My adapter plate also connects the
two holes in the engine block pad and to the oil filter base
output hole.
However, the hole in the oil filter base that connects to oil
hose and outer part of filter is blocked by my adapter plate.
This means that all oil goes through the filter.
I guess I could machine a new adapter plate (probably would have
to be 1" thick) that would preserve the original routes:
hose to outside of filter and to hole in engine block that goes
to secondary regulator. Then a passage from the center of oil
filter base to engine block hole closest to top of engine. Not
sure if even possible because I'd like the passages to be at
least 10mm.
Finn
On 4/17/2022 11:30 AM, Charlie England
ceengland7@gmail.com
wrote:
Caught my attention, too. Did some
digging, & found the attached from Steve Boese at our
rotary gathering back in 2017, & that triggered the faded
memory of how I did the same mod that Finn did (rotating the
filter mount 180 degrees). IIRC, I machined the adapter block
to allow the oil to feed the secondary bypass regulator at the
same time it feeds the filter, as shown in the diagram. IIRC,
it was done by routing a path in the bottom of the adapter,
connecting the two oil passages that appear on the mounting
surface on top of the rear iron (flywheel end).
Charlie
On 4/17/2022 9:47 AM, Finn Lassen
finn.lassen@verizon.net
wrote:
Thanks Andrew,
Hadn't thought of that. Now I need to find out what I've
done.
I have the standard base mounted on a 3/4" thick adapter
plate with the base rotated 180 deg, so top of filter
pointed down rather than up.
So I think I have all the oil flowing through the filter :(
Recommendation for a bigger filter that will fit the base?
Finn
On 4/17/2022 9:49 AM, Andrew Martin
andrew@martinag.com.au wrote:
Finn. The little filters work fine as long
as you have not modified the oil flowpath from
the original design. Most of the pump output
bypasses the filter and goes straight back to
the sump via the relief valve. It is a smart
design in that all pump output goes through
the heat exchanger for cooling capacity but
only the oil required by the oil gallery is
filtered. Some users do modify their system to
filter all the pump output, but this requires
a much bigger filter and is kind of overkill.
Andrew
Being convinced it's
time to change the oil. EM3 reports 60 hours+, but
probably 10-20 hours before that.
Picked up a K&N SO1008 oil filter at Walmart. Looks
so tiny.
How come the Renesis can get away with such a tiny
filter?
Anyone know the filter number for a filter with same
base but longer?
Finn
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