Hello Kid; I was thinking in the same vein of thought then realized the the oil pump is "picking up oil", where as the oil passing through an oil filter is "Pressurized", thus the reason the mesh/filtering materials of an oil filter can be finer...Markquote:Originally posted by Kid:
Why worry on the additional screen mesh?
Think about the fine material of a filter the oil needs to pass :-)
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