"i want to take a centripcal oil filter off a belarus and retofit it to my pickup truck, never have to buy an oil filter again.
10-27-2009 06:31 PM"
That's because your engine won't last long enough. The typical engine oil filter, depending on quality, will remove most of the particles 20-40micron and larger. To get that with a cyclonic "filter" you would need holes smaller than 0.0017" (or 325 mesh), which I really doubt the Belarus has. The Belarus engine was designed with loose fits, your truck engine was not.
ISZ
You my man are inaccurate with that statement because I rightly or wrongly believe you may have little or no experience of this type of filter set up.
The filter cleans with centrifugal force,caused by the rotor spinning at a very high speed.The heavier particles in the oil are thrown with such force that they stick to the rotor housing and can be a pure pig to get out.
In my extensive experience of being on the spanners,I would have to say it is the best filtration system I have come across.Where it was fitted to an engine that I rebuilt I can say with out reproach that they were the cleanest engines internally,they leaked like sieves because there was no tar to close any minor gap on a seal or gasket.
As they had to be cleaned every item that was heavier than the oil was in there,steel bearing metal etc etc,consequently one gained a good idea of how the engine was wearing.
What let this type of equipment down was the quality and tolerance of the materials used and they way that nothing changed,bear in mind that these filters were used in the sixties,and I saw a recently manufactured 5cyl diesel with one not to long ago.
If I was out in the sticks I would sooner one of these filters on my engine than your disposal cartridge type,no spares required and a cleaner engine to boot.