hanra Into the laaaake Member 1,532 Member For: 17y 6m 17d Gender: Male Location: Nrth Qld Posted 15/03/08 10:39 AM Share Posted 15/03/08 10:39 AM (edited) Over engineering on fords behalf?I drilled mine out as soon as I got my car.no probsWhy didnt you just remove the circlip and pull the screen out? Edited 15/03/08 10:40 AM by hanra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETM Member 1,194 Member For: 17y 9m 19d Gender: Male Location: syd south Posted 15/03/08 11:13 AM Share Posted 15/03/08 11:13 AM I tried but the clip broke so I just drilled it out,now its even more hiflo lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmackie Donating Members 67 Member For: 17y 3m 14d Gender: Male Location: Perth - CBD Posted 16/03/08 02:01 AM Share Posted 16/03/08 02:01 AM Yes the Circlip is tricky to get out but can be done. I was lucky enough to remove mine which enabled me to remove the fine filter assembly completly. I then reinstalled the circlip, just for some extra support for the banjo bolt due to the groove in the banjo bolt for the circlip being quite deep.I guess you could leave the circlip out all together, but cant see it doing any harm being reinstalled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_89 Member 51 Member For: 16y 10m 16d Gender: Male Posted 25/03/08 09:44 AM Share Posted 25/03/08 09:44 AM So how many of you are running your Ts with no filter at all?Any disadvantages so far?This may be the way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRPete Member 673 Member For: 17y 3m 22d Gender: Male Location: Here Posted 25/03/08 10:01 AM Share Posted 25/03/08 10:01 AM I wanna take mine out too. At the next service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_89 Member 51 Member For: 16y 10m 16d Gender: Male Posted 25/03/08 10:07 AM Share Posted 25/03/08 10:07 AM Yeah im getting mine serviced soon too.Still contemplating this idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mic Donating Members 1,725 Member For: 16y 11m 14d Gender: Male Posted 25/03/08 10:24 AM Share Posted 25/03/08 10:24 AM Just take it out hey. Completely un-necessary. Runs better without as the turbo can actually have a drink. You cant even see through that gause its so dense its a wonder there was not a recall like subaru had. If I knew about this thing when my car was brand new, it would have been out at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanra Into the laaaake Member 1,532 Member For: 17y 6m 17d Gender: Male Location: Nrth Qld Posted 25/03/08 11:04 AM Share Posted 25/03/08 11:04 AM Kinda makes sense. I mean how many other Garrett turbo powered cars are running around that never had this type of filter? As mentioned earlier, the oil filter does a good enough job in protecting the engine, why would it not be good enough to protect the turbo? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRPete Member 673 Member For: 17y 3m 22d Gender: Male Location: Here Posted 02/04/08 10:06 AM Share Posted 02/04/08 10:06 AM at a guess guys what would a professional workshop/tuner charge to pull this out for me or should I do it myself???????Cars booked in for monday just wondering if I should add this to the list or on my diy list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mic Donating Members 1,725 Member For: 16y 11m 14d Gender: Male Posted 02/04/08 10:51 AM Share Posted 02/04/08 10:51 AM In a manual it wont cost more than 100 I wouldnt think. It is easy to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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