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What's my oil filter bolt got inside it?

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hairygit:

--- Quote from: steff750 on March 03, 2017, 07:32:33 PM ---
--- Quote ---Oil filter pressure relief/bypass valve. If the oil filter becomes badly clogged, the pressure forces oil through the valve to provide unfiltered oil to the crank etc to avoid totally destroying the engine.
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yes and the unfiltered oil tends to take bits of crap that has been sitting there with it through the bypass valve ,so you might  still have a engine that is toast?

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Indeed that may happen and the shells get knackered, but easier to fix than a seizure with shells spinning in the cases!

mike the bike:
I thought they couldn't do that because of the cut outs / flat bit / whatever the proper name is.

martin_uk:

--- Quote from: mike the bike on March 03, 2017, 11:19:53 PM ---I thought they couldn't do that because of the cut outs / flat bit / whatever the proper name is.

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The tabs are just to accurately locate.

The shells are a "nip fit" in case/con rod, but if sufficient force applied due to seizure between bearing surface and crank journal, will rotate.

hairygit:
And if they do spin, there's a chance they'll knacker the crankcases!

Bryanj:
Thats not a chance its a certanty

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