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Jul 11, 2011 | 03:09 PM

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antichrist

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Originally Posted by nevada ben

About sintered bronze not filtering down to small micron -- that's true. Paper is less pourous than bronze, which is why a lot more fuel will bypass the filter in a paper filter cartridge.

I don't know about the other brands, though I imagine they are the same, but the WIX fuel filter doesn't have a bypass. The only dirt that will get past it is smaller than 3 microns.
How you think that's worse than a 35 or 40 micron sintered bronze filter I've no idea. Those filters are for engines where fuel flow it more important than engine longevity. Just like racing oil filters and racing air filters.