Hey fellas, I'm considering getting the Dual By-pass kit from Tri-county machine. Here's the Link: http://www.tricountymachine.com/.
Prices- Bracket & hardware- 115.00
Billet Adapter- 65.00
Stainless hose upgrade-89.00
Amsoil dual- 182.75 = 451.75 Total
Give me your opinion on it please! Thanks , Austin

 

I bought the Amsoil single bypass filer from Amsoil's online store. It was pretty easy to install. I bolted it to the cowling above the turbo using one of the holes that is holding a wire loom. I just drilled the hole larger and drilled 2 more. You can access the back by lifting the cowl cover. I also bought the Amsoil oil fill cap that has a swivel fitting for the oil return. The whole setup looks awesome and filters to 2 microns. You can’t go wrong.

 

Is it really worth it? How many 3000 mile oil changes would it take to add up to the cost of the system? That's 11 oil changes @ $40 a change, or 33825 miles.
I'll stick to changin my oil @ 7K.
JM.02c
Don't want to see people wastin money on snake oil.
If it really works please let me know and show me a pic of the honey colored oil after 1000 miles.

 

The dual bypass system is not recommended by amsoil on 04's and up.
The recommended system is the single BMK-11. There were oil pressure indicator issues with the dual bypass. Tri-county's brackets look great though.

 

a couple of owners experienced no oil pressure during start up with the dual set up- according to their oem oil presure gauge -which is only any idiot light. to cover their but amsoil recommends their single set up. there are many more owners out there you have had no problems at all!

 

Sounds too expensive. Check out bobistheoilguy.com, and check out a couple of other systems if you're set on it. I am reseaching the Franz, but don't know if I will ever go for it. Also something to consider is cost of filters.

 

Scottsjeeprolet, Probably not. Do you use synthetic?

Thanks , that's probably a little cheaper anyway.

Thanks everyone for the replies!!!

 

You can't tell by looking at the color. Take a truck with the system and one with out and have the oil tested after 20K miles. I bet there is a difference. If you are filtering to 2 microns, it has to be keeping your oil cleaner the whole time. I wouldn't do it, but there are guys out there with 500K miles on the same oil. Just the fact that the vehicle runs 500K means that the oil isn't an issue. Would never happen on dino and a regular filter.

 

Keep in mind that your stock oil filtration system filters out particles that are as small as 10 -20 microns (depending on what filter element you use)
Now having said that, Most wear casuing particles in your typical oil are
3-7 microns in size. Think about it! It's not about saving money on oil changes for me! It's about putting off the inevitable rebuild for as long as possible!! If I can squeeze a year more out of that engine, than it was worth every penny!!!
Cheers
Mike
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The finer particles (1 micron or so) are already in suspension just a few miles after an oil change. So the oil LOOKS just like it does without the bypass, IMHO. So after 100 or 10,000 miles, I can hardly tell the difference by looking at the oil. The oil analysis is the tell. The wear metals, particulates, and soot levels are much lower using a bypass system. It doesn't slow the depletion of the TBN or other "good elements" such as molybdenum among others. It's the make-up oil added at filter change time that boosts the "good elements" numbers back up and allows the extended drain interval. The analysis at 10,000 miles shows numbers that suggest half of the oils life is still there. Comparing a baseline sample (using new oil) and a sample taken at 5, 10, or 20,000 miles is a real eye opener. The bad numbers at 5, 10 and 20,000 miles are very similar in all three samples!
Mike
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The facts are not 1 out of 1000 people are going to keep a truck 250,000 miles, forget about 500k. Any dino oil and filter when changed properly will allow a engine to run that long. I can see a need for synthetics when it is really cold, but for the average person dino oil is more that adequate.

 

The bypass system adds more oil capacity as well, even the single system adds well over a quart. The bypass system filters oil that was already filtered by the primary oil filter. Well, at least it does in my ’05 since I plumbed it in to the oil fitting above the stock filter. I think the port was used for the turbo on the 24-valve motors. You get a slight cooling effect too.

Oil pressure might be down a bit, but you can’t tell with the “idiot-gauge.” The BMK-11 system sends the oil through an orifice that is around 1/16” so not much pressure is lost. Catching more of those particles down to 2 micros that the primary filter can’t catch is definitely a good thing. A primary filter attempting to catch 2-micron particles would probably either blow out or loose too much pressure at the oil flow rates required by these engines.

 

Solid facts! Thanks!!
Mike
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Dual filter not recommended; where are you guys running the return line?

 

How many miles you have on the 2.5 year old truck?????? Has that snake oil saved your engine?