Oil filter
An oil filter is a component which removes impurities found
inside engine oil. Over the course of its use, engine oil
becomes contaminated with impurities such as metal particles due
to wear, foreign materials, and carbon.
If oil containing such impurities is fed to parts subject to
friction, they can cause wear to accelerate or seizing to occur.
For this reason, an oil filter is used to remove such
impurities.
Normally, types of oil filters include suction filters that are
installed to the suction side of the oil pump and control
filters that are installed to the discharge side of the oil pump
or the return line. However, oil strainers are mainly used for
the former, while cartridge oil filters are mainly used for the
latter.
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