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How to Protect Your Engine from Damage; Steps to Prolong Your Engine Life

We all know that heavy machinery engines are meant to run for long hours under high pressure. Gears must be constantly changed, and levers worked to shift the engine into optimum working functions. Engines, however, are meant to handle the pressures they are subjected to. Still, overworking your engine will damage it, eventually causing an irreparable [...]

6 Dangers of a Clogged Air Filter to your Vehicle’s Engine

An air filter can make a significant difference to your vehicle engine’s performance. A clean and properly installed air filter improves fuel economy, prolongs the engine’s life, boosts acceleration, and lowers the emission of harmful gases. These are impressive benefits of an engine component that are often overlooked. Your internal combustion engine should mix about 10,000 [...]

How to Clean Diesel Engine Air Filters for Maximum Efficiency

Cleaning diesel engine air filters can be a time-consuming, messy task. Make sure your equipment is operating at maximum efficiency with these tips. Diesel air filters are a necessary component of any heavy equipment. However, air filters can quickly become clogged and dirty, which means it's time to clean them! When air filter efficiency is reduced, [...]

5 things to check when picking an air filter cleaner

What would you say if someone promised you an air filter cleaner that could potentially save you money by allowing you to save on fuel, reduce turbo damage to your charger and reduce damage to your engine? Sounds unbelievable, right? Well, with the right air filter cleaner, it is very possible. Unfortunately, not all air [...]

5 Tips to Improve Fuel Consumption in Heavy Diesel Engines

Fuel consumption is an essential part of the proper function of your engine. However, you need to be concerned if you notice an increase in its consumption. Sometimes it is easy to isolate and point out the culprit. Your engine has a moving piston and a fixed cylinder to burn fuel, and you need fuel, [...]

A Clean Air Filter is Key to a Clean Diesel Engine

Changing or cleaning your engine's air filter can improve its efficiency and prolong its life. The main purpose of an air filter is to deliver about 10,000 gallons of purified air to the engine for each gallon of gas burned to enter your vehicle's engine. While it's only a small component among the long list [...]

6 Diesel Maintenance Tips to Prolong the Life of your Engine

Purchasing a motor vehicle is one thing, but maintaining its diesel engine is an entirely different story. Specialized care is needed no matter the type of motor vehicle you buy, be it a truck or a car, you name it – it needs maintenance. One thing to keep in mind is that gasoline and diesel [...]

How a clean air filter and these other tips help heavy diesel engine equipment save fuel

Fuel costs always have a major impact on the bottom line when it comes to operating heavy diesel engine equipment. That’s true for any type of heavy machinery, whether it be in the construction industry or in agriculture. This is why construction job site managers and farmers are constantly searching for ways to save fuel [...]

What is silica and how does it harm diesel engines in heavy duty equipment?

It doesn’t take a lot of dust or dirt to bring the diesel engines that power today’s heavy equipment coming to a halt. Even these large, hulking pieces of modern machinery, which at times may seem nearly indestructible are only as strong and reliable as many of the parts that are crucial to protecting them [...]

How heavy equipment air filters work

When you are out in the field or on the construction site, you expect your heavy equipment to work and operate as efficiently as possible. However, even the best heavy equipment operators can encounter machinery malfunctions and breakdowns if they do not keep up equipment maintenance or push the equipment to its limits too often. As [...]