Dry Oil Filter.

A little while ago my shift cable broke and while I was waiting to get a new one I did an oil change. I replaced the filter with a K & N Performance gold filter. After putting the new shift cable in and getting it running again it started overheating and sucking down antifreeze. I figured I Blew a head gasket or cracked my cylinder head. So I was taking everything apart and I took off my oiul filter and it was dry as a bone inside, nothing in it at all. It was dry as a bone nothing in it at all. Why would this happen. I was told it could be my oil pump but that's working fine.

Hi !

When I went through trade school, (many years ago) the instructor explained the oil system and that just because a filter screwed on didn't mean it was the filter that would work.

Different engines flow the oil differently through the filter, sometimes the oil goes in the center of the element and returns through the canister side and other time the oil flows in the opposite direction (most common direction). Some engines use full flow through the filter and incorperate a an emergency buy pass and other times the by-pass is in the block.

If I was guessing I would guess that you had the wrong filter and it wouldn't let oil flow in the direction your engine is trying to send it and the engine went into by-pass.

All this discussion would not apply if your oil pump failed no oil was being pumped.

That's my 2 cents

Take Care
Roy