Hey, Terry, I am curious,
You seem to warn about adding an inline filter quite a bit, so I must admit, my curiosity is peaqued. Do you know something that most people dont about this?
I am not trying to argue, but I fail to see how adding an inline cooler affects the flow of fluid. The fluid is pressurized, correct? It has a set flow based on line size in square inches. I simply cannot believe that adding a filter would restric or affect the flow of fluid in any way. if you look you notice that the size of the filter, and the media is SIGNIFICANTLY greater than the area of the 3/8 inch line that runs to it. So there should be NO loss in pressure, IE, the Pressure per square inch would drop, but the overall volume of fluid is increased. On the way out the volume is reduced so the Pressure per square inch increases. This is exactly how oil filters work, but I certainly wouldnt run without an oil filter.
You may argure that oil systems are deisned to run with filters, but that's just not true. Oil systems are designed around a certain pressure and flow. The fact is, that the math tells us unless the filter is somehow removing energy from the fluid (which it is NOT), the pressure and flow are not affected. 3/8 inch line in at 60 PSI = 3/8 inch line out at 60 PSI. Unless the fluid is going somewhere else? You certainly dont expect me to believe that the thin paper media inside the filter is capable of holding pressure?
Like I said, the filter is not only approved by ford, but FORD actually puts them on cars.
Sounds like a winner to me.
But like I said, if theres something you know that your not telling us, then lets have it.
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