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Submitted: Wednesday, Dec 01, 2004 at 19:24

jason

hey guys i have read about these frantz filters and the fact you can use toilet paper as the element. my question is do i need to remove the cardboard roll from the centre or can i leave it there
thanks
jason
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AnswerID: 86867   Submitted: Wednesday, Dec 01, 2004 at 19:27

Member - Roachie (SA) replied:

Not sure about the cardboard centre needing to be removed, but please you use NEW toilet paper and not 2nd hand stuff......tends to clog up your oil galleries with shyt.LOLOL
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FollowupID: 345464   Submitted: Wednesday, Dec 01, 2004 at 20:18

mr diamond posted:

come on mate dont lead the guy astray.
you can still use used toilet paper.
remember just use the clean side .
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AnswerID: 86913   Submitted: Thursday, Dec 02, 2004 at 07:38

David Au replied:

Check with the oil company that this type of filter will not remove the additives from your lubrication oil.
You cannot use ordinary toilet rolls.
These filters had their day twenty years ago.
If you are looking to fit better filtration on a diesel engine, then look to something like a Baldwin B50 filter.
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AnswerID: 86946   Submitted: Thursday, Dec 02, 2004 at 10:30

Flash replied:

Yeh, had their day, right.
Tell that to the mechanic who stripped down my mates GQ at 480,000 klms, always run with a Frantz, and which looked and ran like new. (Why did he strip it? Because he was buying it.) He reassembled it and replaced virtually nothing......
Or to me with my Isuzu diesel nearing 25 years old, huge ( god knows how many) klms as the odo stopped years ago -but over 400,000 and 14 year old Patrol, both absolutely perfect mechanically.....

Yes you need the cardboard roll in the centre, you also need the right size (small) centre which is getting hard to get. Some commercial toilet paper is still perfect.
You're probably better off buying the specially made stuff which various suppliers have. Cheers
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FollowupID: 345569   Submitted: Thursday, Dec 02, 2004 at 10:33

Flash posted:

PS Oil companies don't like them.... because they then sell you LESS OIL!
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AnswerID: 86999   Submitted: Thursday, Dec 02, 2004 at 15:09

Howard T replied:

dont forget to use the perfumed kind. Better sniffing perfume (dont go there) than unleaded fumes.
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AnswerID: 87105   Submitted: Friday, Dec 03, 2004 at 09:01

ev700 replied:

I believe that bypass centrifugal oil filters are superior.

From motor engineering advice I obtained, no problems fitting one to (say) a Cruiser however a return inlet has to be fitted to the sump.

However some say that aftermarket alterations introduce more risks than they appear to solve. This and the price rule them out - unless one day Toyota offers it ex-factory as an option.

I believe safe extended oil changes via a bypass centrifugal filter would be attractive to diesel owners and would be good environmental marketing.
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AnswerID: 87182   Submitted: Friday, Dec 03, 2004 at 16:06

G.T. replied:

Read posts 15993, 16027,17991. A toilet roll oil filter is a W.O.F.T.A.M.
Regards G.T.
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FollowupID: 345962   Submitted: Saturday, Dec 04, 2004 at 01:18

ev700 posted:

WOFTAM? Is that equivalent to a 'crock of bleep'?

If so, from what i've read that could be a common description of toilet roll filters :-)
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FollowupID: 346224   Submitted: Monday, Dec 06, 2004 at 10:01

G.T. posted:

ev700--- Yes. W.O.F.T.A.M. = waste of f-----g time and money. Regards G.T.
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