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Hello Everybody:
Dirt Ingestion in your Engines is one of the Highest Failure Rates of Engines coming into repair shops! This is one of the Most Dreaded Phrases you can Hear from Your Local Dealership, Repair Shop or Your Mechanic!
It doesn't take much Dirt or Dust Particles to Ruin an Engines, It will Drastically Increase Engine wear in a Very Short Period of Time!
How does it get in there? Numerous Ways & Ways you Haven't thought of?
Here's a List of ways, You might be able to think of some more!
No Air Filter at all
Damaged Air Filter
Damage Air Filter Housing
Cheap Poor Quality Generic Air Filter NON OEM Specs, Yes that's why they are Cheaper & about the only reason they are Cheaper.
Bad Air Cleaner Housing to Carb Gasket
Bad Carb to Engine Spacer Gasket
Bad Carb to Engine Gasket
Carb Throttle Shaft has Excessive Wear
Carb Choke Shaft has Excessive wear
Carb Lose or Mounts or Spacers Lose
Worn, Damaged or Missing O-ring or Gasket at Oil Filler Tube or loose Oil Dipstick!
LOL, Your Competitor or Future Ex Employee Pours Dirt or Sand in to Your Engine?
Is there other ways? Yes, there is. I will come back & Edit this Post as Needed.
The Foam Precleaner being Used Dry. Yes Dust does & Can go through the Paper Element even if it is new...
That's Why Commercial grade Engines that have Paper Element Air Filters also carry a Foam Precleaner! It must be Serviced by putting a Tiny bit of oil on it or you will get Premature Engine Failure due to Dirt Ingestion! Dirt will go through dry Foam too.
Any Other Ways? Sure there is & it's one of the Most Common ways done!
You Maintenance Freaks, Your Helpers & Your Service Personnel, How careful are they when you or they Pull off the Dirty Air Cleaner when Servicing it?
If it's an Air Cleaner that has a Hole in the Top of it when the Cover is off or if the air Cleaner is Dropped or Barely Scraped against something when lifting it up, this is when Dirt can & will get into the Air Intake of your Engine?
It's happened to me via a Careless Crew Member. What can be Done about it, A Lot, First Educate Your Self & Other Maintenance Personnel!
If after you remove the Cover of your Dirty Air Cleaner You see a Hole, Cover it with your Hand or Rag & Blow the excess dirt out & Away from the Opening going into the Carb or If No Opening just Hold down the Filter & then Blow it Off.
I hope you have an Air Compressor, this is a Much Needed Tool if you are going to be doing your own Engine Maintenance.
I can not remember the Article but a few years back there was a study done & Dirt getting into your Engine when Servicing it, was the Number one Cause for Engine Failure Due to Dirt Entering Your Engine! It out numbered engines ran with out oil, but Dirt Ingestion can cause an engine to burn excessive oil too!
After we Blew off the Filters before Removing them we Inspected the Opening of Carb with a Flashlight! It only Takes a few extra Seconds to Check it. A Flash light & a few seconds extra is a Lot Cheaper than, Frustration, Downtime, Short Blocks & New Engines! Trust Me!
We checked & if Dirt fell in, we would Carefully Pull the Carb & Clean out the Dirt, Don't Blow it mounted on there, because some will go further into your Engine.
We also after Checking for Dirt Falling in, we would then, Take our finger & rub it around in the Throat or Carb Opening to check for dirt on the walls of carb opening! If we found it, we would Pull Carb & Clean as Needed...
Sometimes if bad enough we would pull the Head, because that dirt goes straight to thecarb intake, the Valves, the Head, the Piston Cylinder Wall then to the Rings, sometimes all the way to the Rod & Crank & other Internal Engine Parts!
Yes, if you are going to have an Air Compressor, just as well have some kind of Cleaning Vat of some kind set up so you can get full use of your Compressor.
Also Probably half of the Worn Engines that come in for Short Blocks we check the Carb Shafts both the Choke & Throttle shafts, if you find excessive movement, replace them or the Carb, or you will be back to Your Problem in a Very Short Period of time!
No Matter How little the Play in those Shafts, no Matter how Tiny the Hole is where dirt can get in from all of the above mentioned, it will go in there because Dirt & Dust is suppose to go in there if not Protected through the weakest, easiest & shortest path possible!
So Remember even if you are the Best Maintenance Freak there is, are you L@@king for Dirt falling in there when Removing & Reinstalling your Air Filter, while maintaning your Equipment, are you checking the throat & walls of your Carbs Intake?
Dirt Ingestion in your Engines is one of the Highest Failure Rates of Engines coming into repair shops! This is one of the Most Dreaded Phrases you can Hear from Your Local Dealership, Repair Shop or Your Mechanic!
It doesn't take much Dirt or Dust Particles to Ruin an Engines, It will Drastically Increase Engine wear in a Very Short Period of Time!
How does it get in there? Numerous Ways & Ways you Haven't thought of?
Here's a List of ways, You might be able to think of some more!
No Air Filter at all
Damaged Air Filter
Damage Air Filter Housing
Cheap Poor Quality Generic Air Filter NON OEM Specs, Yes that's why they are Cheaper & about the only reason they are Cheaper.
Bad Air Cleaner Housing to Carb Gasket
Bad Carb to Engine Spacer Gasket
Bad Carb to Engine Gasket
Carb Throttle Shaft has Excessive Wear
Carb Choke Shaft has Excessive wear
Carb Lose or Mounts or Spacers Lose
Worn, Damaged or Missing O-ring or Gasket at Oil Filler Tube or loose Oil Dipstick!
LOL, Your Competitor or Future Ex Employee Pours Dirt or Sand in to Your Engine?
Is there other ways? Yes, there is. I will come back & Edit this Post as Needed.
The Foam Precleaner being Used Dry. Yes Dust does & Can go through the Paper Element even if it is new...
That's Why Commercial grade Engines that have Paper Element Air Filters also carry a Foam Precleaner! It must be Serviced by putting a Tiny bit of oil on it or you will get Premature Engine Failure due to Dirt Ingestion! Dirt will go through dry Foam too.
Any Other Ways? Sure there is & it's one of the Most Common ways done!
You Maintenance Freaks, Your Helpers & Your Service Personnel, How careful are they when you or they Pull off the Dirty Air Cleaner when Servicing it?
If it's an Air Cleaner that has a Hole in the Top of it when the Cover is off or if the air Cleaner is Dropped or Barely Scraped against something when lifting it up, this is when Dirt can & will get into the Air Intake of your Engine?
It's happened to me via a Careless Crew Member. What can be Done about it, A Lot, First Educate Your Self & Other Maintenance Personnel!
If after you remove the Cover of your Dirty Air Cleaner You see a Hole, Cover it with your Hand or Rag & Blow the excess dirt out & Away from the Opening going into the Carb or If No Opening just Hold down the Filter & then Blow it Off.
I hope you have an Air Compressor, this is a Much Needed Tool if you are going to be doing your own Engine Maintenance.
I can not remember the Article but a few years back there was a study done & Dirt getting into your Engine when Servicing it, was the Number one Cause for Engine Failure Due to Dirt Entering Your Engine! It out numbered engines ran with out oil, but Dirt Ingestion can cause an engine to burn excessive oil too!
After we Blew off the Filters before Removing them we Inspected the Opening of Carb with a Flashlight! It only Takes a few extra Seconds to Check it. A Flash light & a few seconds extra is a Lot Cheaper than, Frustration, Downtime, Short Blocks & New Engines! Trust Me!
We checked & if Dirt fell in, we would Carefully Pull the Carb & Clean out the Dirt, Don't Blow it mounted on there, because some will go further into your Engine.
We also after Checking for Dirt Falling in, we would then, Take our finger & rub it around in the Throat or Carb Opening to check for dirt on the walls of carb opening! If we found it, we would Pull Carb & Clean as Needed...
Sometimes if bad enough we would pull the Head, because that dirt goes straight to thecarb intake, the Valves, the Head, the Piston Cylinder Wall then to the Rings, sometimes all the way to the Rod & Crank & other Internal Engine Parts!
Yes, if you are going to have an Air Compressor, just as well have some kind of Cleaning Vat of some kind set up so you can get full use of your Compressor.
Also Probably half of the Worn Engines that come in for Short Blocks we check the Carb Shafts both the Choke & Throttle shafts, if you find excessive movement, replace them or the Carb, or you will be back to Your Problem in a Very Short Period of time!
No Matter How little the Play in those Shafts, no Matter how Tiny the Hole is where dirt can get in from all of the above mentioned, it will go in there because Dirt & Dust is suppose to go in there if not Protected through the weakest, easiest & shortest path possible!
So Remember even if you are the Best Maintenance Freak there is, are you L@@king for Dirt falling in there when Removing & Reinstalling your Air Filter, while maintaning your Equipment, are you checking the throat & walls of your Carbs Intake?
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