i was thinking about getting this...

http://www.amsoil.com/products/bf.html

By-Pass Oil Filters
Engine wear is caused by dirt particles larger than 5 microns. The AMSOIL By-Pass Oil Filter removes particles as small as 1/10 of a micron, virtually eliminating engine wear. AMSOIL By-Pass Oil Filters filter all the oil in a six-quart system in about five minutes at an average engine speed equivalent to 45 mph.



has anyone else seen or used it & have any opinions/comments?

 

looks interesting.
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the guy i buy my amsoil from has pretty much sold me on it...i juts wanted other people's opinions.

 

the thing is... that is his job to sell to you. and the better salesmen are at selling stuff ppl don't need, the better they are at their job.

A lot of the applications seem to be for domestic motors. Any example of 4-cylidner imports using this? or real-world pictures? (something to ask the guy you buy amsoil for).

 

Looks like a lot of work to tap the oil pan, or buy moroso pan.

 

I've looked at the same product; more so the remote bypass/full flow filter combo. It should tap in at the stock oil filter location. Mounting the remote filters would make changing the filter a piece of cake too.

 

"Engine wear is caused by dirt particles larger than 5 microns. The AMSOIL By-Pass Oil Filter removes particles as small as 1/10 of a micron, virtually eliminating engine wear. AMSOIL By-Pass Oil Filters filter all the oil in a six-quart system in about five minutes at an average engine speed equivalent to 45 mph."
-CRAP! ...most engine wear is caused by cold-start-up!

 

yeah 80% of engine wear is at startup (no oil on engine). synthetic oils stick to all the parts, almost eliminating engine wear, but a second filter would create less oil pressure, resulting in more engine wear. id just opt for a really good filter, and not waste the money on the amsoil one. plus, the fact that one can put 500,000 miles on a well-taken care of honda engine kinda rules out the amsoil thing. if you drove a ford my reply would be different.

 

i remember seeing someone rig up a system that required oil pressure built up before it would allow the car to startup. Anyone else see it or have a link to it?

 

How would it build up oil pressure? Hand crank or something?

 

In the Helms manual it says never use a bypass oil filter. Not sure if this applies to this set up or not.

 

#1 This would only filter oil above a certain oil pressure.

#2 This would not eliminate the bypass valve in your oil filter, which could cause a potentially serious loss of oil pressure.

#3 http://www.cantonracing.com has FAR better oil solutions, including high flow spin-on oil filters without a bypass valve.

 

I REALLY like what I'm seeing with these filters.

http://www.cantonracing.com/tech.cfm

I'm going to try and find a little more info about them, but I may be "sold" too hah.

 

Trucking/shipping fleets use these filters with great success.

I would not put it on my personal vehicle. this will introduce more parts that can fail.

I think Honda did a pretty good job at designing these motors with regards to their lubricating/filtering. I will leave my setup alone.

-kenji

 

Wow, that's one expensive filter! It is reuseable though. Anyone using these CM filters?

 

Kenji-

While I appreciate the argument of less is more...the spin on filters don't look half bad. http://www.cantonracing.com/spin-on.cfm

They claim you only have to change the filter every 2 oil changes...although I kind of like the idea of having a new filter in there each time.

 

This looks way too complicated. Just do your oil change often and you GOOD filter. I'm planning to get Canton/Mecca remote oil filter setup.

Jay Kim