What are the terrible consequences of cleaning a modern air filter?
- August 24, 2023
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Quite a few car owners choose spare parts or engine oils very carefully, but such a detail as an air filter is treated with contempt. They try to
Quite a few car owners choose spare parts or engine oils very carefully, but such a detail as an air filter is treated with contempt. They try to delay the replacement, especially if it is expensive. The AvtoVzglyad portal tells where such savings lead.
Let’s briefly recall that cheap filters use the so-called corrugated paper curtain. It works on the principle of a sieve. If the dirt particle is larger than the pore, it will be retained; if it is smaller, it will be skipped. As it gets dirty, the accumulated dust traps smaller particles. And so on until the engine begins to choke from lack of air.
Now more and more modern and expensive non-woven fiber material consumables are used. These have a slightly different filter principle, the so-called inertial and Coulomb. In the first case, the air takes the dirt particles with it. They collide with the fiber and stick to it. In the second, electrostatic attractions act. When such a filter is taken out of the box, it generally often looks like new. But he worked, for example, 8,000 km. Every driver’s logical decision – and there’s no need to change it. Leaves and insect remains are removed with a brush, beaten on a piece of wood and replaced.
It is also interesting that the manufacturers themselves extend the service life of such consumables. They write that they can withstand 15,000 – 30,000 km. At the same time, there are no methods to check the status of an element. Absolutely!
And it has recently been discovered that when too many contaminant particles accumulate on the fibers, these particles can fly directly into the engine. This process is multiplied by disabling or cleaning with a special solution, which is sold at car dealerships. Due to “mud throw” the MAF sensor at the intake has the first load. From this, the electronic engine control unit begins to give incorrect fuel supply data. By the way, a sensor on premium cars costs about 70,000 rubles.
The rest of the dirt enters the engine and acts as an abrasive. We have written about this many times before. The result – tough on the walls of the cylinders, maslozhor and so on.
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Let’s briefly recall that cheap filters use the so-called corrugated paper curtain. It works on the principle of a sieve. If the dirt particle is larger than the pore, it will be retained; if it is smaller, it will be skipped. As it gets dirty, the accumulated dust traps smaller particles. And so on until the engine begins to choke from lack of air.
Now more and more modern and expensive consumables made of non-woven fiber material are used. These have a slightly different filter principle, the so-called inertial and Coulomb. In the first case, the air takes the dirt particles with it. They collide with the fiber and stick to it. In the second, electrostatic attractions act. When such a filter is taken out of the box, it generally often looks like new. But he worked, for example, 8,000 km. Every driver’s logical decision – and there’s no need to change it. They remove leaves and insect remains with a brush, knock them out on a piece of wood and put them back.
It is also interesting that the manufacturers themselves extend the service life of such consumables. They write that they can withstand 15,000 – 30,000 km. At the same time, there are no methods to check the status of an element. Absolutely!
And it has recently been discovered that when too many contaminant particles accumulate on the fibers, these particles can fly directly into the engine. This process is multiplied by disabling or cleaning with a special solution, which is sold at car dealerships. Due to “mud throw” the MAF sensor at the intake has the first load. From this, the electronic engine control unit begins to give incorrect fuel supply data. By the way, a sensor on premium cars costs about 70,000 rubles.
The rest of the dirt enters the engine and acts as an abrasive. We have written about this many times before. The result – tough on the walls of the cylinders, maslozhor and so on.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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