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Re: Healthy oil or not, 5W20. Is lighter better?
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 7/25/2002

There's a difference between a bypass oil filter, and a full flow filter with a bypass.

HD trucks and industrial engines often have both. The full flow will filter ALL of the pump's outlet, but bypass if the filter media are plugged. The bypass filters a por... Login to read more.