You just educated yourself. The bypass pressure is the pressure at which
the valve opens and the oil flows through without going through the
filtering media.
In general, from the oil filter data I've looked at, larger oil filters have
a lower bypass pressure than smaller oil filters.
I run a larger oil filter on my car (for more volume and filter surface
area) but I make sure the bypass pressure is the same 11-17psi and M20x1.5
thread that a 95 Probe GT calls for.
Brian (who uses a PureOne 10193, a filter from a 92 DSM)
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Brian Berryhill
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> be as well) about your car maintainance schedule? I suspect, but am not
> positive, the reason for the bypass to be when the filter gets totally
> clogged with crud that oil will still flow through the system. Right?
>
> Educate me a bit on the bypass sytem of an oil filter. Please.
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