after reading through this thread the primary takeaway is that nobody has offered any evidence of why running one is bad. I get that the OEM cooling system was flawlessly engineered & implemented, that point has been made clear in a great many threads. But what is the science behind not needing one? We are supposed to flush our systems periodically, why is that? Is it to remove crap from the system? Wouldn't a filter also do that? Or is there some other reason for the flush that doesn't involve crap that a filter would catch? Do filters create a flow problem? These are the questions we should be asking if we want a good answer to the coolant filter question.
I have no idea if they are good/bad/necessary/unnecessary, but It does seem like a scientific approach would be helpful here. Just saying "most people don't have them so it must be fine" is certainly a useful data point but its more of a correlation and less of a causation, and doesn't give anybody a solid reason for using or not using one.
I'm just saying.
I have no idea if they are good/bad/necessary/unnecessary, but It does seem like a scientific approach would be helpful here. Just saying "most people don't have them so it must be fine" is certainly a useful data point but its more of a correlation and less of a causation, and doesn't give anybody a solid reason for using or not using one.
I'm just saying.