[Damo]

Has anyone had any experience with these before?

I have seen a few setup that puts the oil filter upside down. Now granted I thought it would be easy to unscrew the filter like that, but oil would piss out everywhere once your unscrew it. But then i'm told that the oil drains back because of gravity. Ok that takes care of that problem, but does that then mean you have no oil pressure on startup???

[lump_a_charcoal]

Wouldn't suction keep the filter full, assuming it had an airtight seal?

[Scrawny]

Damo wrote:

but does that then mean you have no oil pressure on startup???

You can get filters with anti-drainback valves to stop the oil from flowing back out. It's not really a huge drama anyway, there's enough oil sitting in the head and trapped in bearings etc to keep it from being an issue.

[just_cruizin]

1HZ standard have the filter on an angle so that they drain.

[Damo]

So if I setup one of these things would I need to make sure I bought filters that did not have that anti drain back valve? It would be a standard ole Z9 filter.

[Scrawny]

If you want the seal end of the filter down then best to go with an anti-drain back filter. Royce will tell you which one you want

[Damo]

ScrawnC wrote:

If you want the seal end of the filter down then best to go with an anti-drain back filter. Royce will tell you which one you want

But if I use a anti drain back type, when i unscrew the filter to change it (remember it's upside down, the outlet side pointing down) oil will go everywhere. Wont it?

[Scrawny]

You'll get a bit come out but not much. Just stick a tray under it.

[mike.knew]

I have come across similar questions and comments on another forum so I can tell you what I have read.

I have heard a couple of time now that not much oil comes out when you remove it from the remote file if it is upside down and is not an issue - just put a rag under it. Drain back is not an issue 'cos once you start the car up oil pressure is built up quiet quickly.

An advantage though of the remote oil filter is you no longer have to stick with the same brand / type of oil filter and you can use a larger filter on to give even more oil capacity - you just have to match the thread (plus I assume you are going to put an oil cooler in too which will give you even more capacity).

[twitchy]

Just more shit to go wrong for very little if any advantage??

[Scrawny]

The only real advantage is that it gets the filter out the way to make room for other components.

[Damo]

1. Z9 is a bigger filter which is available everywhere cheap
2. It allows you to put an oil cooler inline
3. Changing the filter will be hard (if not impossible) in the stock location with a supercharger in the way

[TZAR]

Just punch a hole in the top before you change it.

problem solved

Why not go to a toilet paper filtre system too

http://www.cumminsforum.com/articles/ar ... Page1.html

[Damo]

TZAR wrote:

Just punch a hole in the top before you change it.

problem solved

Why not go to a toilet paper filtre system too

http://www.cumminsforum.com/articles/ar ... Page1.html

Have you run one of those bypass setups? I've read about them before, seems like a pretty good idea.

[royce]

dry sump

its either Z62 or 78 (escort filter) is the same thread as well as 172 125 418 whatever is on an SR20 and even a z9 I think
who says the remote filter has to be upside down anyway? and would a supercharger really take up the small amount of space where the fiter is or underneath it? keep in mind youll still need to fit the filter adaptor and lines in where the filter was anwyay so wont gain much room

[Damo]

royce wrote:

dry sump

its either Z62 or 78 (escort filter) is the same thread as well as 172 125 418 whatever is on an SR20 and even a z9 I think
who says the remote filter has to be upside down anyway? and would a supercharger really take up the small amount of space where the fiter is or underneath it? keep in mind youll still need to fit the filter adaptor and lines in where the filter was anwyay so wont gain much room

Well the main reason I want it is so I can fit an oil cooler. On top of that it's not really so much the room, i could make it fit, it's just how much of a pain in the ass it would be to remove the filter once everything is in place.

Dry sump would be cool, but don't go giving me more things to think about, i spend precious little time in reality as it is

[Brett]

if you just want to fit a cooler run one off the pick up next to the oil switch. that is where you pick up for a turbo oil line. you would have to do some thing about keeping pressure up in the engine but that is easy to sort out.

why are you after a oil cooler anyway superchargers don't heat up oil that much unless some thing is wrong or its mounted to close to the exhaust.

[Damo]

Brett wrote:

why are you after a oil cooler anyway superchargers don't heat up oil that much unless some thing is wrong or its mounted to close to the exhaust.

Extra insurance. Imagine your trying to get up a rock ledge, or bogged etc. It's the middle of summer (Qld of course ) bugger all airflow through the radiator coz you're not moving, which is already a lot less efficient because you have a power steer cooler and a water/air intercooler heat enchanger in front of it.

[Zook_Fan]

they are very good points but y mount it upside down? isnt there another place you could mount it out of the way?

[royce]

I would be more inclined to leave room for it and measure the oil temp before bothering with it, I am not sure if there is such thing as too cold oil but its a lot of critical hoses to not want to break

[Scrawny]

It's not going to be a drama having the filter 'upside down'. Filters don't care which way up they are.

Just go ahead and dry sump it Damo!!!

[Brett]

good point, you would need to put a oil temp switch in it for hyw driving to make sure you don't lower the oil temp to much or you'll kill your engine pretty quick. think of it like driving your engine all the time as a cold start up, thats when you do most wear on the engine.

i think the remote oil filter is a great idea! make it easy to get to/ run bigger filter.

another thing i just though of, will the std oil pump have enough pump volume to keep pressure up to it if you have say about 1 ltr of extra oil line/ cooler to fill?

[Damo]

ScrawnC wrote:

It's not going to be a drama having the filter 'upside down'. Filters don't care which way up they are.

Just go ahead and dry sump it Damo!!!

OK, let me know when you have a scavenge pump for me Single stage is fine!