Re: Oil Filter Media

["Bob D'Amato" <mx@snet.com>]

On Thu, 9 Jan 1997 Paul_Royal@isserv9.idx.com wrote:

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> As much as I hate to see this go on again, the thread has raised my
> curiosity again.
> Apparently, we have a lot of folks performing surgery on oil filters to
> look at the amount, thickness, style etc of oil filter media.  What I'm
> hearing mostly, unless I missed it, is about the "amount" of media in the
> filter.  I'm curious as to whether we have any folks out there that know
> about the quality of the media as opposed to the quantity of media.  I'm
> guessing that you could filter oil with an oil filter filled with sand,
> coffee filters, old shop towels, marbles, or a really splendid media that

There may be some filters better than others as far as filtration goes...
Thickness of media isnt the real concern, but filter capabilities is. I 
would rather have a low end purolator who uses one layer of filter paper 
than some off brand that may use 4 inches of filter media.
Id rather have one layer of filter paper than 12 inches of chicken wire!!

I use oem or Mahle filters, mostly because of the drainback valve, not 
for its filter capabilities, even though they MAY be better...

I would suspect that most of the better known filters on the marke will 
FILTER about the same.

My .02

Bob

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