Oil filter/cooling kit ? Worthit??

I'm trying out 2M's paper sleeve idea on the stock side filter. According to his oil pressure readings, it doesn't restrict flow, and hopefully it will add some filtering ability .....

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G'day 5T,

WTF is this??

I sort of have a handle on it however, what is the material wrapped around the filter?

GW
 
The paper sleeve was made from oil filter paper. I got an open style oil filter (not enclosed in a can) and cut it up .....

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The sleeve needs to be about 1.5" wide so I chose a filter about 5" long. That allowed me to get 3 sleeves out of the width. Examining the filter paper "tube" left after cutting the ends off revealed that the paper was joined by gluing the last flaps on each end together back to back, so that's how I made up my sleeves .....

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The length needed to cover the filter is about 5 1/2". That worked out to about exactly 11 panels on the filter paper. Add one to each end for gluing and you get a length of 13 panels .....

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So, I proceeded to cut the large tube into 13 panel sections, then cut 3 strips out of each section. After you cut the ends off the original filter, you are left with a tube about 4 3/4" wide. I split the difference when making the 3 strips, each being a hair wider than 1.5", probably about 1 9/16". The end tabs were hot glued together. These things are cheap to make. The filter cost me about $5 and I got 18 filter sleeves out of it. That's less than 30 cents each.
 
That's brilliant 5T - and what are your observations about the filter in-service (oil temps / noise / debris in the sump, etc.)?

Pete
 
I'm just in the midst of trying my 1st couple (one in each bike) so I can't report fully on them yet, but apparently 2M has been using them for years. What I can say is I notice no additional noise which hopefully means no reduction in flow. It will be interesting to see if they trap any additional crap. What I'm hoping for most is fine metal particles that would have gone through the stock screen.

I got the filter at Walmart and just looked it up. Turns out to be cheaper than I said, only about $3. That makes the sleeves less than 20 cents each, lol.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/SuperTech-ST10955-Cartridge-Oil-Filter/746515461
 
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That makes the sleeves less than 20 cents each, lol.

....well, OK then - that's only about $184 CDN - so I'm in. ;)

All seriousness aside, it really does seem like a simple and effective way to improve oil cleanliness on our XS650s.

Pete
 
...observations about the filter in-service (oil temps / noise / debris in the sump, etc.)?

You can see some of the microflecks in the paper, "Oil filter" thread, post #205, from almost 5 years ago:

http://www.xs650.com/threads/oil-filter.72/page-11#post-340944

Post #244 may also interest you. Relieving of the sidefilter chamber's ports.

http://www.xs650.com/threads/oil-filter.72/page-13#post-476136

From the "HP oil pump" thread, post #85, I determined that the pressure drop across this filter paper sleeve to be about 25% of the pump's output pressure. Quite negligible.

http://www.xs650.com/threads/hp-oil-pump-from-mikes.40991/page-5#post-490188
 
I've had a Lockhart on mine for decades and perfectly happy with it but they are getting hard to come by.
On y next build I think I 'm going to go with the Heiden, more for filtration than cooling, but I am wondering, have any tests been done, to
show how effective it is. Doesn't look like it would do much?
 
The XS filters aren't really filters at all, rather, they are strainers, so some smaller particles will still get through. And of course, the sump filter is known to self destruct, so I'd be looking at that area first, either a guard over the section at risk or an after market unit.

Heiden's sump filter looks good, if you are going to filter properly it really should be before the pump. Having said that, I use a spin on filter after the pump. I also run a cooler, inlet and outlet facing up, so very little drains when parked, but it was a lot of work making and fitting and modifying.

Air cooled engines don't like idling or running for longish periods when standing, they rely on the movement of air, For that matter, they don't particularly like high revs for longish periods either or particularly hot climates. I had Triumph with a cooler and Norton spin on filter when I was stationed in the tropics, it still tended to overheat.

If you are going to add a cooler, do it properly, add a radiator style cooler.


My system is all home build, but it works good and looks good.

Of course, most XS650s don't have any of this sort of trickery and have been going for 50 + years with no problems, it really just depends on your outlook and how far you want to go and how much you want to spend, either time or money.
 

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