Oil Filter Collapse
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Oil Filter Collapse
Read somewhere recently that oil filter collapse will happen around 60-65 hours of engine time without an oil change. I assume this is due to clogged pleats. Trying to find the article to pass along to a couple of buddies who just bought an M5-235 Maule. Just need it for reference. Nobody I know would go beyond 50 hours without an oil change. (let's hope not). I subscibe to Light Plane Maintenance and thought it might have been in last month's issue, but no luck. Any help would be appreciated.
Phantomphixer
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55' 170B N3585C
Somerton, AZ
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This oil filter collapse business sounds like a lot of BS to me. Internally they're about the same as automotive filters and those will run for ten thousand miles and never collapse. I'd estimate sixty five hours equivalent to maybe something just under about five thousand miles if you were driving pretty damn fast. Ford Motor Company now advises oil change interval at seven thousand five hundred miles. Thats one hundred fifty hours at an average speed of fifty miles per hour.
BL
Can the oil pump system even generate enough pressure / suction to collapse one of those things?
The metal is fairly thick, and in a cylindrical shape they're pretty strong ... I would think that the gasket or something else would give before the thing would collapse...
T.
The metal is fairly thick, and in a cylindrical shape they're pretty strong ... I would think that the gasket or something else would give before the thing would collapse...
T.
Thomas Short
1948 C170 N3949V
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1948 C170 N3949V
RV-8 wings in progress
Indianapolis (KUMP)
If a spin on filter collapses it's most likely due to the use of an incorrect filter.
Filter adaptors come in two versions....internal by-pass....and non by-pass. Non by-pass adaptors must use a filter with an integral bypass such as a Champion 48108 or 48109. Internal by-pass adaptors can use the 48110, etc.
Use of a non-by-pass filter (48110) with a non-by-pass adaptor can eventually lead to a collapsed filter....oh probably about 1 or 2 thousand hours.... or sooner if the engine has other issues.
Use the correct filter. Change oil and filter at the recommended times. (TCM recommends a 100 hr spin on filter change with 50 hour oil changes, but I never liked the idea of running clean oil thru a dirty filter, so I change them simultaneously....at 25 hrs.)
Filter adaptors come in two versions....internal by-pass....and non by-pass. Non by-pass adaptors must use a filter with an integral bypass such as a Champion 48108 or 48109. Internal by-pass adaptors can use the 48110, etc.
Use of a non-by-pass filter (48110) with a non-by-pass adaptor can eventually lead to a collapsed filter....oh probably about 1 or 2 thousand hours.... or sooner if the engine has other issues.
Use the correct filter. Change oil and filter at the recommended times. (TCM recommends a 100 hr spin on filter change with 50 hour oil changes, but I never liked the idea of running clean oil thru a dirty filter, so I change them simultaneously....at 25 hrs.)
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An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
mit...that was a collapse of the "can"...right? Due to extreme suction applied from the pump?
(The examples I was thinking of were internal collapses of the paper element. Filer by-pass valves operate as a function of differential pressure across the filter-element and would be unlikely to collapse a can. But I can see where cold oil, thick-as-grease could collapse a can.)
(The examples I was thinking of were internal collapses of the paper element. Filer by-pass valves operate as a function of differential pressure across the filter-element and would be unlikely to collapse a can. But I can see where cold oil, thick-as-grease could collapse a can.)
'53 B-model N146YS SN:25713
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
Yes the can collasped and crushed the filter I forget which P/N filters they where.gahorn wrote:mit...that was a collapse of the "can"...right? Due to extreme suction applied from the pump?
(The examples I was thinking of were internal collapses of the paper element. Filer by-pass valves operate as a function of differential pressure across the filter-element and would be unlikely to collapse a can. But I can see where cold oil, thick-as-grease could collapse a can.)
Tim