[Fot] Oil Cooler or Oil filter first? also re filters

Fri Dec 7 20:56:56 MST 2018

would love to hear more on the flushing system. Particularly how do you flush the accusump? there is only one way in and out. I've taken it apart and cleaned it, but a flush?
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    On Friday, December 7, 2018, 11:44:52 AM EST, JAMES GRAY via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  

Some years ago now I had a conversation with Lake Speed Jr at Brad Penn oils about viscosity and drove home the importance of maintaining oil quality. After that conversation I went all out in the way I treat my oiling system.

I run the K & P oil filter with cleanble element. I keep a spare filter element which I change out after every day of racing. The filter elements are FAA certified so good enough for me. So, after each day of racing I can see how my motor is doing in just a couple minutes. Oil is changed after two weekends. On each oil change I completely flush

all my oil lines, oil cooler and my accusump with kerosene with the handy recirculating flusher I made from a 5 gallon bucket and 12 volt fluid pump. I'll run a few quarts of cheap oil through just to make sure there is no kerosene left. After that I recharge the entire system with a pressurized oil fill can with VR-1.

This way I have all the old oil out and can refill the oil lines, cooler and accusump with fresh oil. Then I can re-pressurize the accusump and it's ready to go on the next engine start.

Overkill? maybe, but overkill is underated anyway. My motors last longer as a result of the extra work.

On December 3, 2018 at 3:28 PM fubog1 via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote: 

I routinely cut the spin-on filters open for inspection, street and race cars.There's a purpose-made cutter available nowadays, it's just a big tubing cutter.My procedure is to cut off the end, remove the element, strip the hardware off of it and cut the ends off with a sharp blade. Then stretch out the element dirty (outside) up on a couple layers of paper towels and weight the ends so that it lays flat.Leave it overnight so that the oil soaks out of it and you'll be able to see any trash very clearly in the folds.You'll also be amazed at how little filter material is in some filters eg fram...NAPA Gold/WIX seem to be the best.Glen 

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 Subject: Re: [Fot] Oil Cooler or Oil filter first? 

After cleaning out a filter that survived a bad bearing in my 1147 Spit (Back in the Day) and re-using it (It was after the filter), the next engine lasted a whole 22 minutes, about 3 sessions short of a race weekend, before the very same failure occurred. I've never re-used a cooler since. 

But I do have a stack of 3 or 4 for anyone who wants one. :)
I miss that car. But not the grenades that it kept under the hood.

On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 4:20 PM Rocky Entriken via Fot < fot at autox.team.net> wrote: 

Any bad stuff in the oil lines is gonna originate in the engine, so make the filter the first stop (and usually the shortest line). Then the cooler. And what nobody else mentioned, a check valve after the cooler before it goes back to the engine (keeps oil from flowing backwards into cooler, say on start-up.) My Accusump is plumbed into a Tee that’s just before the engine inlet – what goes to the Accusump is filtered and cooled oil, and what comes from the Accusump goes only to the engine because the check valve prevents it going the other way. And yeah, coolers are cheap. If I’m concerned I’ll flush out the lines (self-service car wash does the trick, use high-pressure rinse), but buy a new cooler. --Rocky 
From: barry rosenberg via FotSent: Monday, December 3, 2018 7:27 AMTo: fubog1 ; Phil GottCc: fot at autox.team.netSubject: Re: [Fot] Oil Cooler or Oil filter first?  
Yes, filter first. But what I have run into on some customers cars is the way the cooler lines run. Most coolers are mounted with the fittings on top. This does not permit the cooler to drain and when you change your oil, the cooler retains the old oil. You have to remove the cooler and at least one line to drain the old oil out. Try to set your cooler a little high with the fitting on the bottom so it can self drain. Of course, this means you must pre-lube the engine before startup. I also set my cooler behind the radiator and not in front. NASCAR experts say that the closer the oil and water temp are to each other, the better.  Barry On Monday, December 3, 2018, 8:02:15 AM EST, Phil Gott via Fot < fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  Filter first. Keeps the crud out of the cooker. Coolers are hard to clean. Good thought By Glen to replace the cooker on engine refreshing. With a cooler in the system, also a good idea to prelube the engine with an Accusump upon cold start. Oil cooler lines are long and may drain upon standing a while. 

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On Dec 3, 2018, at 7:02 AM, fubog1 via Fot < fot at autox.team.net> wrote: 

I typically run an inspectable (Oberg) out of the engine before the cooler, and a second filter after the cooler.It may be overkill but it eliminates the possibility of oil cooler trash getting in the engine.I also replace the cooler @ every engine freshen-up.Glen
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Subject: [Fot] Oil Cooler or Oil filter first? 

Listerati, 
 For those of you running a remote oil cooler and remote oil filter do you run the hose coming OUT of the engine into the cooler first or the filter first? Just wanted to see how and why (if there’s a reason) most run their lines. 
 Thanks 
Bud 
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