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>>> The best air filter yet is still the old oil bath type - where the
>>> ironcurls soaked in oil trapped the dirt. NOTHING filters better >>> than
>>> a properly serviced oil bath cleaner.
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>>NO WAY!!!! I lived with those for years on farm tractors. It is not >>even
>>close. Modern paper filters are far better.
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>>Ed
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> I worked with them for years on farm and industrial equipment.(both > as
> user and mechanic) Properly serviced they WERE extremely
> effective.I'd
> say properly sized they were more effective at filtering across the
> broad spectrum, if slightly more restrictive.
> Combined with a "turbo" pre-cleaner to catch the flies, bumblebees > and
> gravel stones not much dirt of any description got through. It took > an
> hour to properly service one though - and it was a DIRTY job.
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To each his own. There is no way I would buy any new equipment with an oil bath filter. I am certain they are not as effective as modern paper filters.
Ed