Well I dont know exactly all the details, but Ive been using a Mobil 1 one
quart filter on my 5.9 for 3 years now with no problem. It holds 1/2 a
quart more, and my oil pressure is around 50 psi all the time.
Clay
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Todd Abernathy wrote:
> I like the idea of using a bigger filter, but the more I think about it
> the more I realize how little I know about oil pressure. So, I'm
> wondering if using a bigger filter could adversely effect the oil
> pressure, since you are now creating additional area in the system
> compared to what space the oil was designed to run through ? If the
> answer is to run the engine after you have placed the bigger oil filter
> on, stop the engine, let the oil settle, then check the oil level and
> fill to the proper level to compensate for the bigger filter, can that
> create a problem if the system is only designed to move a certain volume
> of oil through the engine ? Is there such a slight difference in the
> volume difference between the regular size filter and the larger one that
> such questions really don't matter ? As long as there is sufficient oil
> in the engine does oil pressure even matter ?
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