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04-10-2014, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Diesel911

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If you put the Oil Filter Gauge so it is reading from the Filtered Oil side of the Oil Filter and the Oil Filter becomes restricted enough your Oil Pressure reading will go down and you will know you have a problem.

In theory, an obstructed filter should cause the filter bypass valve to open, maintaining oil pressure.

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Originally Posted by Diesel911

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Unfotunately the Stock Oil Pressure Gauge only goes up to 3 bar and because of that you are not likely to notice your Oil Pressure dropping slighly as the Filter becomes restricted.

I could not agree more.

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