PRIN. OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES - OD1619 LESSON 2/TASK 2
FIGURE 54. OIL FILTERS.
(a) Cotton waste or resintreated paper are the two most popular automotive
filter mediums. They are held in place by sandwiching them between two perforated
metal sheets.
(b) Some heavyduty applications use layers of metal that are thinly spaced
apart. Foreign matter is strained out as the oil passes between the metal layers.
(4) Filter System Configurations. There are twofilter system configurations,
the fullflow system and the bypass system. Operation of each system is as
follows:
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