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Originally Posted by mr_manny
The pictures I posted earlier of internals were not of my original om617.
I guess the shop thought it was funny...definitely not appreciated
I mentioned this in a subsequent post.
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What post? Your only post past 43 was this one that speaks nothing of wrong pics:
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Originally Posted by mr_manny
Towed her home, then towed buddies shop when it sat.
Hole in piston could only be associated w/dropped valve or foreign object?
Hope to get more details next time I'm at the shop...
Currently no claim...expensive lesson.
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In the end, even with just going by previous descriptions and no pictures, your engine did _NOT_ fail due to lack of oil pressure caused by a "too small " or " non bypass " oil filter.
For other readers: He took his diesel conversion to a quick lube place, they changed the oil, substituted a pair of regular oil filter for the Fram HP versions on the double filter remote he had installed. Lube place had him start / stop engine a few times to check / top off oil. He did observe oil pressure during all of this and it was OK.
A few blocks away on surface streets at low speed, the engine started to loose power / stall / have excessive blow by. The OP and a few others blamed the oil filter substituion as the cause of failure.
Even if the replacement filters are "too small" , 2 filters are going to have more surface area than a single stock filter. And. . .The engine was warm at the oil change place so lack of a bypass was not a cause either. ( Nor would a cold engine as the bypass is mostly there to prevent filter element crushing. ) Even if there was a loss of oil pressure, blow by will _NOT_ increase.
For some background, I've been in and around the auto repair business for nearly 40 years and have build countless engines , seen bent and broken parts. From your description, this was not the fault of the oil change place. Even if they dropped something in the intake, it would not increase blow by nor would the piston split in half in a few blocks. This engine was failing long before the oil was changed.