[Mgs] Paper or Felt Oil Filters

[Peter C]

I've seen scoring on crankshafts at the oil feed holes and found bits 
of felt in the main bearing channels. Not on every engine, but enough 
that I use paper exclusively. This on MGs, Jag, and Land Rovers.
         Peter C
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At 08:21 AM 9/6/2007, WSpohn4 at aol.com wrote:

>In a message dated 05/09/2007 11:38:42 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
>don at napanet.net writes:
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>A felt  filter would give about 5-10 pounds more oil pressure than a paper
>one.  That sold me on the felt ones.  I don't know about how  much filtering
>was going on though- for all I know the diminished pressure  indicated more
>effective filtration.
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>Nice thing about the felt ones is that you can pull them apart and see just
>what is getting into them. A sudden increase in brass bits is a much kinder
>indicator that something is going astray than that nasty pounding accompanied
>by  a sudden loss of oil pressure in the middle of the next race.....
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>Bill