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Old 04-11-2015, 10:30 PM   #15
clickman
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The rationale is that the stock filter canister has a built-in bypass that can (especially when it gets as old as most of our cars are now) allow oil to go unfiltered. Not a good scenario when there are contaminants in the oil. The spin on is full flow with no crappy bypass.
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