stupid question...
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An oil bypass system is designed to filter out a lot more contaminants in the oil so you don't need to change the oil near as ofter. It is a separate filtration system than what your truck currently has. You usually run synthetic oil, and the bypass filter system is a non-pressurized system if I'm not mistaken. You take oil samples periodically, and change the filters at certain intervals. Oil changes are usually done only when a sample says it's necessary.
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Call me a dork, but I siphon out the HPOP res on an oil change. Yeah, I know it circulates with the lube oil, but that's just it; that's at least a quart of oil, and leaving it in would be like pouring a quart of old oil back into the crankcase following an oil change. And yeah, I know, that still leaves all the oil in the rails and such, but IMHO, the less old oil mixed in with the new, the better. (Remember the olden days when they recommended an oil filter change only every _other_ oil change? I always thought that was 
.) I just use one of those cheapo five-dollar Harbor Freight hand pump siphons; takes about two minutes.
But otherwise, yeah, that Bill guy is a hoot. Pro-long on your corn flakes?....
.) I just use one of those cheapo five-dollar Harbor Freight hand pump siphons; takes about two minutes.But otherwise, yeah, that Bill guy is a hoot. Pro-long on your corn flakes?....
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