bypass oil filters

Thanks for your reply Mr Fixit , i do believe that the oil pressure is maintained
by an orifice just before the oil enters the bypass filter , on the discharge side of the filter its more like gravity flow back to the sump ,i remember the first bypass filter i bought had a very bad fault , it had just an ordinary line from the take off point to the filter , i replaced this with a suitable hydaulic line .
The oil in my brother's old Vovo 122 sedan was aprox half a million miles old !!
the only refinement he made to his later Volvo was to replace the mineral oil with synthetic oil , with the original bypass filter on

So you are saying your brother did 800,000k’s on the same load of oil.?

Yeah… I find that hard to Swallow.

Exploder !! i will contact my brother to get the real figures , not the " politicians" figures , but whatever the true mileage if your oil is kept clean why cant the same oil last for 500,000 ks ?? One know one arguement here would be that the oil breaks down but the 1 micron filter stops the contamination of the oil which breaks it down , including water which is one of the worst contaminates for a motor , the normal fuel flow filter just lets it through !!

Thanks " Axle " , you the son of " Bent Axle Bob " that character in the SSlim Dusty song on Lights on The Hill albumn ??!!

Swear by them.
Have been using them since the mid seventies.
I would bet my life that they substantially reduce engine wear while dramatically extending oil change intervals.
On my diesels (I have still have two!) I use a Frantz on both oil AND fuel.
You'd have to see to believe how clean the inside of the engine is on my old diesel Gemini,... however sadly the engine died when a rubber timing belt broke prematurely. Bugger. The motor WAS perfect!

Roachie,
Where do you source your Amsoil bits from?
Do you have any info on your bypass install ie where it fits etc
Chers
JR

Roachie!!


How many" Blue Tooths" You got hanging off that right ear?

1 micron filter?? MMMMMM!!!

Axle

G'day Roachie , thanks for your input , just been viewing your profile , there would be no room for a missus in that rig of yours ??!!
I reckon the dip stick holder return is a great idea , only thing is if you want to check the oil level its a bit of a pain fishing it ( dip stick ) out from your tool kit if its not readily accessable.
thing i am getting a Mil -Mac bypass filter , were manufactured here in WA but now in Malaysia am led to believe , have seen a bit about Amsoil on the net , fairly big in USA

G'day JR

I've bought all my gear so far from Ian Bishop. Ian is a farmer and oyster grower at the bottom end of Yorke Peninsula here in SA. He is difficult to get hold of a lot of the time and I have since got the name of another bloke in Adelaide who may be a better option. His name is Bruce (don't know his surname) and phone number is 08 8388 5294.

The dual head unit takes up a bit of space.....about as much as a 2nd battery. In my case, I decided to buy an AGM 120 a/h aux battery and mount it in the cargo bay along with it's 3 stage charger (after all, 90% of the gear used by the aux battery is in the cargo area anyway.....fridge, inverter, dual compressors, HF radio etc). I kept the battery tray under the bonnet in it's original spot over the passenger's side wheel arch and rigged up a couple of bits of steel into a bracket to hold the dual head unit. The hoses exit the driver's side of the motor towards the firewall, then curve around behind the motor (between it and the firewall), then up to the dual head unit. Too easy!

Axle, yep....1 micron...the size of the particles in cigarette smoke!!!

Brian......"no room for a missus in that rig of yours ??!! "........that's why I bought a roof rack!!! hahahahaha (oh chit; I'm gunna pay for THAT one!!!! hahaha)

Hope this helps.

Cheers

Roachie