Posted by John on October 02, 2000 at 21:09:57:
In Reply to: Oilbath air filter how good are they? posted by Mark on October 01, 2000 at 11:18:09:
The oil bath air filter is not very good, they are only 80% efficient (compared to 99% for paper). The worst part is that they reach the 80% efficiency mark at full throttle, lower RPMs reduce efficiency. In other words your engine digest more than 20% of all the dirt that it breaths. Just to back up my claim, do you ever see new equipment use oil baths? Take a close look at the next Catapillar u c.