Dct filter before 7500
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Both filters were flushed into them prior to removal and you can clearly see they have a lot of loading in them but are they bypassing or close to bypassing? No idea.
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I am trying to decipher if hard shifts or launches ware the clutches any more than std, Tour, shifts.
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I have never driven my car outside of the engine trans in track mode.
I have probably 200 or so launches on this c8 of mine.
Never had an issue on any of my c8s.
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Based on the two sets of photos and seeing a comparison between the filter with a lot of launches , I think I might wait till 7500 miles.
I have 2500 miles, 1700 on a trip from Idaho to Calif and back in one week. Zero launches, I use track mode around town because I like the shift points and tour mode on my trip at 70-80 mph cruising the freeway to enable V4 mode.
If I feel anything odd in the shifts, I will make an appointment to get it changed out.
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It appears the filters are catching fine debris and help clean the trans oil. How much the filter can take before the bypass kicks in is the unknown.
I think it comes down to how hard you drive the car and how much clutch slip your trans has done determines the amount in the filter.
Launches stress the clutch media and cause more debris based on the photos.
Like bhvrdr mentioned, a lot more sample data is needed to get a true reading of clutch debris buildup in the filter.
I think it comes down to how hard you drive the car and how much clutch slip your trans has done determines the amount in the filter.
Launches stress the clutch media and cause more debris based on the photos.
Like bhvrdr mentioned, a lot more sample data is needed to get a true reading of clutch debris buildup in the filter.
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What would be useful is a test setup that measures how much contamination the filter can tolerate before it starts bypassing but we would need to know the flowrate for that information to be useful.
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It appears the filters are catching fine debris and help clean the trans oil. How much the filter can take before the bypass kicks in is the unknown.
I think it comes down to how hard you drive the car and how much clutch slip your trans has done determines the amount in the filter.
Launches stress the clutch media and cause more debris based on the photos.
Like bhvrdr mentioned, a lot more sample data is needed to get a true reading of clutch debris buildup in the filter.
I think it comes down to how hard you drive the car and how much clutch slip your trans has done determines the amount in the filter.
Launches stress the clutch media and cause more debris based on the photos.
Like bhvrdr mentioned, a lot more sample data is needed to get a true reading of clutch debris buildup in the filter.
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As someone else asked - what's your take. The filter material looks like there are regions of white and regions of dark or black - rather then being uniformly darkened. Is that what I am seeing? That seems strange as if the debris is not evenly distributed in the fluid. Also, I cant tell from the images. Is the amount of debris about the same in the later changes? I have clear fuel filters that I use for transferring diesel fuel - and those filters do not get uniformly dirty - the collect debris in spots.
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As someone else asked - what's your take. The filter material looks like there are regions of white and regions of dark or black - rather then being uniformly darkened. Is that what I am seeing? That seems strange as if the debris is not evenly distributed in the fluid. Also, I cant tell from the images. Is the amount of debris about the same in the later changes? I have clear fuel filters that I use for transferring diesel fuel - and those filters do not get uniformly dirty - the collect debris in spots.
That might answer some questions about how much is really flushed out.
If the filters were less expensive, we might know by now.
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As someone else asked - what's your take. The filter material looks like there are regions of white and regions of dark or black - rather then being uniformly darkened. Is that what I am seeing? That seems strange as if the debris is not evenly distributed in the fluid. Also, I cant tell from the images. Is the amount of debris about the same in the later changes? I have clear fuel filters that I use for transferring diesel fuel - and those filters do not get uniformly dirty - the collect debris in spots.
I removed mine for the photographs...
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They seem to turn dark pretty fast.
I'm certain they're loaded differently but it's just hard to see by visual inspection
Perhaps weighing them but the debris could be extremely light in weight too
Ultimately a flow test would probably be best.
another person's photo...
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