Oil filter on a H8

50C8DAN

I know I have asked this before, but have gotten all sorts of answers, but none from anyone that actually had tried it. I have an original (NOS) Hudson canister Oil Filter and was wondering if it is worthwhile or even advisable to install it on my straight 8?

Uncle Josh

By all means install it and put nice decals on it so it looks nice but don't hook it up. Just change your oil every year or so. The one on my Commadore looks nice but doesn't do anything. Hmmm, is that bein deceitful?

Unknown

With 4 lbs of oil pressure an oil filter isn't going to do much good, especially with a by-pass system.

Unknown

One would think it's better to have some filtration as opposed to none.

Huddy42

In all my dealings with Hudson's over the last 50 years, have never seen one fitted to a Hudson 8 , they have lasted this long with out one, so why does one need it now.???

Les.P.

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When I restored my 51 Commodore 8, I put the filter back on. It was on there when we bought the car in 1961. It always has oil in it when I do my yearly change, so it must filter a little bit of oil. I agree with Dave, it certainly can't hurt and even if it filters just a little, that's better than nothing.

Aaron D. IL

The oil pick up on the Hudsons had a screen to it. On the 8's there isn't much oil pressure and all the filter would probably catch is heavy sediment if there was enough presure to even push it through the filter. Might even cost you pressure. I don't know.

Gus Souza said about the oil filters "Get rid of the @%@# thing!" when I had one on my 232 and also said "just change the oil more often" I know that's sounding like a more expensive activity these days though. He also said "all the Hudson's leak, if they don't you're out of oil. LOL"

Unknown

Hey Aaron,



Don't get me wrong, I like Gus and think he's a walking treasure to the club, but a clean filter on a rebuilt engine should be fine. Although what you and Gus say about putting a filter on a sludge laden old engine makes sense, what are the poor people with Toyota Sludge-O-Matic engines supposed to do, remove the filter or just change oil every year? Come to think of it, either probably wouldn't hurt them. LOL

mars55

Here is some food for thought. This picture is the oil filter that came out of my '49 Commodore Six after 2000 miles. The black stuff is not oil but dirt!

[Deleted User]

I like uncle Joshs reply put a nice new decal on it and put it on but do not bother hooking it up they were junk, why do you think there are alot of them laying around. You really need to ask someone who actually worked on these cars day in and day out to get the real honest answer of what they think not hobbiest such as our selfs. We tend to think everything Hudson did was great! They used to put toilet paper in some of them and thought that was a great idea also. just my two cents worth, no harm intended.

Unknown

In lieu of any scientific testing to prove or disprove the validity of using an oil filter on a Hudson, I say put one on and take one off. There, now everybody is happy. LOL

Geoff

No matter what you do, you can only filter half the oil, unless you fit two filters, one in each feed line, and with only three pounds pressure you are not going to achieve a lot, and could in fact restrict the flow of oil to the bearings. I ahve done over half a million miles in my '28 Essex, without an oil filter, and have never had any problems with scored bearings or worn cylinders that could be attributed to dirty oil. However I have seen engines that have been so filled up with sludge that the con-rods had cut grooves through it. this was due to the fact that the engine was totally worn out, and the owner figured that he put so much oil in, it wasn't worth changing it. so I always advocate using a good detergent oil, and change at least every 1,500 miles.

Geoff.