Oil Bath Air Filter Vs Paper

The air then travels over a filter element that rests in the oil and wicks it into the fibers often made of steel mesh.

Oil bath air filter vs paper. I ve read many times where the oil bath filters are actually more efficient than a paper filter but they are messier and more difficult to service than just swapping out a dirty paper element. 12 20 08 03 00 pm post 1589041 in response to rrausch i too use the oil bath filters on both of my cars. They also found that engine life was greater after running the pcv air intake to the air cleaner increased engine life by 40 as opposed to the valve cover air intake. Or in some cases no vents and oil bath air filters gave way to pcvs and.

Also paper filters don t restrict if they are large enough for the application the smaller they are like those. Oil bath air filters some of us grew up thinking that an air filter was a paper thing that allowed air to pass while trapping dirt particles of a certain size. Actually went and found one for my 52 which has a 283 in it. This helps to remove the large heavy particles.

Oil bath is great but it is not the best. I really don t think you can go wrong either way. What a surprise to open up your first old tractor s air filter case and find a can that appears to be filled with the scrap metal swept from around a machine shop metal lathe. It would be best to get a modern air cleaner or convert the oil bath to a hold a paper air cleaner.

The oil bath air filter pulls in outside air and makes it turn 90 degrees over a pool of oil. Later on they figured out paper was in fact cleaner. So there you are back to oil trapping the dirt.