So, after reading as much around online as I do and having saw a couple members on here say that they added these systems to their trucks, I think I'm going to try and add one of these to my truck. Ever since I switched to synthetic 15w40 rotella the truck has totally stopped consuming it's 1 quart of oil and this seems like a pretty effective system to keep everything in the engine extra clean. I already added my coolant filtration system and was floored by how well that works, so might as well do this too.
The cleanest guide I've found online with some parts listed is this: http://www.thedieselstop.com/forums...-oil-changes-oil-pass-filter-installation.pdf
But, it's not even for an IDI, and unless I totally missed it in the tech articles I don't think we directly have one. I've found a couple of member threads on adding one to their trucks, but my biggest point of confusion is I don't get what pressure port and return ports would be easiest to do this with for someone who isn't that experienced with really tearing into the block. My engine is a non-turbo. From what I remembered from my night of trying to find an idiot guide on how to do this for an idi, there's a pressure port somewhere near my factory oil filter base that I can put a 1/8 line into and go from there into the bypass filter system, mount it somewhere under there or get a longer braided line and mount it into the engine bay and then the return line from the filter base into some port I have no idea on the back of the engine that sounds like something I will for sure mess up.
I'm not worried about where I'm going to mount the bypass filter, or the connections to the bypass filter base and all of that because I can buy that and assemble all of that on the bench once I know where I'm going. I had thought about adding another T to where my factory oil pressure sender and aftermarket sender are as I know that's pressured and mount the bypass near the firewall and then run the return somewhere. I don't know where.
I even had the stupid idea of buying a new oil filler cap since the return flow is just a slow dribble, and threading a hole in the top of it and running the return from wherever I'm getting my pressure from right into the top of there because every time I take a bolt or sender out of a perfectly fine running engine, I cringe just enough to regret it.
At the same time, I don't know that having a 3 tee'd port where my factory oil sender and aftermarket sender are at combined with sucking oil into my bypass from there is that great of an idea, and if there is a flow there instead of a wall it might mess with my pressure readings for my oil pressure gauges.. Or maybe not.
I'm sure I can do this, I just don't want to do something inherently stupid or 50% less effective then something that is just as easy, but I'm also 100% sure I will do something wrong without an idiot picture showing me a pressure port and return port I can safely remove from my engine outside of my strange ideas which I do think would work but I also don't know if I should attempt them.
Either way despite where I would get the pressure from, is returning the oil to the filler neck a bad idea? I mean threading a hole in the cap is the scared mechanics way from actually having to do something hard, but I'm in the dark. It would be nice if they made a metal cap so threading it could be practical. Any help greatly appreciated as always. Especially pictures.
The cleanest guide I've found online with some parts listed is this: http://www.thedieselstop.com/forums...-oil-changes-oil-pass-filter-installation.pdf
But, it's not even for an IDI, and unless I totally missed it in the tech articles I don't think we directly have one. I've found a couple of member threads on adding one to their trucks, but my biggest point of confusion is I don't get what pressure port and return ports would be easiest to do this with for someone who isn't that experienced with really tearing into the block. My engine is a non-turbo. From what I remembered from my night of trying to find an idiot guide on how to do this for an idi, there's a pressure port somewhere near my factory oil filter base that I can put a 1/8 line into and go from there into the bypass filter system, mount it somewhere under there or get a longer braided line and mount it into the engine bay and then the return line from the filter base into some port I have no idea on the back of the engine that sounds like something I will for sure mess up.
I'm not worried about where I'm going to mount the bypass filter, or the connections to the bypass filter base and all of that because I can buy that and assemble all of that on the bench once I know where I'm going. I had thought about adding another T to where my factory oil pressure sender and aftermarket sender are as I know that's pressured and mount the bypass near the firewall and then run the return somewhere. I don't know where.
I even had the stupid idea of buying a new oil filler cap since the return flow is just a slow dribble, and threading a hole in the top of it and running the return from wherever I'm getting my pressure from right into the top of there because every time I take a bolt or sender out of a perfectly fine running engine, I cringe just enough to regret it.
At the same time, I don't know that having a 3 tee'd port where my factory oil sender and aftermarket sender are at combined with sucking oil into my bypass from there is that great of an idea, and if there is a flow there instead of a wall it might mess with my pressure readings for my oil pressure gauges.. Or maybe not.
I'm sure I can do this, I just don't want to do something inherently stupid or 50% less effective then something that is just as easy, but I'm also 100% sure I will do something wrong without an idiot picture showing me a pressure port and return port I can safely remove from my engine outside of my strange ideas which I do think would work but I also don't know if I should attempt them.
Either way despite where I would get the pressure from, is returning the oil to the filler neck a bad idea? I mean threading a hole in the cap is the scared mechanics way from actually having to do something hard, but I'm in the dark. It would be nice if they made a metal cap so threading it could be practical. Any help greatly appreciated as always. Especially pictures.
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