Hello, does any body know any oil bath engine air cleaners manufactures? Maybe some that can be bought in Europe also?
Many 20 series John Deere tractors have them and all replacements and parts can be bought from John Deere Company.
Good luck in Europe! They've gone out of style because they let too much fine dirt through, not just because they're messy to clean. Apparently still popular in the third world though, maybe import one from India?
Just make one out of some old coffee cans or PVC pipe?
Found some from this company http://vortox.com/products/oil-bath-air-cleaners/ http://vortox.com/products/oil-bath-air-cleaners/type-g-oil-bath-air-cleaners/ Service instructions http://vortox.com/download/service-...ructions- G and GA Oil Bath Air Cleaners.pdf I have several oil bath filters in my fleet in both trucks and equipment . Seem to work ok .
Yair . . . Oil bath air cleaners work very well and, in heavy dust (even with present oil prices) they would probably be less expensive to service than paper elements . . . particularly in remote areas. Paper elements can be a pain in the azz if they are only lasting a few hours. Cheers.
Scrub, I agree with you, the oil bath air cleaners are excellent, I have 2- john Deere tractors a 3020 & 4010 with them that we use every day
For fine particles you could make it (or keep it duel stage keeping the inner filter ) And fit your original housing to be oil bath $
I had a friend with an 1100 cc 4 cylinder 16 valve Honda with a new air filter he replaced it with a high performance K+N filter. ...i thought the difference would be marginal or un noticed. ....what a difference!
Google sparex, and in their search box type oil bath . Several options come up one might be suitable for your application.
Yair . . . Back in the days when they were standard on all equipment a well run outfit had equipment and procedures for cleaning and they really weren't so bad. Air cleaners on our machines were cleaned at shift change at lunchtime and the main bodies blown out with high pressure kerosene every year. We never suffered any undue engine wear in what according to Farr Pamic was the finest most abrasive dust conditions they had encountered. Their aircleaners on the new Allis 21P's were useless, uncleanable and cost about the same for elements per hour as the tractor hourly rate. Cheers.
Farr air filters think it's been a couple years since I saw one of those. The rows of small filters all connected to the big foam end plates. They may have been good but to me way too many seams and joints. To me every seam or joint is a possible leak whether it's in a filter or plumbing system or wiring harness(a leak there can be high resistance or open circuit). I think there is an old truck crane somewhere in the state for our company that does still have a Farr but it's been a few years since it was at our quarry.
While we're talking air filters, are newer style precleaners such as Turbo lll or Donaldson Topspin much more effective than the old clear bowl type, or do they just eliminate the task of emptying the bowl? If so, which is the best? Cheers, Greg
Yair . . . kshansen My thoughts exactly, they were shockers . . . although I did see a picture of an Allis on here that saw out her life with one fitted. They may have been okay logging in a wet climate. Queenslander. I am unfamiliar with the latest gadgets so can't comment on those two systems . . . its hard to imagine anything more effective than the old swirl type pre-cleaner and of course they provided valuable friction material to add a bit of grab to the brake bands on the winch. (big grin) Cheers.
Use a donaldson on a tractor when straw chopping in a poultry house , does a very good job. stops a lot of dust getting to the filter. Don't use it for field work as the attachment point on the air filter housing is small , all the vibration would most likely result in loss of topspin. And we all know it will not fall onto soft soil but under a wheel!
Thanks. I have contacted them.
I have sold and fitted Sy-Klone precleaners on two wheel loaders that work in a hanger in one soya factory. The result was unbelievable! The customer went from blowing air filters every half an hour to almost once a week. You just need to get the right size of the pre-cleaner.