turbotrana Member 2,586 Member For: 21y 9m 20d Gender: Male Posted 05/05/12 03:33 AM Share Posted 05/05/12 03:33 AM You are just wasting your money with these braided setups and replacing something which is good with something which is inferior. Something I have seen alot of boy racers do.If you use a 24mm deep socket (buy one at Supercrap for $6) plus an extension bar and maybe with the help of a modified 24mm open end spanna, it is relatively easy to change the filter.If you take out the old filter fitting and it is clean then remove the filter screen completely as YOU DONT NEED IT. It is really only when the engine is new it may have some rubbish in there that could do with a filtering. It should not have crap in there if you use good oil and all the sand casting from the engine was removed on manufacturing.If you run crap oil and your line is coked up then you have NFI and deserve to have a turbo failure. If you run a high quality synthetic, change it regularly you should not have any problem with coking oil lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilkG6ET Member 43 Member For: 15y 4m 27d Posted 13/05/12 11:31 AM Share Posted 13/05/12 11:31 AM I returned the unused item & am still trying to get my promised refund. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelsonian101 Donating Members 961 Member For: 16y 6m 25d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 01/12/12 11:22 PM Share Posted 01/12/12 11:22 PM I checked mine today (with the crap crimps), and noticed the lines were getting a bit brown.Have these failed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falky100 Donating Members 305 Member For: 13y 2m 9d Gender: Male Posted 05/12/12 10:54 AM Share Posted 05/12/12 10:54 AM (edited) Hmmm. My filter itself has burnt and faded just from the heat I am assuming. Edited 05/12/12 10:54 AM by Falky100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOONIN Donating Members 678 Member For: 15y 8m 20d Gender: Male Location: CHCH NZ Posted 12/01/13 08:12 PM Share Posted 12/01/13 08:12 PM Same problem here, my earls kit leaks too and unfortunately its slowly dripped all over the drive belt etc.... throwing it out and never using Earls stuff again. They are a large enough company with alot of experience and should have the brains to figure out this system has a higher chance of failure than screw fittings.When buying an Earls kit you expect quality espeically for the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impellor Member 835 Member For: 14y 5m 30d Gender: Not Telling Posted 12/01/13 10:42 PM Share Posted 12/01/13 10:42 PM After initial run in period, I believe the best option is to remove the filter screen indefinately. Due to the tapered design of in block threading, I think that by playing around and replacing screen could lead to cracking the block, and creating oil leaks. But changing every 50,000km's would be fine. Also I don't think that the Earls or any other cheap option, is anywhere near as durable as the factory platform. I also consider that by removing the filter screen you are providing better oil flow to the turbo. But at the end of the day, you are better off providing dirty oil, than NO oil.Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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