WHAT LIFE EXTENSION OPPORTUNITIES ARE THERE FROM CONTROLLING DIESEL OIL CONTAMINATION?
Over the years, it has been our experience that with an aggressive four (4) point contamination control program your ability to double or triple diesel engine life is an attainable goal. How is that possible? First some background on the subject. Oil contamination particles are present in diesel engines from the sub micron size to particles exceeding 40 microns. Today, most engine manufactures continue to install and specify filters that are designed to be effective in controlling wear particles at only to the higher 30 to 40 micron levels. It is critical to know that extensive laboratory analysis and field studies confirm the fact that 0 to 10 micron sized particles cause 3.5 times MORE wear that particles larger that 10 microns! (see table 2) This fact may sound backwards until you consider oil film thickness. Major wear is caused by these smaller micron particles because they can enter and compromise the critical oil film thickness layer that separate the moving parts in your engine
