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Old 05-24-2012, 01:12 PM   #41
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Originally Posted by BYprodriver View Post
Most vehicle manufacturers strive to "idiot proof" their vehicles, thus the use of lower filtration oil filters & bypass valves for owners that often extend oil & filter change intervals.
I prefer to think of them as trying to make cars “idiot resistant”, as for some reason, God seems to like to side with the idiots and makes it impossible to make things “idiot proof” as He (or She) always comes up with a bigger idiot…………

You need an oil by-pass about as much as you need a tire pressure monitoring system; and unfortunately for the same reason.
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