Oil filters - by-pass relief valves

[DavidJ]

Freebee
It maybe in the realms of confidentiality but did your company make for say Volvo Penta, FRAM, MANN, Halfords etc and would the Halford equivalent for Volvo Penta have the correct valve pressure setting for VP

 

[Freebee]

The company I worked for no longer exists......... so my OEM knowledge would not help you now, but Fram and Mann are or were separate companies with their own individual factories , with respect to Halfords I don't know who makes for them but I have no reason to think they would not be fit for purpose.

However if you were thinking that you need to have peace of mind of what you are fitting then the OEM product would be the one to fit....but you will pay more ........

In the days I am speaking of we would look at other peoples budgets products some of the more obscure could be quite shockingly badly made when you looked inside.

 

[Freebee]

Are all the modern VP engines still using the metal spin on oil filters, or have they moved onto paper only like most vehicles?

Its the other way round, engines started with loose filter elements and moved to spin on for ease of servicing.

 

[DavidJ]

Its the other way round, engines started with loose filter elements and moved to spin on for ease of servicing.

Interesting how things go round and around. This is the filter for my year old VW Tiguan
its on the top of the engine. 2 minute job to replace, no mess.

 

[Momac]

In my mind the paper element type are old school type of oil filter that would typically be seen on classic and vintage cars . I cant say I have seen the oil filter on the last several cars I have owned .

 

[MajorF]

The company I worked for no longer exists......... so my OEM knowledge would not help you now, but Fram and Mann are or were separate companies with their own individual factories , with respect to Halfords I don't know who makes for them but I have no reason to think they would not be fit for purpose.

However if you were thinking that you need to have peace of mind of what you are fitting then the OEM product would be the one to fit....but you will pay more ........

In the days I am speaking of we would look at other peoples budgets products some of the more obscure could be quite shockingly badly made when you looked inside.

Thanks Freebee- some valuable insights. I could probably get away with using the 8 PSI filters I have installed given that there will not be much of a season this year methinks. However, for peace of mind I am going to change them for MANN filters if I can find a way of determining that the VP filters fitted to KAD44s have by-pass relief valves set to 16.5 PSI and I can get the comparable MANN filter.

 

[lynallbel]

Its the other way round, engines started with loose filter elements and moved to spin on for ease of servicing.

I service a lot of road vehicles, and can say there are way more paper ones than metal type.
Cummins are still mainly spin on, but the ones we see are small engines (6.7litre) all the trucks are paper type.

 

[lynallbel]

Freebee
It maybe in the realms of confidentiality but did your company make for say Volvo Penta, FRAM, MANN, Halfords etc and would the Halford equivalent for Volvo Penta have the correct valve pressure setting for VP

i believe all halfords stuff come from eurocarparts?

 

[gordmac]

The point about spring fatigue in the filter housing is a valid one. I have seen several engines worn by dirty oil due to this. I used to do away with the valve on engines I built. Change the filters regularly!

 

[oldgit]

With 63ps ?

From the Log.
VP 40A 1254 Hours run 2002- 2010. Total Engine hours. 3205.
Perkins M135 1027 Hours run 2010 - 2017. Total engine hours . 1077.
VP 41B 360 Hours Run 2017 - To Date. Total Engine hours 1000 (ish)

18 oil changes, 36 filters. no problems ...however regards outdrives