Bypass Oil Filter Extends Oil Life

2006 - Volume #30, Issue #3, Page #39

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Russ Reinholz, a subscriber to FARM SHOW, responded to our story in the last issue about add-on oil filters made by Ecofil International, Sutton, Quebec.
  "Filtration Solutions World Wide of Olathe, Kansas, makes a similar but less expensive product that I really like. It sells for about $500, with replacement filters costing about $20. It does everything the Ecofilters do but for a lot less money. I use their filters on my 2005 Dodge pickup equipped with a Cummins diesel engine, and I really like it."
  The company's FS-2500 bypass oil filter mounts outside the main oil circulation system and comes with a replaceable filter element. It only displaces a quart and a half of oil. The filter element captures soot, sludge and acid build-up. The super-clean oil is then returned to the oil pan.
  The company guarantees that if you can't at least double your oil change interval based on oil analysis, they'll refund your money 110 percent.
  "Let's say you normally change oil on your tractor every 200 hours and install our filter for the first time. The next time you change the oil, you would want to replace the full flow factory spin-on filter as well as our filter. The reason is that the first time the filter is introduced to the engine is the hardest work our filter will ever do because the engine crankcase will have a lot of soot and sludge in it, and you'll have to clean this soot out. After this initial scrubbing period, the next time you change your oil you will have to change only our filter, not the factory filter. You might want to do an oil analysis to verify the condition of the engine oil.
  "The average customer changes oil every 1,250 hours, so in that period you'll change our filter at 200-hour intervals but you'll only have to change the oil and factory filter every 1,250 hours."
  Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Filtration Solutions, 230 North Monroe, Olathe, Kansas 66061 (ph 888 440-9056 or 913 829-9056; www.filtrationsolution sww.com).

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Bypass Oil Filter Extends Oil Life TRACTORS Accessories 30-3-39 Russ Reinholz, a subscriber to FARM SHOW, responded to our story in the last issue about add-on oil filters made by Ecofil International, Sutton, Quebec. "Filtration Solutions World Wide of Olathe, Kansas, makes a similar but less expensive product that I really like. It sells for about $500, with replacement filters costing about $20. It does everything the Ecofilters do but for a lot less money. I use their filters on my 2005 Dodge pickup equipped with a Cummins diesel engine, and I really like it." The company's FS-2500 bypass oil filter mounts outside the main oil circulation system and comes with a replaceable filter element. It only displaces a quart and a half of oil. The filter element captures soot, sludge and acid build-up. The super-clean oil is then returned to the oil pan. The company guarantees that if you can't at least double your oil change interval based on oil analysis, they'll refund your money 110 percent. "Let's say you normally change oil on your tractor every 200 hours and install our filter for the first time. The next time you change the oil, you would want to replace the full flow factory spin-on filter as well as our filter. The reason is that the first time the filter is introduced to the engine is the hardest work our filter will ever do because the engine crankcase will have a lot of soot and sludge in it, and you'll have to clean this soot out. After this initial scrubbing period, the next time you change your oil you will have to change only our filter, not the factory filter. You might want to do an oil analysis to verify the condition of the engine oil. "The average customer changes oil every 1,250 hours, so in that period you'll change our filter at 200-hour intervals but you'll only have to change the oil and factory filter every 1,250 hours." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Filtration Solutions, 230 North Monroe, Olathe, Kansas 66061 (ph 888 440-9056 or 913 829-9056; www.filtrationsolution sww.com).

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