Coolant filter pix

[jetjock]

Changed my coolant filter yesterday. Thought you folks might like to see it. Coolant and filter has 1 year and about 10K miles on it. Only a portion of the filter media is shown but all of it was like that. This is a well cared for cooling system with a total of 40K miles on it. Inside it looks nearly new.

[mkIIIman089]

Interesting there is debris in the cooling system at all. Especially yours. ;)

[SevenMKIII]

Coolant filter? :aigo:

-Chris

[starscream5000]

Do you happen to have a picture of your cooling system setup JJ?

[JustAnotherVictim]

You have a filter for everything. :biglaugh:

[Mk3runner]

shit for a minute there I thought you had 3 pics of hundreds of hot dogs.... I'm tired.

[Blade2001]

does the water pump put out enough pressure to go through a filter? or do you have a slip-stream filter with its own pump?

[1988SupraDreams]

I'm glad I'm running one. Mines just a regular Toyota Oil Filter. My GO-5 looks brand new because of it.

[jetjock]

Here's a pic. Yeah, I admit to being anal about filtration. All my cars have coolant, PS, tranny, and bypass oil filters on them.

There is stuff in every cooling system, especially if one uses silicated coolant. I don't but nevertheless filter what crap gets generated out. Junk can come from cavitation erosion, electrolysis, precipitation of the salts used in a coolants' additive package, ect. Better it goes in a filter than circulate through my heater core, radiator, and water pump seal. The filter is mounted where the igniter used to be. Being fed by the TB and ICS lines makes it a side stream filter. The igniter was relocated to the brake proportioning valve. If the cruise control has been removed the filter also fits well there.

[Nick M]

Reinvent the wheel why don't you.

;)

[Big Wang Bandit]

I like the red Fan blades.

That is a nice setup JJ.

Good car color too ;)

[jetjock]

Hey, we have good taste. What can I say about the fan, I have a lot of prop paint lying around and was bored that day ;)

Nick: Thanks....I think ;)

[3p141592654]

Nice new fan you got there! :icon_wink

[Nick M]

I guess I should point out that the nice clean engine looks really good.

[JustAnotherVictim]

So simple but genius at the same time.

[starscream5000]

Looks almost like it came off the show room floor, but with a few added extras ;). Very nice jetjock.

[jetjock]

Thanks guys. Lol @ 3p. He knows I busted my original fan during a moment of stupidity. Fwiw that fan isn't new. Came out of a junkyard. Amazing what hot soapy water and scotchbrite will do. Thanks again to the guy who procured it for me.

[shaeff]

that's a nifty setup. :) i think i might have to get something like that for my car. i'll have to mount it elsewhere though, as that area is fully taken up by the FFIM and NSX headlights.

looks really good, JJ! (and i figured that was prop paint!) haha.

-shaeff

[mkIIIman089]

Mmm, new Toyota clamp goodness. ;)

[ViR2]

but does that coolant filter do any good?

[mkIIIman089]

^Uhh...?

[jetjock]

^ lol...

Colin, other than the constant tension clamps on the coolant filter every clamp on that engine is original. In fact nearly everything you see on that engine is original. It's why I was a little pissed about busting the fan.

ViR2: Ya, it filter good....

[3p141592654]

What's going on over by the charcoal cannister? That doesn't look like the OEM cannister.

[mkIIIman089]

^ lol...

Colin, other than the constant tension clamps on the coolant filter every clamp on that engine is original.
For that kind of mileage, I'm VERY impressed with the cleanliness, then.

[ViR2]

lol, sry, I'm a bit tipsy :D
Is there any use of it in cooling system? There are no "dangerous" deposits/debris or what ever what could harm the engine.
Well, OK radiator could get clogged by time, but thats a different story ;)

[jetjock]

I knew it. Now 3p is going to go over my engine with his evil eye. Damn engineers ;)

It's a MotorGuard bypass filter. Smaller evap canister located below. Before you nail me on the EGR it's off for a valve repair. Leaking at the pintle shaft. I'll get to it. No way I'm gonna pay Toyota's price for a new one.

Colin: Every light bulb in the car other than the heads and fogs is original. I can't figure that one out. 139K total on the chassis, 35K on the engine. I no longer fuss with the car much these days but being the original owner I never let things get out of hand.

ViR2: Read my other post. There's crap in every cooling system. Doesn't matter for most people but when you intend to keep a car 25 years it's helps to be anal about fluids.