Coolant filter; home made

[Supra5MGTE]

Just figured I'd drop the idea on here. I've been looking at getting a coolant filter and only found the TEFBA, which I really like, but it's expensive (58+SH) and is no longer carried in the USA; aus made. So, I went to target and bought a $5 Kitchen Sifter. cut the SS mesh out of it, molded it to fit into the radiator inlet, put the hose over it and done. I pulled it after only 10 minutes of use, only caught 3 fleks of rubbish, but I just flushed the system few weeks ago. But I'm going to continue running it permanently. Just figured I'd drop the idea...

[suprablazed]

True story- i was thinking of how to do this last night but afraid of it getting sucked into water pump. It will double as a bonus- you may see cooler running temps if the h2o is resticted a llittle. slower moving water=cooler engine.

[Supra5MGTE]

I have it on the rad's upper port. which is the radiators inlet. Water gets sucked up by the water pump by the bottom hose, through engine and out through thermostat into the raditor via the top hose. I doubt this thing will get pushed into the radiator, the thing is overlaping the edges and pulled over.

[suprablazed]

well let me know how it fares for you i may do the same after done with build

[Darrow]

It will double as a bonus- you may see cooler running temps if the h2o is resticted a llittle. slower moving water=cooler engine.

WTF, Explain this to me.

If water is lingering in the cooing jackets longer it will get hotter not cooler. True if the water is in the rad longer the water in the rad will get cooler but meanwhile the engine is getting hotter. In general if the water is restricted the temps will go up not down.

[suprablazed]

if the screen is able to slow the water flow equally around the path then the water will be collecting more heat out of the block and dispersing it to the rad. however you are right if it stays in the block longer than the radiator , then yes it will get hotter not cooler, was inncorrect as to the location of the screen in my first post. my fault i did not read right. but if you run with a slower water pump it will keep your engine cooler. true story

[Supra5MGTE]

i'm not to worried about water flow speed. I think people annalyze it way to much. as long as the water has flow, that's all that matters. BTU's, CFM, Thermo type stuff matters. I like hot engines. I'm running the stock 19X* Tstat and like it. 180-200 is a good temp for most gas pots. for economy I'd even say 220.

[suprablazed]

any way back to topic - let us know if the screen gives you any problems over the long run -rust, clogging, etc. i think its a good idea exept for having to get in there and clean it out often

[jefe_not]

Like ^ he said, how often are you plannning on checking the screen to ensure that it's not clogging? How much routine maintenance do you do on the car?

[Supra5MGTE]

I'm ontop of my cars maintance like flies on shizil.

[jefe_not]

So this is like a make work project with coming up with different ways to add items to the car that require more attention and more maintenance? Very cool. Have fun with that.