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Originally Posted by humfrz
I wonder what percentage of the failed, oil starved engines, failed because of a clogged screen?
Also, I wonder why the oil filter isn't filtering out this stuff? Or is it?
humfrz
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The oil starts in the pan and then goes through the pickup tube then then through the screen which catches large stuff like picking before actually making it to the oil filter. If the packing is covering a large percentage of the pickup screen then it will starve the engine. Sure the packing may be contained by the pickup screen and oil filter but if you can’t get oil out of the pan then you’ll have a hard time lubricating the engine.
Subaru didn’t throw the warning pictures of clogged screens in their directions for no reason. They are just trying to down play the issue on this guys engine.