just wanted to let everyone know some things that i found out. thanks for the link for the pureone filter specs jimcisme! so the 14610 pureone has a 14-18 psi bypass valve. eventhough we all now know that the 14610 should not be able to void a warrenty due to The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (P.L. 93-637), thanks again HavBlue, i still wanted to know about the ML16819 purorlator filter. so today i called purorlator to find out about somre of the specs to do a comparison. the tech support person had no info on the ML16819, but he had the phone number to a purorlator engineer. so i called ang got a hold of him and asked my questions, again even he didnt know due to the filter being made over seas but he said he could find out and email me, and he did. this is what we had to say:
Mr.Graves,
The By-pass setting for this filter is 9-12 psi and the average efficiency for this product category is 82%.
Please feel free to contact if you have any other questions.
Best regards,
Rajan
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From: Duvall Tom (AM/MKT7.1) [mailto:
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Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 7:42 AM
To: Ahuja, Rajan
Subject: FW: filter question
Tom (Filter Hot Line)
So you see there is a difference in bypass presser between a car filter and a motorcycle filter. i was also told when i called that MOST motorcycle filters bypass is 12-14 psi. so yes you are right wrightme43 it would only matter if the filter was cloged and during coldstarts. i know here in upstate NY that a spring or fall morning is 40f and would need that bypass valve. so having a lower bypass valve would be prefered. however look at the difference in filtering specs the pureone has 98% and the ML16819 has only 82%.
im with you guys i think im using a pureone based on the fact that i dont have to drive my bike in 40F (i have a car too), and the pureone is just a better filtering filter all around, and it dont void my warrenty. also just so you all know not all automobile filters have a bypass valve! i am a auto mechanic and yesterday i had some time so i cut apart different filters just to see and was amazed that some really dont have a bypass valve. this of course made have to see if the pureone 14610 has one or not because you cant just belive everything you read, you need to verify. this purorlator pureone does, and it is the better desigen with no plastic parts. i have a good pic of the filter i cut open, better than the pics ive seen on the other sites, but i dont have a link for the pic, so let me know if you would like to see it ill email it to you. this has been fun finding out for sure what filter is better and hope it helps some of you make a choice on using a car filter or a motorcycle filter. :Sport: