ENGINEERING UNBOXED: This filter can extend your oil life 

You are a national treasure Mr Banks.

When amsoil knows your big on RU-vid so they send half the warehouse lol

Thanks, but I would love a follow up on this. What were the results of the oil test and what did subsequent tests after the bypass system was installed look like?

I remember how proud my grandpa was when he had his Banks turbocharger installed on his 1985 Ford F-250. He loved that truck!

I put the Amsoil remote bypass system on my 1999 Ram 3500 and I hauled a 3 car trailer for about a year with it. I ran the heavy duty marine diesel amsoil oil and I was able to extend the oil change interval. I noticed that the oil stayed much cleaner and I also had it tested and the recommendation from the lab was to change the filter and keep running the same oil. It definitely will help your engine last longer. I still have the truck and it has 240K miles on it and runs as good as the day I purchased it. I highly recommend Amsoil products.

Watching Gale open a box of shwag from Amsoil might be the most wholesome video the diesel community has ever seen.

Those systems are the ideal way to filter oil. The oil itself is not what breaks down but all the crap that gets in it, be it diesel or gas. I’d love to see the install of this!

We need more videos of banks history, love hearing about his racing history and helping manufactures

I work in the passenger railroad industry. Our locomotives use Cat C15 and C18 engines to provide 480 VAC power to the cars. The Cat engines have a secondary oil filtration system that uses a centrifugal style, or "spinner" filter to remove excess soot from the oil. In all honesty, the Cat engines are under worked - while the generators strapped to them are rated for 500-600 kW, they only regularly see about 10-12% load (maybe about 15% for the C15 engines with 500 kW generators). That extra filtration really helps a lot, as the engines don't run hard enough in normal use to burn off all the soot and particulates that build up.

Synthetic firearm lubricant? Ok Mr Banks I want to hear more about your gun hobby.

I have a Frantz by pass on my RV for the last 10 years. Every time I check the oil I smile .

Absolutely used for baptisms.

I knew a man that worked at the BOC engine plant and had been on the design team for the Oldsmobile Diesel V-8. In short, he said that the team members had explained to the high executives over and again that they needed more time on the design. The exec's didn't care and they wanted an engine pushed out for as soon as the next season. That was about 30-60 days at that point. Unable to accomplish that because of the very limited time, the engine they were able to produce was basically a converted 350. They forewarned the exec's against putting that into production. And as we all know, it did go into production. The failure of the Oldsmobile diesel was due to the boardroom pushing the high executives. Not anything lacking with the engineers. As always, I believe that we (the USA) had the best engineers in the world, but no engineer can produce anything good if not given the time to do so. I'm not sure how Gale Banks plays into the mix other than what he offers, but I'm sure he's in agreement with what I have to say. So basically, this failure on GM's part is once again another example of their boardroom kowtowing to stockholders. If GM didn't do that, they would be a great company rather than a hit or miss company, now building what many of us former loyalists find to be substandard junk now buying buy Asian cars.

I loved the vintage footage of the jet boat enduro's. Oldsmobile had a pretty big presence in jet boats in the early 70's, but had a lot of failures, which I heard was oil system related. I never knew that Gale Banks worked on the Olds. A 9-hour enduro would make most engine builders today whimper like whipped puppies. And 9 hours at high speed in a boat would be like a day-long plane crash. Marine engines really have to be built tough.

Gale Banks is truly one of our living national treasures, thanks again mr. banks we r listening

High I’m Gale Banks. Almost everyday of my life is Christmas. Well done. Amazing to see what it actually means to live what you love.

Company: Hello thankyou foe calling how may i help you? Mr. Banks: hello my name is M... Company: sir i am sending you all of our product's at no charge thankyou good by. Mr. Banks: uhhhhhh...ok thanks.

Mr. Gale Banks - Thank you for all the incredible work you have done all your life for us !!!! I have read about you and your company in all the car magazines, since the 60's... Love that you are looking at helping all the big diesel owners get more longevity and performance from their hard working rigs ! They need all the help they can get ! Thank you for this video ! Next year, 2022 I will take delivery of a very small gasoline turbocharged engine in my last vehicle, a new Ford Ranger Lariat.. It has a 2.3L ecoboost little 4-cylinder, and I need to be very careful to keep it alive so it outlives me.. :) All this information, and also from those nice Amsoil people will help me make the right choices, thank you for all of your work with them ! I hope you and yours are always safe and well. To help keep you there, I am going to offer some prayers of Faith for you and yours tonight, and also for all those that are part of your team and their families as well.. Merry Christmas from the Northern California Farmlands ! Fran Danco

I'm always impressed and appreciative of the expertise of Mr. Banks. Thank you, Sir. However there is one statement made around frame 5.25 that I think is not so true. He stated most oil filters are efficient at around 20 microns . There is one common, full-flow, off-the-shelf oil filter, interchangeable with the common 51515 oil filter that has a 5 micron nominal rating and flows 10 gpm at only 3 psi. The filter holds 32.4 grams of contaminants in 463.1 sq in of filtering material. That filter is the Baldwin B7311-MPG oil filter. When I got my first IH truck in 2013 I could not find anything definitive as to what oil filter was best for that truck's engine. So I did a very exhaustive research on over 300 Wix and Baldwin oil filters. Many hours were spent pouring over technical specifications , plotting beta ratio graphs and on the phone with Wix and Baldwin technical support. In the end I list in two tables the very best Wix and Baldwin oil filters based only on technical specifications. The tables can be found near the bottom of page 2 of this IH forum post: forums.ihpartsamerica.com/threads/are-there-different-grades-of-wix-oil-filters.4022/page-2 I now use this filter in all my IH and Ford trucks and I could not be happier with this filter's performance. It actually feels like (unproven opinion) because of the flow-ability and less parasitic drag that my engines have a bit more power especially on the very cold, below-freezing mornings. I suggest if you have the time, read the entire page 2 of that forum post.

Glad to see BANKS finally getting on board with AMSOIL. I am a Amsoil Dealer and been a customer of amsoil since my first truck and Amsoil has never let me down. GREAT VIDEO MR BANKS. Let's see some testing on it.

Best filtration system available...been a AMSOIL dealer for over 41 yrs you have the best synthetic oil and filtration products made..

As a Chaplain, I found your “Miracle Wash” joke so funny 😂. As a 2018 RAM owner I have started to watch all your videos and I am learning so much. I got the Monster RAM intake system (in red) and did the work myself (I am not a mechanic by any means). I want the peddle monster next (so glad I watched your peddle monster vs commander). I think I want the iDash too but I need to save up. I’m looking forward to a RAM Derringer and hope you come out with that sometime soon. Keep up the great work and remember, we are out here learning from your RU-vids.

Ive been running this Amsoil bypass setup with the Amsoil 15w-40 HD Diesel and marine oil in my Nissan diesel 4wd for about 6yrs or 90,000klms. No issues. Worth doing an oil analysis at least every 10,000klms to ensure fuel dilution is within spec

Been out of the country for about 20 yers, just got back and saw your channel. I had been using Amsoil DUAL bypass filter setup with filters that are about twice as long as the one you are showing. They were mounted in Chevy wreckers with 454's. So you had to use around 11 quarts for an oil change. Usually at 15,000 miles I would dump the engine filter and both bypass filters and add 3 or 4 quarts of oil, then at the next 15,000 I would do a complete oil change. Those 454's would outlast the trucks....usually putting on 100,000 + miles a year for 3 or 4 years. Oh yea I had been using this system since the 80's and the mounting kit you have is way nicer than what they had back then.

I am an RV transporter with a 2019 DMax. I already have a 120000 miles on the truck after 9 months. I think I need to get one of these So I can hopefully squeeze 700000 miles out of my D Max before Needing another

I have had oil bypass filter in my truck for the last three years works great I’ve got a Ford F250power stroke 2011 keeps the oil a lot cleaner when I am hauling boats around.

Just installed a bypass system on my 2000 dodge 5.9 compound turbo Cummins. Works phenomenal!

Thank you, sir. No higher praise for a product than your approval, and I mean that sincerely.

Mr Banks I have learned so much from your engineering. By far most impressive with that monster Duramax your playing with. I've deleted my LML and decided on the CAT oil filter upgrade and within 9000 miles on my first oil change it was just as clean when I put it in the crankcase. Unfortunately the EPA has made it so tuff for engines to keep up in these new years but,thank you for all your engineering and research. '13 DURAMAX LML full delete with 2" up-pipes and 3" down pipe, 5" exhaust and you guessed it. No muffler stock turbo and Injectors and compound turbo added with 3" air to air custom built by yours truly. 26 mpg highway and 17.2 running my hotshot trailer

So, if I order the bypass filter kit from Amsoil, do I also get the other boxes of free stuff?

Very good to see you talk about the oldsmobiles

Thank you for showing the Amsoil swag. It was fun. I am glad you all have fun as well as working hard.

Awesome history, thanks for sharing Sir Banks.

One more awesome video I'm completely addicted to your channel there's always lots to learn God-bless you and stay safe in these troubled times 🙋‍♂️🇬🇧

I know this is an old video, but if this post saves an engine, all is good. I ran the remote oil filter/bypass filter (it's a combo affair, two cartridges and Amsoil branded). This setup ate two engines from oil starvation before we traced the problem to that unit.

Love the Amsoil bypass system. They have 3 filter sizes up tp 1-1/2 qts. I had the 1/2 quart model like the one on this video. Then changed up to the 1-1/2qt. I preferred to increase the oil capacity, While adding the bypass.

Absolutely made my day. Raining here in Ga. Mr. Banks is an absolute breath of fresh air!!! Keep doing you sir!!! Best wishes to the Misses!!! 😎😎

Dixie Chopper used to put Amsoil bypass filters on their mower engines (Kohler) from the factory. I have a 2003 Dixie Chopper with a Kohler 28 hp engine on it and the Amsoil bypass filter. It runs great and has almost 3,000 hours on it.

Amsoil makes the best oil in the business. Proven over and over again by torture tests, real world in-vehicle testing and lab analysis.

I worked for Hardin Marine during that time and was at the 9 hour enduro. It was a lot of work but the best time I’ve ever had racing boats in the desert!

I love gal being him self

As a hobby hotrodder from the 80s.....I'm a fanboy...this man is a legend !

I can vouch for AMSOIL and all of their products, specially the oil bypass filter system. I run a Duel Remote Oil Bypass system on all of my Duramax trucks with 560k, 630k and 400k on the clock. The system I use is slightly different, it has 2 filters and replaces the stock oil filter. I have no issues going 60k plus on AMSOIL Full Synthetic Signature Series 5W 40 Max Duty. Over 20 years using AMSOIL products in all my vehicles and never an issue.

How dare you show me something that I desperately want now🤣😭🤣

Another great video Sir. Thank you for your explanation and not insulting our intelligence.

I run a centrifuge for my bypass system. It is nice to be able to easily open the filter and see the caked up soot to know that the filter is doing its job.

Can you do an install video? I'd like to see the bracket you used to mount it as well as how you mounted the oil lines. Thanks!

Very interesting. Frantz has been doing bypass filtration for decades just as Gale said. We used to put them on farm & commercial tractor engines. They used a cheap single ply roll of toilet paper as the filter element. Really. They still make a bypass filter system but have much more technology in their filter elements. Summit racing even sells them. I am going to check these Amsoil systems out.

Wow. I had many years ago. String Bean was a character on Hee Haw. His 1974 Olds Delta 88 had the Rocket 455 that we obtained. Wow what a car.

Mr. Banks, your explanations are SO DANG THOROUGH‼️😉🤓

Love BANKS, Love Gale, and Love these videos. One day hope to actually meet Gale, would love to work with him.

My dad used to use one for years. Great stuff for sure. The one he used was Frantz.

Absolutely true I put one of these on my 6.0 power stroke years ago and it’s amazing,

Very interesting, I would have imagined it would use a centrifugal oil filter to remove the particles but this is pretty awesome you don't even need that kind of setup. I think I'm gonna get one of these from my 7.3 idi, Due to the natural ring gap and soot issues. I hope to meet Gale one day at a show also!

Bypass oil filters for diesels are a must if you are interested keeping the vehicle for the long run. The need is compounded 10 fold if you have a working EGR. Soot is finer than what your full flow filter can pull out.

Have the duel bypass kit on my LBZ Duramax no complaints after 4 years another great video explanation Gale👍👍

The “Miracle Wash” bit had me going! 😂🤣💯 Love the videos Banks Team! 🇺🇸

Like watching your hard working honor student brother at Christmas, open the best presents when you’re just squeezing by with C-,or D+, grades while grounded for being suspended and are lucky you even got some cool clothes, but still happy for your brother

Amazing stuff from Amsoil. Thanks for explaining the by pass oil filter system. Looks High Quality.

We have a diesel generator with over 10,000 hours on it! We have used dual Amsoil bypass filters it’s entire life. The oil is changed once a year. So 18 years of zero mechanical issues whatsoever. Just fuel filters and air filters! I am a believer in Amsoil bypass filter systems!

What a legend We're SCREWED when he's gone .

Reminds me of my 1984 vw jetta diesel. Flat tappet design (no wear issues), but HUGE oil filter for the size of the engine. Now I know why that filter was so big!

Listening to Gail Banks drinking coffee...I have made it! Thanks Banks!

All the heavy maritime diesel engines I have worked on have used a centrifuge in addition to normal filters, the centrifuges were so efficient on the MTU diesels that they would separate the oil manufacturer additives out of the oil as well as the soot. We ended up having to delete the centrifuges from certain engines or actually increase oil change intervals, as the centrifuge filters did the job too well.

I cant wait to see the results on this. Very interesting.

I just came on as an Amsoil dealer and absolutely love everything they make! I ordered and then bought a brand new 2021 JL Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon several months ago. I ordered it with the 3.6 liter Pentastar V-6 with eTorque. I bought the Jeep with the idea in mind of off roading it and having lots of fun in it. Since I will be having the engine perform at times to its peak capabilities, as well as the entire power train system and vehicle as a whole, I will be running Amsoil in everything! But I also want to add one of those Amsoil bypass filters to it as well, for more oil filtration and to have an increase in the lifecycle of the oil, even though I change my engine oil once every 2,500 miles or so. That way I am running continuous new/fresh oil in the engine non stop, so it will help it last a lot longer than normal.

Mr Banks.You are very respected by me.I own a 2001 dodge Cummins pickup with 400,000 miles. Looked into the bypass kits. They were to expensive. So I talked with some truckers and went on line and found an oil filter with the bypass filter built in. The filter is a baldwin 7317 for a 2001 Cummins. I change my oil every 5000 miles. The oil is dirty but not full of soot.I hope this helps you and others out there. Take good care. Yours Bill

Years ago a famous radio person used his boats filters on his truck and they did a great job

I have a 04 GM LB7 when the injectors failed it was producing a lot of black smoke and the oil was as black as coal in a thousand k or 600 miles after replacing the injectors it ran so clean after 10 thousand k or 6000 miles the oil was as clean as it was when it was changed so I agree with Gale if you have smoke going out of the engine you will have black oil. Those bypass filters have been around for a long time on Cummings and Detroit diesels as well as refer engines and continuous running natural gas engines. They do a great job of extending the oil change intervals

Nicely done. I know nothing about Diesels. But I enjoy learning what you have to offer.

Thanks- I always learn something watching your videos

Installed an oil bypass oil filter on my 2002 Ford Excursion 7.3L Diesel in 2007, all I have to say is what a difference in the oil and you can see the difference when you pull the dipstick and look at the oil. There were not very many oil bypass filters available at that time with data to back them up and the information on what gets filtered and what does not. Since then and a believer and knowing that all the oil is not going through the filter, I have purchased an Amsoil bypass oil filter system for my son’s GM Diesel truck. Now we have a new believer. 👍👍👍. 12-20-21

You bless the world with each video. I don't know if/how this might apply to diesel engines, but can you talk about catch can setups?

Great info, never knew about this system! I have a small diesel pickup and what I do is change the oil every 3k miles with semi synthetic oil and OEM filters, 230k miles and still going strong!

I am a retired mechanic in Alaska. I can tell you that an engine oil pre-luber, amsoil oil and an amsoil by-pass filter system is the way to go in frozen climates. Diesel or Gas.

Last of your kind. Please keep going and thank you for all you do.

These filters work I put one on my 2002 7.3 F250 and I was amazed how clean the oil stays and as a bonus I change oil once a year!

Works with any oil. Gas or diesel. Clean oil is king. You're only draining a few PSI off of the flow a oil pressure. In this video Gale says you don't think it would be needed for a gas engine. If you run a catch can on a V8 and watch what contaminants it captures in only five thousand miles. Oh, you'll see what I mean. The bypass filter does not replace your normal filter. It's only enhanced cleaning at much finer degree. 2 microns. That's pretty amazing. The system drizzles the cleaned, nearly fresh Oil back through the oil fill cap. I have one friend that uses it on his Sandrail with an LS. If you're worried about the loss of a few PSI, you can have an 2 AN fittings (in & out) to your oil pan with an electric pump.

I've had one of these one my truck now for about 3-4 years. I just did an oil change after 20000kms and oil analysis still said I was good to go. These things are plain awesome.

Looks almost like the fluid sample tool that we had gotten from Altorfer Caterpillar to take their oil samples on our 257B3, I'd also love to see what Gale enjoys to shoot. I have a feeling he would be one to reload his centerfire ammo too

I've been running AMSOIL products for 45 years and can attest to its quality' I run the bypass filter system on my '89 Mustang LX5.0 when I replaced the engine with a GT 40, My commute was 200 mi daily. 650k miles on it before it blew a head gasket with only 4 oil changes on AMSOIL 20-50 racing oil. I have pictures of the inside of all the cylinders, hone cross hatching is still prominently visible and less than .002 out of round. The Stang has 965K on the chassis and has the original diff! I run their products in all of my fleet, 2- F250 6.7L diesels, 2.4L Ranger, '22 Maverick ,'11 Flex, '90 Bronco ii, and '41 Dodge Powerwagon with the original Stang engine in it.

30 years ago I installed a by pass filter to my Diesel Passat. Its filter was a toilet role. It held the role in a tapered canister, oil was fed to the wide end through to the narrow. Oil didn't just pass through the medium once but hundreds of times before it emerged out of the filter can.

I always learn from watching your videos.

I served in Engine room of Nimitz Carrier. This same concept is used on Main Engine(ME) and Ship's generator(SSTG) sumps. Instead of a filter a Centrifugal separator was used. It ran for 12 hours a day on the Mains and 6 on the SSTG. Biggest concern was water condensation in the sumps.

Great video and great information. I use one of them vampire pumps at work for oil testing and a little trick I learn is the same tube doesn’t like to get where you want it too and turns on it inside. I took and twisted up a knot with my welper pliers a T.I.G. Welding fill rod 307L 1/16” diameter. The knot is between the oil that helps hold the tubing to the vampire pump and the pump housing. The rig rod lets it move and flex but keeps it to a known level. I have huge gearbox’s to test and they only have a fill hole and with running gears that tube will get in between the teeth but with the tig rod you can aim it to get the tip to the correct level for testing.

Bypass oil filtration is even a good idea on heavy duty use gasoline engines in light trucks. I installed a small inlet hole, 10 micron filer on my 1979 F-350 4x4 with a custom built 400M running a custom grind Comp cam; massaged heads, intake, & exhaust; & flat top pistons (KB177) in a decked block to achieve 10.8:1 compression. I was using it on the farm and pulling equipment around, large horse trailer, and a 35 foot flatbed at times. I mounted the filter head on the front of the left head & fed it from the pressure feed line above the stock oil filter & returned in directly to the oil pan. I used 15W40 oil & had samples analyzed at 3000 miles, 4500 miles and 6000 miles. I decided to do changes at 5000 miles instead of the 3000 I was using before, but could have extended them further if I really wanted to. Bypass oil filters do an amazing job..

Wow never knew about this. Thanks for sharing. I love your channel!!

Thank you Gale. A voice of knowledge and reason with youtube full of guys randomly bolting on parts (they never designed or made) giving bad advice. (Hooligans etc).

I don't think you know how serious people take your opinions Mr banks. I really appreciate your technical knowledge videos they are always great learning experiences.

Had an Amsoil bypass filter on a previous diesel truck. I liked it. I'd like to see you guys make an oil pre-luber and possibly incorporate a bypass filter into that. That would be a great set up for a long lasting truck. Gas or diesel.

Nothing but respect for Mr Banks. Heck anybody that can go their life with the name Gale! I was hoping for some test results for the bypass system

Amsoil - Gale Banks called - send him some of everything!

Was interested in this for a 33 ft RV with a Ford 6.8L V10 triton. I think you just helped me make up my mind. My work truck is a Nissan Frontier with the V6, but i will put well over 200k on it. Was using the Microgreen by pass canister filters. Had incredible UOA's from them, but they went out of business, so now I need to come up with something else.

Every time he used that blade I held my breath!

Very interesting NERD material....LOVE IT!!

Very cool! My dirty max definitely wants one

The oil pump in diagram 2 was left out as Gale noted, and I was amused at the "fuel flow" filter too.

When I order the filter I get all the other stuff included. Awesome …

He certainly got more than he asked for, but he also gives more to us than we expect. He is truly a treasure to all gearheads

Mom's ol 81 rabbit diesel ran like a charm , that engine ended up living on in another car and after that I lost track. At least they made a diesel that worked at a time GM was ruining the reputation.