Reusable oil filter

[quikoldawg]

Looking for feedback on the Professional Products billet reusable oil filter. Anyone using it and if so what are the pros and cons? No matter how hard I try it seems like I can't avoid spilling some oil on the headers when removing the filter. This looks like a better way...

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

Scott

[John Dinkel]

After looking at their site, it sounds like a hastle to clean the filter after every race.

[Mike Taylor 3601]

Not big fan of professional products quality, if you want reusable filter spend a little more and get a System One filter.
Mike Taylor3601

[Alan Roehrich]

Professional Products is pretty much a company that makes Chinese knock offs of the products of other companies, with rather suspect quality. Not something I'd want on a race car, especially not in the oiling system of an engine.

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Mike Taylor 3601

Not big fan of professional products quality, if you want reusable filter spend a little more and get a System One filter.
Mike Taylor3601

There ya go!

[Mike Pearson]

I use the System One filter. It is simple to remove and clean. real nice to check on the internals in the engine. no more cutting stock type filters. I lost 2 engines due to elcheapo AC filters. The internals in the filter colapsed and cut off the oil. No more regular filters for me. I highly recommend the System One filter.

[Mike Taylor 3601]

For anyone who has never had filter collapse(spelling) the most usual sympton is oil pressure drops to about half of what engine normally holds then if you bring rpm up it goes to zero.
If using throw away use racing or hp type

Moroso makes a screen that lays in top of filter (chevrolet) there's another company that makes some for other applications can't think of brand name, but these screens work really well for keeping eye on engine without cutting filter apart.

They will show particles of stuff you will never see by cutting filter apart and inspecting,if you've ever used O'berg style filter they are like that, but just lay in top of spin on filter.

Mike Taylor 3601

[Run to Rund]

Wix has a good reputation, and the 51258 that I use has a 19 micron filtration rating, 345 psi burst strength. What degree of filtration do the cleanable filters have?

[Mack Reeves]

Check this one out... Not the cheapest but seems to work great for me...

http://www.gopurepower.com/site/products/default.asp

[Ed Fernandez]

I've been using these,almost exclusively since the early 70's.I've never had a an oiling issue.But then I've never owned one of those big money,high compression,high horsepower racing doohickey motors.
Also almost always used Pennzoil oil since before then.