Engine/Transmission (1998.5 - 2002) Spinner II install

[seafish]

At the time I purchased my spinner, several years ago, none of these other units were on the market that I could see. At that time the spinner was or seemed to be the best unit that made sense to me.



Now that time has moved forwared and I am a little more edjumicated, I am working on a better version of the spinner process that will clarify the oil of all the soot in one pass. Instead of using . 9 gpm, I'm looking to run the flow at 1 gph.



It's a work in progress.

Mundgyver, I have just recieved the Spinner 2 which I bought from RKnopf-- I am glad that you will keep us updated on how your mods to the Spinner are continuing to work. I believe that I am eventually going to attempt the install of the Spinner on TOP of the valvecover, but would love to have the filter work as efficiently as possible. THANKS for sharing all of the work and progress which you have made with this filter!!



Regards,

Clark

 

[JApol]

Anyone installed this on a 3rd gen yet?

 

[seafish]

Anyone installed this on a 3rd gen yet?

Still sitting in my garage. . MAYBE this winter.

 

[gtobey]

This is a very good post. Mundgyver, you have done a great job in being methodical, scientific, and documenting each step to keep others properly informed. Years ago, back in the late '70's, I used to sell the Spinner centrifuge to Mack and Cummins powered truck fleets, and was tremendously impressed with the amount of carbon removed from the engine oil. On our ISB engines, 3rd generation specifically, I wonder if you were able to check oil pressure on a calibrated gauge before installation for a baseline, and see if pressure drops after installation due to the "siphoning-off" of some of the oil to activate the SpinnerII? My only concern would be to maintain proper oil pressure with a 5W-40 synthetic at high ambient temperatures after running the engine under load and then returning to idle speed. I am not negative on the SpinnerII, in fact, I am wanting to get one for my '06. I am a firm believer on clean air, clean fuel, and clean oil to maintain a diesel engine. I really don't believe this is a problem, I was just wondering what the differences were, if any...

 

[Mundgyver]

I've always run 15W/40 Amsoil since the truck was new. It has right at a 1/4 million on it now. When the truck was new it would idle at 26 psi once warmed up. It still idles at 26 psi warmed up. This is without the spinner in place then and now. I discovered that the Spinner will consume about 5 psi during idle and about 3 to 4 psi at power when installed. What I did was to pull the oil pessure regulator spring out and install a thinned washer behind it to act as a shim. This took a couple of tries till I got what I wanted. I recaptured my 5 psi plus 2 more for a total of 7 psi. So now my idle pressure runs at 28 psi. At power I am right at 62 psi when warmed up.

 

[gtobey]

Thanks so much for your reply, Mundgyver! I have used the same oil in my '02 from about 15k on. Now on my '06, I'm using the Rotella T synthetic 5W-40 (CI-4+) oil (I purchased a lot of it to stock up on CI-4+ spec) after reading the oil article in the TDR. We'll have to see how the CJ is changed soon when I run out of my stock on CI.



I know about the oil pressure change from the units I used to sell in that we had to have the proper orifice in the Spinner centrifuge to 1) make the unit spin at the proper speed, and 2) prevent loss of oil pressure at lower RPMs on the engine. I just wanted to know what your experience was, and it sounds like you did the right thing! Now I'll have to do some "field engineering" in picking the right place and plumbing one in on mine. Good wintertime project. Great job!