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SportTrac Discussion
General Sport Trac Discussion
Transmission filter myth answered, magnet, and New larger pan and shift kit installed.
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<blockquote data-quote="Richard L" data-source="post: 541834" data-attributes="member: 52972"><p>Caymen, dreman, Gavin,</p><p></p><p>I have no objection if you want to call it a filter and whether you feel it traps and retains all the particals circulating in the fluid. It all a matter of symantics. A screen that blocks any particles larger than 2" can still be called a filter regardless if it holds that particle or lets it fall. Any kind of a strainer could be called a filter</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>What matters is the particle size that is blocked. An engine oil filter traps very small particles measured in microns. The particles are trapped at the surface of the filter. An oil filter is made of pleated filter material to provide more filtering sufrace. The more pleats, the more filtering surface and the better the filter. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This so called "Depth filter" does not trap any significant amount of material than was trapped at the surface. If it gets past the surface layer, it will likely get through the other layers as well. Yes, a small amount of the particles will get lodged into the other layers, but never enough to strain them out completely.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A transmission filter allows considerably larger size particales to pass through the filter media. Larger particles are blocked from circulating thru the transmission. While some particles may get stuck in the filter media, the majority do not. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The simple fact that there are rarely any transmission failure caused by not changing the filter. The filter will easily last 100K miles without changing and cause no harm to the transmission as long as the fluid is changed regularly Compare that to the engine oil filter if it was not changed for 100K miles. The filter would be hoplessly clogged and if not for the by-pass valve, the engine would be toast!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>...Rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard L, post: 541834, member: 52972"] Caymen, dreman, Gavin, I have no objection if you want to call it a filter and whether you feel it traps and retains all the particals circulating in the fluid. It all a matter of symantics. A screen that blocks any particles larger than 2" can still be called a filter regardless if it holds that particle or lets it fall. Any kind of a strainer could be called a filter What matters is the particle size that is blocked. An engine oil filter traps very small particles measured in microns. The particles are trapped at the surface of the filter. An oil filter is made of pleated filter material to provide more filtering sufrace. The more pleats, the more filtering surface and the better the filter. This so called "Depth filter" does not trap any significant amount of material than was trapped at the surface. If it gets past the surface layer, it will likely get through the other layers as well. Yes, a small amount of the particles will get lodged into the other layers, but never enough to strain them out completely. A transmission filter allows considerably larger size particales to pass through the filter media. Larger particles are blocked from circulating thru the transmission. While some particles may get stuck in the filter media, the majority do not. The simple fact that there are rarely any transmission failure caused by not changing the filter. The filter will easily last 100K miles without changing and cause no harm to the transmission as long as the fluid is changed regularly Compare that to the engine oil filter if it was not changed for 100K miles. The filter would be hoplessly clogged and if not for the by-pass valve, the engine would be toast! ...Rich [/QUOTE]
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General Sport Trac Discussion
Transmission filter myth answered, magnet, and New larger pan and shift kit installed.
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