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Sixy_the_red
 Post subject: Oil flow direction
PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 13:22 
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I'm fabricating a remote filter housing for my bike and I need to know which way the oil is supposed to flow through the filter. I've got a cartridge filter but it has no markings on it to tell me which way round to plumb it :?

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if i remember this right, in a spin-on type canister the oil comes OUT through the hole in the middle and in through the holes around the outer edge.
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overfinch 630R wrote:
if i remember this right, in a spin-on type canister the oil comes OUT through the hole in the middle and in through the holes around the outer edge.

It is.

Beware as the anti-drain valve won't work if it is plumbed the other way. Or rather it will. Permanently!
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We use a remote filter on the race car. Its a Mocal unit.

Check this one..

http://www.sbdev.co.uk/Dry_Sump_Systems/Remote_Pump/Remote_oil_filters.htm
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On race engine applications it is better to flow from the outside. If you uses a cartridge filter you can then inspect the filter for debris periodically. It is an early indication of mechanical failure when you have lumps of metal in the filter.... :o

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Thanks guys - I had a feeling it was that way round but I wanted to check...

Gizmo... I have machine shop and a big chunk of alli...

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It looks big, but its about 90mm square.

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coollllllllllllll... :D

MAybe you should get a few made and sell 'em on e-bay

Just a suggestion.......turn some fins in the housing and you will cool the oil as well.

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The oil doesn't actually flow through the lower half housing, its just there for cosmetic value (and somewhere convenient to put the mounting bracket - that way I can turn it by hand rather than needing a 3 axis CNC mill...)

I'm fitting an oil cooler anyway.

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:scratchchin: Hmmmm. You've got access to a machine shop, you say....

Must remember that!
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Mole wrote:
:scratchchin: Hmmmm. You've got access to a machine shop, you say....

Must remember that!


:lol: I didn't say I was a decent machinist though!

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