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Old 01-02-2008, 11:33 PM   #16 (permalink)
trebuchet03
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Originally Posted by DifferentPointofView View Post
how often did they actually clean and reoil the filters? or did they reoil them at all?
Not sure - all my links seem to have gone dead (went to BITOG forums)... I'm more inclined to say that if they had the will to do oil analysis, they're more likely to keep up on that sort of maintenance... I have a bunch of dead links to show for all my work researching two years ago

BITOG has this exact test (mind you, real world - not lab).... Results were as I investigated implicitly from other people's oil analysis sheets. I just came across it trying to revive my old links

+Cotton Gauze and Foam filter about the same
+Paper filters better than Cotton Gauze and Foam

+Cotton Gauze and Foam flow better than paper... But the worst pressure drop (paper) had a pressure reduction of .07psi

Filtration and Flow Boilerplate page.

Actual Filtration Test
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