External Oil Filter.
 

The DSM in my opinion is not that well thought out when it comes to physical layout of all the components.

At least from a user serviceability standpoint.

*****Clarification: my goal is to attach an external oil filter housing, somewhere away from the exhaust, and as a bonus, feed clean oil to the turbo, in case of engine failure, I don't want to lose both my engine and my turbo (HAPPENED TO ME)********



The 90 oil filter housing is just fine, but for cars that do not have the 90 oil filter housing and all the cooling, I will be doing something completely different.

First, take your 91+ oil filter housing and cut it the hell in half, at a slight angle exposing the two holes going to the oil filter side of the housing.

Weld on two -8AN bungs.

Connect one of these (somewhere else in the engine bay, perhaps where the washer fluid goes)

http://imgur.com/MSGF4l.jpg

2x "IN"
2x "OUT"

comes with 2x plugs already installed. remove one plug.

attach "IN" to oil filter housing (pump side)
attach "out" to turbo
attach "out" to cooler -> feed to engine.


cost at walmart $21 (comes with fuel filter, throw away and use oil filter.)

benifits: never feed dirty oil to your turbo (killed a turbo that way :( )

thoughts?

Re: External Oil Filter.
 

I have never seen an internal oil filter on a DSM :p

Why not just buy an external kit to begin with? They are pretty cheap, then just run SS lines instead of the crappy rubber stuff they give ya.

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I guess I don't even understand what you're doing. You're description is very unclear to me, so I don't understand what's going on. Maybe it's just me.

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I'm with you, Halon. He's not terribly clear.

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I think he's relocating the oil filter to another location. One output goes back to the engine or cooler, and another goes straight to the turbo.

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Yes, I guess I should have been a little more descriptive. an external oil filter, relocated is what I was going for.

And a oil filter relocation kit is not cheap last time I checked.

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Like $50 to $100 on Summit, not really expensive in my world. I like what you are doing, but seems you are making more work than really needed to accomplish it.

Re: External Oil Filter.
 

Is this like the first time you have ever read my posts? Do you have any idea of the crazy sh*t I do with my car?

LOL

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Just sounds like more places it can leak to me.

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Being able to change your oil filter without taking off the exhaust (ok, that is a bit of a stretch) but still.

There are more places to leak, but pipe thread and AN fittings are pretty cool in my book, havent had alot of places to leak.

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I don't have to take my exhaust off to replace my filter. I run Mazda filters.

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I run Wix filters (the short fat one) and I don't have any problems with clearance to anything. There's a solid 2" between the filter and downpipe.

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wat?

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When the hell do you have to take off the exhaust to change your oil!?!? Geezus dude. If there was a clearance problem, maybe show us a pic of that so we can understand the point of this?

Crazy shit indeed. Walmart parts on your car, sweeeet. :)

I get it though. How about pics of where you attached the remote mount and how it's working for ya? If you installed the oil feed line properly, wouldn't you be getting clean oil to your turbo anyways?

Re: External Oil Filter.
 

No.

The DSM oil filter housing can feed to the turbo, BUT the clean, filtered oil goes straight back into the block, there is no easy way of getting clean filtered oil from the housing to the turbo.

Stock low pressure oil feed line from the head to the turbo is filtered.

So, now that I learned my lesson, I will never have a turbo on my car without knowing the oil is filtered.

For most people this will never be an issue, the reason that my engine failed is still very strange, but if i ever experience an engine failure again, I don't want to be picking up the tab to fix my turbo too :(

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sorry, link fixed, I always forget the dash in the middle...

Re: External Oil Filter.
 

i dont know i have a 3in turbo back exhaust and i can change my oil filter just fine. theres plenty of room to get to the oil filter.