| John's Centrifugal Oil filter Modification to his Diesel Ram |
| I work for a Caterpillar dealer here in Canada and have seen a lot of new diesel engines being equipped with these filters (in addition to regular spin on elements). I bought the smallest Spinner from our supplier and installed it on my truck. I tend to engineer things with the smallest amount of modification possible. Hence, the bracket that uses the 2 holes in the top of the alternator bracket, and 1 threaded hole in the forward section of the exhaust manifold. Unfortunately, I had to drop the oil pan to allow installation of the drain fitting (it has to be above the pan oil level). |
| The reward for this trouble is much cleaner engine oil for a much longer period of time. The Spinner removes particles down to 1/2 a micron. I cleaned the Spinner after 23,300 km (14,478 miles) of usage and was surprised at the amount of soot recovered. |
John Pavlovic Calgary, Alberta jpweld@telusplanet.net
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28 Dec 2001