Engine oil filter

[sh0rtlife]

Originally Posted by bronsin

I’m not even sure oil filters are necessary. My1974 VW beetle didn’t even have an oil filter. I rebuild the engine at 130,000 miles and the main bearings, the camshaft bearings, and the rod bearings and their counterparts on the crankshaft and the camshaft had ZERO wear. At 250,000 miles when I took the engine apart to put it in a 71 VW bus there was still very little wear on those bearings. The cylinders and pistons We’re toast at 130,000 miles and again at 250,000.

It’s true I changed the oil every 1500 miles and it’s also true that the car was 90% of the time used to commute 30 miles to work. But there was no oil filter and only 2 1/2 quarts of oil in the engine. A quart of oil in those days was $.75.! Imagine doing a oil change for a buck 50!

most bikes before the mid 80s only have a screen like the VW's..and were all also air cooled

after my timing chain stuff...im not sold a filter does much too...since the VVT was full of shavings and the filter was nasty but should have still been catching