A quality air filter For Heavy Equipment: Demand Donaldson

Quality Air Filters For Quality Equipment Engine air filter maintenance and good quality air filters are critical—assuming you want the engine in that $500,000+ piece of equipment to last.

Simple, routine maintenance can greatly extend the working life of your equipment. A plugged engine filter makes your engine work much harder than it should, and run hotter. A clogged filter wastes fuel because it is working so much harder to pull air through the filter, and the whole engine wears down faster. If you don’t have the time to maintain your own equipment, find a reputable mechanic—and save yourself the grief of a repair bill later.

If you notice your engine burning more oil than it usually does, go to a garage immediately to have it checked over. It is quite possible that your engine has sucked in dust and has caused a serious problem. If you find that dust has found away into the engine then you can correct that problem before you do anything else.

For starters you will have to change the contaminated engine oil and the filter. You will have to make a few serious choices at this point! One important step would be to check the crank bearings for ware while you have the oil out of the pan.

If all looks good there you can put it back together, or your mechanic will tell you your crank bearings are scarred bad and they need replaced. If he goes a little deeper he may find that the crank needs to be rebuilt, now you are getting into some serious dollars.

At the top of the engine you may have to replace the oil rings and or pistons.If the dusting is bad enough you will more than likely have to replace pistons and liners.

This was just a quick description of what you can expect if your engine has been dusted. Without a doubt it would be cheaper to correct the problem at an early stage then to wait until it is completely destroyed.

Some quick in-house maintenance tips:
• Check your filtration system regularly, especially the pipes carrying air to the turbo/blower. If the clamps holding the pipe to the air filters compartment loosen, dust will be sucked in. The rubber coupling can sometimes crack from age or vibration, letting dust in.