oil filter

[garrett]

Has anyone ever heard of a Buick V-6 engine imploding or sucking in an oil filter? I have an engine that did this to an oil filter. I changed the oil and put on new oil filter and it did it again, not as bad. I have since swapped out the motor, but I still would like to know what is causing it?

 

[Just a Six??]

What filter??

 

[garrett]

filter

Two different AC Delco oil filters (pf-52)

 

[mikestertwo]

Are you talking about collapsing the filter media or collapsing the outer metal shell?

 

[garrett]

filter

I'm talking about the perforated inner structure. It sucks it into the center.

 

[turbodave231]

Do you have your filter bypass valve blocked??

I have had this happen to a Fram filter, but never AC Delco. I have my bypass plugged. The filter sees 100% of the oil flow with the bypass plugged.

 

[mikestertwo]

Do you have your filter bypass valve blocked??

I have had this happen to a Fram filter, but never AC Delco. I have my bypass plugged. The filter sees 100% of the oil flow with the bypass plugged.

You should never plug the bypass unless you have mods to handle the flow on cold startups.

 

[garrett]

yes

Yes, I do have the oil bypass blocked. I also run 20w-50 motor oil. Should I step down to a lesser viscosity motor oil? What associated mods are you talking about?

 

[garrett]

mods to handle flow?

please explain

 

[Garrard8]

Are you not suppose to use a PF47?

 

[garrett]

filter

that's just the short version of the same filter. The filter is not the issue here.