Please tell me this is not the way oil filters are made...

[RandR10]

Not really a cycle, it is constantly going through.

Correct. Unless the filter goes into bypass, like at very cold temps when the oil won't flow through the media or at high RPM when oil flow is too great for the filter media to handle (think race cars), all of the oil goes through the filter media all the time.

 

[aircommuter]

Cycle: a series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order

 

[sixdogs]

Well written.

RandR10. Yes, well done.