[Jay]

I'm a bit concerned about how clean my oil filter was when I changed my oil the other day. I definitely had oil in it, but wasn't really "dirty", although my oil had definitely taken on a black color when I drained it. Oil pressure is good, everything seems to be operating OK. Is it possible that gunk that should be getting caught in the filter is getting caught somewhere else?

 

[Kevin Kisseberth]

maybe the bypass in the oil filter was stuck and failed to filter anything

 

[Square]

Jay,

What was different about the contents of the last filter then this filter?

 

[Jay]

Usually its like, thick with black oil and grungy looking. This one looked like someone had just run a bit of clean oil through it, but it had been on the car for about 5000k.