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Re: [FOT] blow-ups

To: "Randall" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
Subject: Re: [FOT] blow-ups
From: Bill Babcock <billb@bnj.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 07:22:30 -1000
 From what I read in this thread, the primary function is gathering  
up the fragmented bits from the engine failure that they caused.

Sounds kind of like Volvo drivers, who I have long described as  
"lneeding a safe car to survive the accidents that they cuase."

On Dec 1, 2006, at 5:28 AM, Randall wrote:

>> What system does Ford or other manufacturers use that allows them  
>> to fit
>> non-bypassing oil filters to their engines.
>
> While I've never wrenched on a Ford, I believe they have to run a  
> bypass
> somewhere.  It might be in the engine (as with our TRactor motors)  
> or it might
> be in the filter cartridge, but it's somewhere.
>
> What I'm wondering is what function an oil filter really serves on  
> a race-only
> engine.  Seems to me that you wouldn't run a charge of oil long  
> enough to pick
> up any significant dirt; and the primary source of wear is not  
> going to be dirt
> in the oil anyway.  Is the filter just to reduce the spread of  
> swarf after a
> failure ?
>
> Randall
>
>
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