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Particle Contamination

Basics

Solid particulates in the oil are always present to some degree, even in new oil. Modern oils contain additives consisting of detergents and surfactants which act to keep large particles from forming and hold small impurities in suspension, reducing the level of particle deposits from forming within the engine. Bypass filtration contributes to longer oil service life and engine life by physically removing abrasive and deposit inducing particles from the oil.

Numerous studies have been conducted which indicate that particles larger than 2 microns in size contribute to accelerated wear in internal combustion engines. The reduction of particle sizes and quantity within engine oil through the implementation of bypass fine filtration has been documented to decrease mechanical wear such that a 60% increase in engine life has been obtained.

Trabold Fine-Filtration vs. Standard Filtration

Most of the brand new motor oils already contain particles in the 10 micron range, that cause abrasive wear. The usual standard filters remove particles only down to approx. 10 - 20 microns. This is not nearly enough to realy protect your engine, because the clearance between moving parts within an engine such as crankshaft journals and their bearings are as small as 3-8 microns.

The effect:
Coarse particles stay in the motor oil, cause abrasive wear and create more coarse particles which makes it even worse.

(see also SAE papers about wear and soot)

The Trabold Fine-Filtration System removes all solid particles (metal / silicon-particle, etc.) large enough to cause abrasive wear down to 1/10 of a micron.

The effect:
The reduction of wear will give you up to 60% longer engine life.

Reichert Friction-and-Wear Test

A test with the Reichert friction-and-wear balance shows that 186,500 miles used oil (but constantly fine-filtered with the Trabold Filter) has a 4.25 times higher load-carrying capacity than brand new high-quality oil and causes lesser wear.

Wear with
brand new,
quality oil

Wear without TRABOLD