hi all, I have a 50 Plymouth, still has stock l head 6 cyl. I want to put a remote oil filter on this car. my question; the oil lines running from the block to the oil element can are very small. the hose for the remote filter are much larger, I am concerned that the larger lines might cause an oil starving situation??? What does everybody think. this is a good engine with a lot of life left in it, I don't want my ignorance to cause me a problem. thanks Scott
There are two different types of oil filter systems. The engine has a byp*** filter, that just filters a little bit the oil at a time. The remote filter you are trying to install is a full flow filter, it is designed to filter all the oil. Sounds like you're trying to mix two different, incompatible things.
I have seen other people do it. there is a post on here of a guy who put a remote filter setup on the same engine, I tried to contact him with no response. I want to remove the oil can element so I can use a regular screw on type filter in a spot that is a little more convienent for my purposes. I did not know the stock filter only filtered part of the oil, seems odd, but I am no rocket scientist.
The oil filter was an optional thing back then, it didn't do a lot. Quite different from "modern" engines, which mostly started using full flow filters in the 1950s. And the interesting thing is that you can run one of those old engines for a long time without a filter. You should change the oil every 1000 miles or so, like they recommended back then.
There is a myth about the byp*** or partial flow oil filter, that it does not filter all the oil. Not true. It filters all the oil but it takes 15 minutes to do it. It has the advantage of filtering out very fine particles of dirt, and keeping the oil cleaner than a full flow filter. Your Plymouth was made to take an optional byp*** filter. By using one, you will approximately double the life of the oil between changes, and minimize engine wear. The full flow filter with the big hoses is not suitable for your car. You need to find one of the old byp*** filters. They are pretty common at old car swap meets. The elements can still be bought from auto parts stores, although they may have to order the one you need. Possibly the best answer is the Frantz filter. They are an in depth, byp*** filter that uses a roll of toilet tissue as a filter element. You can still buy the filter kit new for around $100 bucks. With a Frantz filter you never have to change the oil. You just change the filter element and the oil stays like new indefinitely.
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