Picture one is clear, I'll order to 90s.

Picture two and three,,, I'll have to go and crawl under my truck.

I like the way the hose ends up going straight back from the by-pass.


See ya, If anyone is looking for me I'll be under my truck.

 

Looks good. May be the best install I have seen of an AMSoil by-pass filter on an F-150. One thing I can't figure out, and one concern.

Is the bracket above or below the power steering lines, or does your truck not have the power steering cooler? I don't see the lines in the picture.

I expect this truck to be parked into a frozen snow bank some day. What is the distance the filters are above the bottom of the bumper? It looks to be about 3 inches.

 

 

Oh ya, that's some heavy duty protection up front.

One more question. Is there room for an oil sampling valve?

One opinion request. What do you think about putting one of these on?

http://www.bmracing.com/products/acc...moControl.html

 

 

Great setup.

Looks like you have plenty of room, probably can use even larger filters if you wanted too.

What oil are you using for this?

What type of interval to you plan? Are you going to take it to the limit?

 

Where would you put it? I don't think that you want to have any type of control that would restrict the oil flow to the filters.

BTW, the Dual Remote unit has a restrictor in it, that closes when the oil is cold. This prevents oil from going into the by-pass filter. So that all the oil can go to the engine. Then as the oil gets warm/hot, the restrictor opens and begins super filtering the oil.

Also once the oil starts going into the by-pass filter, you will get increased cooling as this filter slowly filters the oil, it will help cool it as well.

 

 

I can't argue, with following what the oil says on the bottle. 6 months or 7500 miles.

But I will tell this, if you check out the product interval guide: http://www.amsoil.com/lit/g1490.pdf

Go all the way to the bottom of the 2nd page you will see item #6 which reads as follows:
Even the the XL7500 has a lower drain recommendation, it is a very good oil. Has a TBN of 10 and very good NOACK and 4 ball numbers when compared to other off the shelf synthetics like Valvoline, and pennzoil and castrol syntec.

If you would like my recommendation it would be to do an analysis at 7500 and see where you stand. Then at that time determine if you just need a FF filter change or something. At the very least I would change the filter at the 6 months or 7500. Oil could probably go 20,000+ with that by-pass on.

Good luck with it, I'll be interested in seeing your results.

 

This really is the ultimate location, hoses are kept short, and they have no chance of getting in the way. Also like said above no funny hose routing. Straight back.

Also be sure to check those hoses every once in a while, usually at the filter change, check for leaks, cracks or wearing.

Yes they are high pressure hydraulic type hoses with top quality fittings, but they do wear out, usually after many, many years.

I've got over 2 years on mine and the hoses are in great shape.

 

Thanks, I'll order one then.

 

Ok, so it already has a restrictor right in the by-pass. Thanks, that answers my question. I was thinking "If one mod is a good thing, then two are better, right."

 

Plus a very convenient filter change. I'm convinced! I'm out from under my truck and ordering a bracket and some small 90s. I know good leadership when I see it.

I'm about 500 mile on this oil change with Auto-RX. I want to run it a bit farther, so I'll be a while. I don't have a digital camera, but I want to take some pictures and develop them on a digital CD. Maybe some day I'll figure out how to upload them.

 

I put the bracket on today. I'm surprised at how strong the bracket is.

1) put the by-pass on the bracket and picked my spot
2) removed the by-pass and marked the first hole (bottom)
3) drilled that hole and mounted the bracket upside down using that hole
4) drilled the two top holes.
5) flipped the bracket right sit up, installed the three bolts and drilled the last hole

I used a 1/4" bit and used a strong telescoping magnet to insert the bolts through the holes from inside the frame. The nuts are on the bracket side. I think I would like to remove the two top bolts so I can put some washers on first. The holes on the left side of the bracket are straight up from a hole in the frame, and the magnet makes easy work of inserting the bolts.