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Old 12-01-2015, 10:47 PM
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I guess I have to be the bad guy, back in the late 1980's I had a Wix filter come apart and clog the oil pickup screen. I got lucky and caught the oil pressure drop before any damage happened.
How does the filter media make it past the bearings into the oil pan? I just wonder how that is possible? I just thought of it. Maybe the bypass valve in the oil filter housing?

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