Oil filters, whose cost is small in comparison to the cost of the entire lubricating system of the engine, play a key role in the engine.
 

 

Oil filters are another important group of products for WIX. Not only because they are the most frequently replaced part in the car, but also because in 1954 WIX engineers designed and patented the most popular oil filter type ever, the so-called spin-on oil filter.

We often do not realise how important the oil filter in the car is and we often undermine its role. Once we realise that it is the oil filter (except for the lubricants) that lies behind the fact whether hundreds of mobile engine elements shall receive proper lubrication protecting the engine against premature wear or not, only then do we start to appreciate it. 

It also worth knowing in how demanding conditions the oil filters work. Within one hour of the typical work of the engine, up to several thousand litres of oil flow through the traditional filter (complete flow of the lubricant through the filtration medium inside the filter). Thus every element of the product is exposed to extremely high pressure. It must be also mentioned that the filtered lubricants reach very high temperatures. Therefore, the application of materials of proper technical parameters (both mechanical and chemical properties) is of crucial importance.

Unlike in other product groups faulty operation of the oil filter (due to clogging or physical damage of the product) may directly result in the damage of the propulsion system.

 

This may occur in particular if the pressure of opening the sweep valve is improperly selected. If the pressure set is too low, the valve remains open all the time and as a result unfiltered oil gets to the engine and the engine wears prematurely, on the other hand, too high pressure will result in the valve remaining closed in emergency, due to that the amount of lubricant in the oil pipes will be insufficient. Everyone knows what danger that poses.

 

 

Poor tightness of the anti-backflow valve results in the leakage of oil from the filter after turning off the engine and the occurrence of the so-called 'dry-start' phenomenon, the engine life is dramatically shortened then.

 

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Poor tightness of the anti-backflow valve results in the leakage of oil from the filter after turning off the engine and the occurrence of the so-called 'dry-start' phenomenon, the engine life is dramatically shortened then.