08-08-2009, 06:24 PM
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08-09-2009, 12:23 PM
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If I am running 540s, 700 hp. Change the oil and filter once per year, 20-25 hours. Do you still recommend Amsoil or Mobil 1? Or, should I keep using the Wix Racing filter?
Planning on moving from racing Valvoline 40 to Mobil v-twin oil. If this makes a diffenence on filters? Thanks.
Planning on moving from racing Valvoline 40 to Mobil v-twin oil. If this makes a diffenence on filters? Thanks.
08-09-2009, 05:57 PM
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604 inch fords, naturally aspirated.
Swapping out HP6s at 10 hours and complete oil change at 20.
I am not criticizing your break down of filters at all. Just from my perspective, I want flow #1, Big stuff filtered #2, Little stuff #3.
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Swapping out HP6s at 10 hours and complete oil change at 20.
I am not criticizing your break down of filters at all. Just from my perspective, I want flow #1, Big stuff filtered #2, Little stuff #3.
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