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Inspecting oil filter, which way is the oil flow?

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Hello folks, just doing some oil change maintenance on the car and wanted to inspect the oil filter - since you guys got me all paranoid with the RMS issues.
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Hello folks, just doing some oil change maintenance on the car and wanted to inspect the oil filter - since you guys got me all paranoid with the RMS issues. Can someone tell me which way does the oil flow in the filter? Does the oil go into the cylinder from the top/bottom and out of the sides or does it go in from the sides and out from the top/bottom? I went through each outside pleat and saw nothing. But then I started wondering if I should be looking inside the cylinder. Help and thanks in advance!!!

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The outside is where the debree collects. Cut the top and bottom off and spread it out.

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Darn.. I didn't even think of that. I was going through it pleat by pleat!!!

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Also, the oil filter inspection has nothing to do with RMS. You may mean IMSB issues. Anyway, watch for black, brown, and metal bits.

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Specifically ferrous metals are what you do not want to find in there. So if a magnet sticks to it, that's not ideal. But +1, definitely just cut the top and bottom off and spread it out, much easier to see everything that way. Cheers, DS

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