What did you do to your 997 today?
02-10-2019, 07:00 PM
#7877
Three Wheelin'
There are a multiple:
- The biggest this is the spring for the bypass valve. When you use a spin on filter, you get a fresh spring for the built in bypass valve of the filter each time. When you reuse the OEM canister with a new filter insert over and over, you're reusing the same bypass valve spring. As springs age, they sag or don't sustain the same pressure as when they were new, so reusing that same spring can allow for some oil to always bypass the filter media and flow straight into the motor
- You don't have a plastic housing holding the lifeblood of your engine. Plastic over time atrophies, especially if repeatedly heat-cycled, as the esters evaporate, weakening the structure of the plastic. The metal filter canister is both stronger and gets renewed each time
- You can attach a filter magnet to it which helps to pull any ferrous debris from circulating through it
I've never ever heard of the plastic filter housing broken due to aging or repeated heat-cycles, or any effect of ester oil evaporation that will cause the housing to be defunctional. Yes, over torquing will break it, so as the metal canister filter. However, one con of the current plastic filter housing is the old oil including all the debris collected in the housing will drain back into the oil pan. All that dirty oil + contaminates collected within the filter medium goes back into the system. Sure it can be drained out, but a good part of the debris still stays in the system. The spin on oil filter eliminated that problem because the dirty oil collection within won't drain back.
02-10-2019, 07:11 PM
#7878
Drifting
02-10-2019, 08:01 PM
#7879
Is that an OEM aerokit front spoiler? Like the clear side lens too.
(All I’ve done to my C4GTS is the center bass by sharkwerks like you’ve done).
02-10-2019, 08:02 PM
#7880
RL Community Team
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Man, that sucks. So you sold it as a roller? What did you get for it?
What year, what motor, what mileage? Any track use that you know of? How as the overrev report?
Do you know which bearing was in the car that failed - small or large?
Sorry for all the questions, but the answers to these as a post-mortem might help the community to avoid a similar fate.
You might've pulled the hard top and sold it separately, unless it was part of the roller deal, as their worth $600-$800 I think.
What year, what motor, what mileage? Any track use that you know of? How as the overrev report?
Do you know which bearing was in the car that failed - small or large?
Sorry for all the questions, but the answers to these as a post-mortem might help the community to avoid a similar fate.
You might've pulled the hard top and sold it separately, unless it was part of the roller deal, as their worth $600-$800 I think.
02-10-2019, 08:21 PM
#7881
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I've never ever heard of the plastic filter housing broken due to aging or repeated heat-cycles, or any effect of ester oil evaporation that will cause the housing to be defunctional. Yes, over torquing will break it, so as the metal canister filter. However, one con of the current plastic filter housing is the old oil including all the debris collected in the housing will drain back into the oil pan. All that dirty oil + contaminates collected within the filter medium goes back into the system. Sure it can be drained out, but a good part of the debris still stays in the system. The spin on oil filter eliminated that problem because the dirty oil collection within won't drain back.
02-10-2019, 08:55 PM
#7882
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Man, that sucks. So you sold it as a roller? What did you get for it?
What year, what motor, what mileage? Any track use that you know of? How as the overrev report?
Do you know which bearing was in the car that failed - small or large?
Sorry for all the questions, but the answers to these as a post-mortem might help the community to avoid a similar fate.
You might've pulled the hard top and sold it separately, unless it was part of the roller deal, as their worth $600-$800 I think.
What year, what motor, what mileage? Any track use that you know of? How as the overrev report?
Do you know which bearing was in the car that failed - small or large?
Sorry for all the questions, but the answers to these as a post-mortem might help the community to avoid a similar fate.
You might've pulled the hard top and sold it separately, unless it was part of the roller deal, as their worth $600-$800 I think.
It has/had the larger IMS bearing.
Pics are posted in the IMS failure thread.
Hard top was part of the deal. I hadn't used it the last 3 years.
some of my ***** are missing?!
02-10-2019, 09:05 PM
#7883
Damn it sickens me to see an 06 997.1 got an IMS bearing failure. Really curious if the car was abused or tracked.
02-10-2019, 09:33 PM
#7884
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02-11-2019, 12:13 AM
#7885
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Read the oil filter tests. The Napa gold filters scores some of the highest marks for filtration and construction. Of course, you can always pay more for a Mahle, but it isn't any better. I use the K&N ones myself as I like the nut welded onto the bottom for ease of installation and removal.
02-11-2019, 12:15 AM
#7886
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02-11-2019, 07:05 AM
#7887
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Joyrides in our cars, are truely joyrides! I love the look of absolute delight on first timer's faces, the feel, the sound, the precision, they can't contain themselves.
02-11-2019, 08:38 AM
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02-13-2019, 02:52 PM
#7890
Three Wheelin'
