Toilet Paper Oil Filters

[beastie_3]

Check this article out I came across. I have heard of bypass filters before, and we have discussed them on here. This system uses a roll of toilet paper as a filter.

I am not bashing this idea at all. After reading the article, it appears to be popular. I just never heard of it before.


http://www.cumminsforum.com/forum/general-tech-articles/1092-anatomy-frantz-toilet-paper-bypass-oil-filter.html

[BigHemi353]

I just heard of them about 3 weeks ago. I've found that some people really like them. A truck driver friend of mine swears by them saying he put one on his truck for his coolant and motor oil and went over 500,000 miles on an oil change(he constantly had his oil checked for viscosity and contaminates though). We was very pleased with the results and said he saved alot of money on oil changes.

[beastie_3]

500K on one oil change?

[Blazin]

500,000 miles on an oil change 
Thats callled neglect! Motors for a big rig can run $15,000 $20,000 or more. Why in the world would you intentionally ruin a motor that costs that much?

[Irish_Alley]

Thinking typo lol or at least hoping typo

[Blazin]

even 50,000 is ridiculous! 5,000 is acceptable. We do allot of fleet trucks at 5,000. All our independents go every 250, or 300 hours run time on the engine.

[BigHemi353]

no typo but this is here-say........ he told me 500,000 miles but apparently the toilet paper filters (from what I have been told) can filter to 1/10 of a micron. Of course they were not toilet paper, he used bounty paper towels in his set up for his oil and coolant but the name is still the same. He is very strict with maintenance on his vehicles and had 4 trucks that he put up to 750,000 miles on them from when they were new and had no issues with the filters or oil.   I know how much these motors cost because I work on them and it know how costly it is for repairs, rebuilds, or remans.Quite the pretty penny lol    It makes me a little scared myself but he had good luck with it and made sure he always had his oil tested for proper viscosity and contaminates.  Of course I do not know much about them...never used them  but its something I'd like to look to look into to test for myself since now I have access to oil analysis tests.

[beastie_3]

On the page I originally found out about TP filters, I later read that this type of filter is not inline directly with the oil system. It merely filters a small amount at at time, at a lower PSI. Somewhere in the line there is a Y connection. They also stated that paper gets "stronger" when it is soaked in oil which eliminates the possibility of it falling apart and entering the main oil system.

[Blazin]

Years ago I worked at the local oil company as an assistant mechanic to the one mechanic they had. We had oil from a blown motor ( spun rod bearing / over heated ) sent in for testing, just for the heck of it along with four other normal interval oil change samples. The blown motor sample came back the same as the other four. No problems typical yada yada yada on the sheet. We stopped doing samples after that!
 The shop I work in now we only send them in if the customer requests it.