Motor Oil Info

The combustion process in diesel engines creates soot. After fuel is injected, combustion occurs with soot as a by-product of the process, and the combustion particulates become trapped on the exposed oil film. The rings wipe the particulates into the oil and the fine particulates aggregate, increasing levels of soot in the oil.

Oil with dispersant additives will generally keep soot in the range of 0.002 to 0.5 microns in suspension; detergent additives prevent the build-up of sludge and act as an acid neutralizer, keeping soot in the range of 0.5 to 1.5 microns in suspension. These anti-wear additives work by providing a sacrificial chemical-to-chemical barrier. As the amount of soot suspended in the oil increases, the performance of these additives decreases. The Bypass Filter will help this problem.

Bypass Filters provide higher filtering efficiency, soot removal and increased oil capacity due to superior media composition and configuration. AMSOIL EaBP Filters have an efficiency of 98.7 percent at two microns. At normal operating RPM the EaBP Filter will filter all of the oil in a typical five-quart sump in less than 10 minutes.

The increased fluid system capacity and filtration life provides improved oil cooling and ensures that equipment constantly runs on clean oil. Engine efficiency is increased and engine life is extended significantly.

AMSOIL has designed a high-efficiency bypass filter element that is also a soot removal device. AMSOIL Ea Bypass filters use a synthetic/cellulose sandwiched media. The inner layer of the element is compose of a highly efficient cellulose media covered with a full-synthetic media outer layer. These filters remove 39 percent of soot contaminants less than one micron. Soot removal efficiency can increase approximately 10 to 14 percent when Bypass filters are used in conjunction with a standard full-flow filter, even higher in conjunction AMSOIL Oil Filters or Donaldson Endurance filters.