I bought a oil filter on ebay for my 235 .......I know where to connect it on the engine and I made up some new stainless steel braided lines at work so it looks cool...... but there is one thing that bothers me about the whole situation..... hopefully someone out there can clear things up for me.....the way I see it is the input of oil into the filter is pressurized .....correct ?? Now where does that filtered oil go ?? If it goes back to the oil pan right after being filtered wouldnt that lower your oil pressure ?? or is it just a detour in the system that feeds back into the pressure side of oiling system ??? These things drive me crazy thinking about them..... I just want to do the right thing.. Thanks for the help, Leon
' By - Pass ' Typ Oil Filter Leon ; This is why it's called a " by-Pass " oil filter ~ in only filters some of the oil , not all of it at once like modern engines do . It just dumps the filtered oil back into the main oil gallery , not to worry . Some folks will try to tell you it's useless or other ignorant B.S. , these people either don't understand or are too lazy to mess with the messy effort required to change it every oil change but you'll always find sludge in the cannister each time you change it so you can trust it's in fact filtering your oil .
Thanks Nate I believe in any kind of device that will make something last longer......Thats why I bought it.I just wasnt sure how it by-passed..... cost me about $22.00 shipped to my door so I figure take it to work....cook it in the thermal cleaning oven and shot peen it then give it a coat of paint and good to go with the new stainless braided teflon hi temp hoses I made at work ......ssshh quiet dont tell the boss.......hahaha Last week I explained how my rocker arm shafts were worn out so I flipped them over but didnt like the results. just for the hell of it I went to a local antique parts store called N.B. Pease in Palmer Ma. on a saturday afternoon and asked him if he had any rocker arm shafts.....sure enough he did.....and I also got all the stuff to do a proper tune up on the old 235 I walked out of there with all N.O.S. delco remy tune up parts..unopened and still in the cartons and foil wrappers... points,condenser,cap,rotor, got a carburetor kit, valve cover gasket, and the rocker shafts all for about $75.00 so all weekend I worked on the truck and got it running like brand new .......doesnt skip a beat and I havent rebuilt the carby yet. Been laid up since monday now due to the back injury I got while cooking lunch on presidents day......GO FIGURE Ok well again thanks for the advice Leon
pic of oil filter setup /Users/ronaldgarcia/Desktop/457470301YHiMXc_th.jpg check this set up out this is what i used to confirm how to instal my filter hope its correct hope its helpfull
That's GREAT Leon ! I keep telling people to try tuning up the old greasy lump under the hood , the GM ' Stovebolt ' ingine is a pinnacle of 1930's design technology ~ it was made to take a beating and keep on running and well too I always do a " Make Run " on each and every vehicle that gets dragged into my shop ~ it's a rare one that won't purr like a kitten and since most folks just want them as hobby cars these days , the fact that it only has 62 # compression in 4 cylinders , makes not a whit of differance as long as it starts easily hot or cold and goes right on down the road....
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