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dave.saylor.aircrafters(a
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 7:49 am Post subject: inspecting innards of oil filter

You need to look at the inside by cutting the element off of the support.



Dave Saylor

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On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 8:32 AM, thomas sargent <sarg314(at)gmail.com> wrote:

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		   I put a new oil filter in my IO-360 a week ago and cut open the old one.

 Does any one know which way the oil flows thru the filter? Does it go from

 the inside out to the periphery or the other way round?Â  If it goes from the

 outside to the inside, then I only have to inspect the outsie - easily

 visible - surface.Â  If it goes the other way, I have to inspect the harder

 to get to (= really messy) inner surface.



 Thanks,

 --

 Tom Sargent, RV-6A, N811WT

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burnsm(at)suddenlink.net
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 8:13 am Post subject: inspecting innards of oil filter

Tom,

Oil flows from outside to the inside.

So, for a quick look you can just spread the pleats. But the right way is to  

cut it out of there and lay it flat.



Mark



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-----Original message-----

From: thomas sargent <sarg314(at)gmail.com>

To: rv-list <rv-list(at)matronics.com>

Sent: Fri, Aug 19, 2011 15:32:29 GMT+00:00

Subject: inspecting innards of oil filter



I put a new oil filter in my IO-360 a week ago and cut open the old one.

Does any one know which way the oil flows thru the filter? Does it go from

the inside out to the periphery or the other way round?  If it goes from the

outside to the inside, then I only have to inspect the outsie - easily

visible - surface.  If it goes the other way, I have to inspect the harder

to get to (= really messy) inner surface.



Thanks,

-- 

Tom Sargent, RV-6A, N811WT

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Gary.A.Sobek

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
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Location: SoCAL USA

Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 2:14 pm Post subject: inspecting innards of oil filter

Tom:



Oil goes from the OUTSIDE in. For the past 14-years, I have cut every filter open at oil change on my 2,536  Hobbs hours RV-6.  There has NEVER been anything on the inside but I do occasionally find stuff on the outside. Cut the paper off and stretch it out is the proper way to do it. Some guys was it out with solvent to inspect for even smaller parts. 



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Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:32:29 -0700

Subject: RV-List: inspecting innards of oil filter

From: sarg314(at)gmail.com

To: rv-list(at)matronics.com



I put a new oil filter in my IO-360 a week ago and cut open the old one.  Does any one know which way the oil flows thru the filter? Does it go from the inside out to the periphery or the other way round?  If it goes from the outside to the inside, then I only have to inspect the outsie - easily visible - surface.  If it goes the other way, I have to inspect the harder to get to (= really messy) inner surface. 

Thanks,

-- 

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