How To Make Your Engine Last?

[J_D 2.0]

But trucks do have the advantage of always been warm, they don't have the cold start, short run syndrome to deal with.

Meanwhile all new cars now come with the stupid stop start system to wear the engine out faster.

 

[Immortality]

Meanwhile all new cars now come with the stupid stop start system to wear the engine out faster.

It's cold starts that kill, if the engine is up to temp it shouldn't matter for oil life.

 

[Immortality]

I normally run standard Ryco filters but I think I'll be swapping over to the syntec Ryco filters that seems to be a lot more efficient.

 

[figjam]

At about the 2.00m time of the video, the truck owner claims that he invented what looked like a toilet roll oil filter.

Too long ago to remember when or where, but a dunny roll filter is not new, as I saw one at a country show or similar.
Demo looked real impressive to this young bloke, the oil went in black and came out like thick golden beer. Must have been a big drum of new oil hidden under the table.
Since then, I have wondered what oil pressure would be required to force oil though a tightly packed dunny roll.

 

[lmoengnr]

It's cold starts that kill, if the engine is up to temp it shouldn't matter for oil life.

Thats why taxi engines last so well, they never cool down.
They only ever cool down during a service.

 

[Immortality]

At about the 2.00m time of the video, the truck owner claims that he invented what looked like a toilet roll oil filter.

Too long ago to remember when or where, but a dunny roll filter is not new, as I saw one at a country show or similar.
Demo looked real impressive to this young bloke, the oil went in black and came out like thick golden beer. Must have been a big drum of new oil hidden under the table.
Since then, I have wondered what oil pressure would be required to force oil though a tightly packed dunny roll.

He's running a external filter system, the other guy with him doing part of the interview is the filter manufacturer/supplier I believe.

I'm not 100% certain but I believe those external filter system bleeds a small portion of high pressure oil via the external filter so there isn't a loss of pressure in the engine itself. Most oil pumps have access flow capacity (hence the oil pressure bypass) so it's not a problem. These filters operate in tandem with the factory oil filter system.

 

[Immortality]

This explains it.

About Extreme Bypass Oil Filter

1 micron bypass oil filtration provides superior protection against engine wear, oil degradation, and contaminants, ensuring optimal performance and efficiency.

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[J_D 2.0]

It's cold starts that kill, if the engine is up to temp it shouldn't matter for oil life.

The important thing is bearing life, not oil life. Stopping the engine drops the bearings down (whilst they are moving momentarily while the engine spins down) and then the engine has to start back up again to get oil pressure up so the bearings float on oil again, all to save 5 cents worth of fuel.

 

[Immortality]

Oil pressure doesn't just drop to zero when the engine switches off and with the engine not firing the cylinder pressures are a lot lower so nowhere near as much load on the bearings.

Watch some of the video's online where they drop all the oil and then run it at max revs, it takes a while before it cooks itself.

As long as there is an oil film the bearings should be fine.