Robert373

Dott, not trying to fear monger here, but if your guage is "pulsing" as you say, there is a good possibility the bourdon tube in that guage will fatigue and fail from the pulsations. If that happens you will have a sizable oil fountain under your hood. It is probably seeing the the pulsations because that location is very close to the oil pump discharge. You don't see nearly as much pulsation if you tapped off an oil gallery as most of the pulsation has dissapated.

Excellent idea on your return line. Very neat and clean.

ramman

I used the Amsoil dual bypass kit with no leaks or problems at all,now the filter changes are on the frame rail under the passenger floorboard ,no mess at all when changing.Only bad thing is the filters are pricey but are supposed to be extremely good filters.

justenuff

Ramman,

I'm glad to hear that you aren't having the problems I have heard about. Mounting them low and out of the way would have been my preference (and using the sandwich adapter), but I decided to follow the advice of two guys who have done many installations in their shops.

My full flow filter will sit where the stock unit goes and the the bypass will sit just under and in front of the engine oil dipstick, in a vertical position. The only dilemma I have is how to run the return. I think I'll put a fitting in the valve cover so I don't have to put a "tether" on my fill cap, although I have one of the those sexy, super-whamadyne anodized aluminum units from Amsoil... Just can't figure out why they would make it Ford blue. Go figure.

Thanks for your input. Out of curiosity how many miles do you have on your system and at what intervals do you change your filters?

justenuff

Hey!
I got the bypass unit on the other night. Only took about an hour and a half... once I reread the instructions about the counterclockwise thread on the hose ferrules... It was a cinch!

Thanks very much everyone for your assistance, photos, etc.

Next will be the Airdog demand flow... I hope someone has some good photos for that!

carbuff415

Nice install on tapping the valvecover. Currently I am using the return through the fill cap but have been meaning to go back and thread the valvecover.

justenuff

I'm running mine through the cap right now, but will pull the valve cover on my next rotation off. I just ran out of time.
The back two bolts on the cover look like they could be a woolybooger. I'm just wondering if the cover gasket is re-usable and if it is a pain to get it to reseal... I still have nightmares about getting a valve cover to seal on an 84 Mustang 5.0...

dott

The gasket on mine is an oring style. There is a groove in the valve cover that holds on to the seal. I just wiped the mating surface and the seal to clean it up and put it right back together. The rear screws are no problem.

justenuff

Great news! I'll finish that up next week, but I'm running out of projects and we're not even into winter yet... it's gonna be an expensive winter... Not much to do outside for very long when the mercury hits 35 below.

Thanks again. It sure does help to have people who have done it first!

dott

Any progress?

justenuff

dott,

Yes! I posted the mount drawings and a few pics (I don't have them on this computer, but can send them to you by email, if you are interested. Just send me a PM). The install is very clean, with not much hose length on either side. I had to use a Dremel tool with a sanding drum on two small areas inside the valve cover so the inside of the bulkhead fitting would sit flush, but all in all it was a breeze.

Thanks again for your help.

Ben

dott

Finally had daylight to take pics of the rock guard I put in front of my bypass filter.



From the front you can see it doesn't completely cover the filter, but it's 90%.

Megaramasaur

Does anyone know if anyone else makes spin on bypass filters that will fit on an amsoil BMK-11 filter location?

dott

I think the bigger question is, where can you get a 2 micron filter by another mfr? It shouldn't be hard to match the threads.

dott

Robert, I didn't see your response til today. I understand what you are saying and had thought about that. I considered putting an electric gauge with a snubber. Then the second thought was to run a grease gun hose with a snubber, just like we do with the fuel gauges. The thing is, I don't know if the snubber will work with motor oil since it's thicker and dirtier than fuel.

Megaramasaur

yah, that's my question.. who makes a spin on 2micron filter besides Amsoil?