What brand oil filter did you run right before your turbo and/or engine blew up?
 

Might be interesting to see if there is a correlation between oem / aftermarket oil filters and turbo and/or engine damage. The theory read on this site is that *some* aftermarket oil filters have a bypass valve that is rated at a much lower psi than oem, which can let crud go right around the filter easier. That in turn will clog banjo bolt filters (if present) and all the damage that soon follows.

Mine never blow up or down.

I ran fram, purolator, before I replaced the turbo and the same after, When I broke in the new short block it was on Frams, now it get's Amsoil and thier filter.

I also have both banjo filters removed.

OEM with Rotella, like Max said, if I used AMS oil would use their filter in tandem.

Otherwise, screw everything else, its a waste of time and money!

It may be a good Engineering study to see if there is a corrolation bewteen to the issue. But I think you'd have a hard time convincing people that the OEM filter is the only way to go.

That's why items have to meet a SAE standard.

Yeah, and sorry to beat a dead horse. Just keep wondering what effect it would have to run a filter with a 10 psi bypass instead of a 23 psi bypass?

http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1410171

Oil viscosity, monitoring the oil level, and oil change interval may have more of a correlation with turbo or bearing failure than an aftermarket oil filter though.

-Dennis

Great writeup!

Bump for beating a dead horse....again.....to death, again...to death.

Can't we just drown the horse in motor oil....maybe Mobil1?

Sorry :) To a noob this is all so fascinating. I'm a turbo shaft breaking, metal particles in my oil virgin. That sounds odd.

I'd also like to say this is a great car. Got a little BNR 16G and a RR tune going, and it sure is a nice ride.

The BNR 16G is a great turbo. It is really cool on E-85. Enjoy, and never mind me giving you grief about ANOTHER oil/filter related discussion.

i'd love to run e85! but there aren't any stations near me. keep hoping for availability.
ok my oil filter rite of passage is over. never again.

Only 2.5 i've blown up was a stock 2.5 N/A and It blew up do to a 75 shot of nos lmao.... but it had a K&N on it so idk of it should count

Good read;
http://legacygt.com/forums/showthrea...ht=reliability

From thread above;

so the metal particles in your oil were chunks of pistons/rods/crank? sure, that counts as much as anything else.

wow, that's a lot of miles. sorry to ask an oil filter question, but what is your preference?