I built a bypass oil centrifuge kit for my 05' Dmax because I wanted cheap, effecient, and reliable way to extend service intervals. I work in the oil patch and run the maintenance side of the company and we have seen a dramatic reduction in bearing wear and reduction in service costs due to much longer service intervals. So when I looked for a kit for my truck I found 2 options.

1. PPE sells a nice kit for $880, which is far from what I consider cheap.

2. A universal oil centrifuge kit from an unknown company for $550, still not cheap and I'd have to build my own mount.

So I opted to search till I found a supplier for centrifuges and buy one direct, then buy the oil line and fittings, and build a mount. In all when it was said and done I spent less than $160 and never have to buy replacement bypass filters, just a quick 2 minute clean out at every oil change or filter change.

Currently I run Royal Purple 15/40 for 10,000 miles. Then change the M1 oil filter and top off the oil, clean out the centrifuge. I repeat this till I have 30,000 miles on the oil and I then change it all out. I currently have 187,500+ miles with no problems of any kind on the truck and get a consistant 21-22mpg, thats with 325/60/18 Nitto Terra Grapplers.

Anyway, I posted this in a long writeup with pics on the Dmax forum and those guys are nothing like the quality of guys on this site here. I got some rude comments, some dumb comments, and maybe helped out one guy. Not worth my time on that site. So I thought you guys on this forum would like this info and use it.

Let me know and I can post PN's and pics if there is enough interest. By the way, it filters down to 1/10th of a micron and flows 55gph!!!!!!!

 

Sounds good, would it be hard to adapt to a 6.7?

 

You can put it on anything with a pressurized oil system.

 

I would be interested in a couple, even minus the hoses, I can put hoses/fittings together.

 

post some P/N's and pics!! i saw the ad in diesel power recently for the unknown mfg i think you mentioned, and was interested.

 

That's too bad anyone gave you flak, I guess it's a bunch of fellah's that don't know a diesel past it's light automotive setting. My ol' man had one on his Detroit in his Bison, and we have them on all our small auxiliary engines on most ships. Even our main's on some tugs. I have 2 large ones from a 645 series V12 EMD that was getting scrapped (new spare)... was gonna use them for biodiesel purification but will probably scrap that.

As a tip, we usually cut out heavy construction paper or similar and line the inside for real quick cleaning. Then wipe the rest down. On trunk type engines running residual fuels, blow by has large sulfur deposits and it will really cake in there. We usually use normal centrifugal purifiers as well but these self propelled reaction jet centrifuges work real well.

 

A tenth of a micron?! WOW! That's some filtering you got going on there pwrtrpls!
I'd be very interested if I had any $$$ !! But for sure I'd like to see your product/idea, 'cause I never know when my next little pot of gold will be stumbled upon. I'm all for less wear and tear, as well as strapping cool AND useful stuff to my truck!
Can't believe some guys would just slam any new ideas without trying it or even thinking it through. But oh well, it's guys like that that keep the diesel mechanics in buisness so maybe we need more of them!

 

Most Mack engines from the last 10 years have a spinner filter from the factory. They are about $65 and you would have to have a mount. The factory mount holds all three filters and bolts to the side of the engine. I am not sure if Luberfiner has a replacement yet. They did not the last time I checked. I had to get them from Mack. It is a throwaway filter but I bet one could be taken apart and modified for reuse.

You know when a Mack has one because when they are shutdown you will hear it grown for about 10 seconds.

 

post some pic's. That's about $40 less then a spinner25

 

I have a Luberfiner and the filters are $80 if I can find them. Please clue me in with some part numbers! I need one of these.

 

My 8V71 detroit has some type of a refiner on it. Not sure if its what your talking about. Its a big canister that sits next to the saddle fuel tank.

 

Yes!

 

I would be interested also.Not so much for the long OCI's. I am looking for a good way to clean up drain oil before it goes in my fuel tank!!

 

All sorts of info on at least a similar set up on this site: http://www.spinnerii.com/index.cfm/l...dels.and.Specs

 

you have my attention ...