Oil Analysis Test
Attached is a series of tests on one report. Predictive Maintenance
Services performed the independent tests. The oil samples were taken on
a 2002 Chevy with a Diesel Engine that has a Harvard Bypass System.
Test # 88532, 88069, 79299 was WITHOUT a FilterMAG™ placed on the
filter. Test #95049 was performed WITH the FilterMAG™ in place on the
filter.
While the spectro Fe (iron) stayed essentially the same, if you look at
the graphic in the center you will see a huge drop in the particle
count (350 on test #88532, only 58 on #95049). The symbol >2 and
>5 refer to particle sizes, 2 micron and 5 micron respectively.
The date of each test is in the second column of the upper graphic.
Read the report.
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Visual proof
Tiny steel particles that evade your vehicle's oil filter cause the
greatest amount of wear in your engine. These particles are a product
of the normal running of an engine — an inevitable result of the
interaction of rapidly moving metal parts inside your engine.
Your lubrication system attempts to supply a very thin film of oil
(around 10-micron thick) on the metal parts so they glide against each
other rather than grind. Nevertheless, any tiny particles of metal
which are missed by standard oil filters are able to penetrate this
film due to the velocity of the oil flow. In this way contaminated oil
is able to gouge engine parts at the microscopic level. This
contributes to the cycle of engine wear and the generation of further
damaging particles.
FilterMAG™ holds and traps steel particles with a vice-like magnetic
grip against the inner wall of your oil filter before they can cause
engine damage — resulting in a significantly cleaner flow of oil.
FilterMAG's powerful Neodymium magnets deploy a powerful unidirectional
magnetic force to enhance the purity of your lubrication system.
The cut away oil filters (with their FilterMAG™'s still attached)
shown demonstrate graphically how the FilterMAG™ has captured thousands
of metal particles that were missed by the oil filter. The powerful
magnetic filtration enhancement system has completed the job begun by
the traditional oil filter.
Very fine particles way beyond the range of traditional automotive
oil filters are removed from the oil system by an extremely powerful
magnetic field. So for the first time, microscopic sized particles can
be prevented from entering vulnerable areas of your engine such as the
timing chain, valve train, main and rod bearing and ring to cylinder
wall space, thus reducing engine wear.
You need strong protection if you want to ensure the longevity of
your engine. You need strong protection if you want to maximise your
engine's performance. FilterMAG™ gives your oil filter the help it
needs to complete its fundamental role of protecting your engine.
Grand Prix after only 3,000 miles |
99 Lincoln Navigator after only 1,500 miles |
Mack Truck after 6,000 miles |
Off-road Baja Bug after only 45 minutes! |
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The Fuel Story
FilterMAG™ products have a significant and extremely effective impact
on modern fuel injection systems. Saving you time, money and equipment.
With the worldwide mandate to improve engine performance and reduce
emissions being actively undertaken by many governments, we have now
entered an era where vehicle engines run more smoothly and economically
but with far more complexity than just 10 years ago. This makes them
more susceptible to fuel quality.
We have seen the relative progression away from plastic fuel filters
to metal bodied fuel filters to accommodate the increase in operating
pressure. This allows basic fuel injection systems to function under
pressure that can exceed 30,000 psi. Plastic filter canisters cannot
withstand these operational criteria and would prove to be a safety
and reliability hazard.
What are the common problems associated with
today's petrol & diesel fuels?
There are several issues on the quality front that you should be aware
of:
- Fuel is transported around the refinery in steel tubes. A
small amount of metallic contamination occurs at this stage. The manufacturers
filter to a good degree but some contamination always remains. This
is however considered "clean and acceptable fuel."
- Fuel is passed into and transported further by tankers, whether
bulk shipping or road orientated. Again, a level of contamination can
be introduced or occur be it by water, oxides or by a range of bacteria
and yeasts (referred to as HUMbugs — Hydrocarbon Utilising Microorganisms).
 These HUMbugs are a significant issue to diesel users in particular.
Briefly, they live in all water-fuel interfaces and a single bacterium
can multiply to become over 260 thousand in just six hours. Eventually
they take over the tank, lines & filter, causing significant and
expensive damage.
Ron Moon, a noted motoring journalist was amazed at the amount of microbial
infestation his fuel filter exhibited after only 17000 kms in his new
Nissan Patrol. Have a look at this photo to see exactly what he saw
in his fuel filter. A comment from Ron is also published below. Both
the dark black and the lighter brown material are forms of algae.
- Fuel then gets pumped into storage tanks in the service station
forecourt for final dispensing to your vehicle. Are these in-ground
tanks made of stainless steel, or free of water and other contaminants? Definitely
not!
(Some service stations have been known to extend fuel by mixing pesticide
waste, sump oil and water with the incoming new fuel to top up the
profit margin. There have also been recorded cases of dispensing pumps
having their filters removed to speed up the "flow rate.")
Then you have to consider:
- Is your vehicle fuel tank a clean environment? No, it contains
rust, water & HUMbugs.
- Are the jerry cans or 44-gallon drums (used in remote areas)
clean? No. Who knows how long fuel may have been sitting in them?
At this stage you may be asking yourself, "How would water get into my
fuel, and why should it bother me anyway?"
Consider the following and you will come to realise fuel contamination
is an everyday — every drive problem, that you have little control over.
It's 7.30am and you leave for work in your car. The fuel gauge
says you have half a tank full. During the day you drive short trips
to the shops. Come 5.30pm you are back home again with the gauge on
a quarter tank. No big deal. Except during the day the max temperature was
21°C. Your fuel rose to an operating temperature of 30°C
in the tank. The predicted overnight low is 10°C.
Will condensation form in your fuel tank? You better believe
it will!
 As soon as you leave the next morning and cross the first bump, small
amounts of water are splashed into your "clean fuel." Eventually
this condensation contributes to in-tank rust, which will also fall
into your "clean fuel." The water-to-fuel interface will become
a breeding ground for microbial life that will eventually corrode and block your tank, lines, pumps, injectors, etc.
So aside from the rust and muck that gets pumped into your tank at
the service station, nature is also eating away at your system's health.
How can a FilterMAG™ assist in this situation?
FilterMAG
has one distinct property — extreme magnetism — and two real impacts
on fuel systems:
Impact 1. A FilterMAG can remove all of the metallic particles
from your fuel system down to a level of 2-micron, ensuring you get
clean fuel delivered to the injectors. This will also contribute to
longer service life for your pumps, injectors and other ancillary
equipment.
The photo at right demonstrates how the FilterMAG™ filtration system
significantly enhances the effectiveness of standard fuel filters.
Impact 2. FilterMAG's sheer magnetic force destroys the
single celled microbial infestations that can reside in the fuel-water
interface because these cells are positively and negatively charged.
The magnetic force kills them and rips them into sub atomic particles
that pass through your injectors to be burnt with the fuel and then
passed out as exhaust.
Elegantly simple yet brilliantly effective!
 There have been several products introduced to the market over the
years that have attempted to achieve the same benefits. They all involved
some kind of "fitting required" but none possessed the same
magnitude of magnetic force as a FilterMAG™.
Only
a genuine FilterMAG™ can achieve the results you need to keep your equipment
running well into the future. Absolutely NO fitting tools are required.
You simply snap one on, and motor off in full confidence.
"Poor ISO cleanliness levels can mean that for every gallon of
diesel fuel entering that fuel system there are 263,719,875 particles
greater than 2-micron, 49,163,365 particles greater than 5-micron, and
1,006,810 particles greater than 15-micron. All of these particles are
going right through your fuel pumps and fuel injectors."
Special Report — Fuel.
"Trucking's Dirty Little Secret"
Heavy Duty Trucking Magazine Oct 2003
Here are some comments by other industry professionals:
"Another problem you may encounter from time to time is fuel that's
been contaminated with dirt, water or other liquids. Many filling station
pumps have a filter that keeps dirt and corrosion that has settled in
underground tanks from getting into their customer's fuel tanks
- assuming they maintain the filters properly.
It doesn't happen very often, but fuel also can be cross-contaminated
in pipelines, in storage facilities and distribution centers, and even
in transit by moisture and other petroleum distillates such as diesel
fuel, kerosene (jet fuel) and other chemicals.
The most common cause of dirty fuel, though, is the vehicle's
own fuel tank. As the miles accumulate, the protective plating inside
the tank can wear away allowing corrosion to occur. This obviously doesn't
happen with plastic tanks but it is quite common with steel tanks. The
small flakes of rust are then pulled into the fuel pickup strainer where
they can clog the strainer, damage the fuel pump or plug the filter
etc."
Larry Carley 2003 — Motoring Journalist
"To keep bugs under control, an algaecide or biocide can be added
to the fuel. This is expensive and the dead bugs form a sludge which
has to be removed; otherwise it will give bugs a safe place to wait to
multiply.
I had my senses rocked when our Nissan Patrol had clocked up 17,000km
and we were at Berrima Diesel Services for a tune up. We found water
in the fuel filter and also brown and black algae... My fuel tank
was a plethora of unwanted guests. Somewhere along the line I picked
up some rotten fuel, but had most probably also dumped the beginnings
of the algae growth which bloomed in the dark confines of my fuel tank."
Ron Moon — Journalist, 4x4 Australia
"Both diesel and kerosene added to gasoline will increase engine
deposit formation including in the fuel injectors. Adulteration of gasoline
by waste industrial solvents is especially problematic as the adulterants
are so varied in composition. Adulterants may contain halogens, silicon,
phosphorous or other metallic elements (found in recycled lubricants),
these in turn are quite outside the normal gasoline composition range.
They will cause increased emissions and may even cause vehicle breakdown
by corroding fuel injection systems and carburettors, and by causing
deposits on valves, fuel injectors, spark plugs, oxygen sensors and
exhaust catalysts. Even low levels of adulterants can be very injurious
and costly to the vehicle operator."
World Bank investigative report — Abuses in Fuel Markets Sep 2001
"The precision electronic fuel injectors in your car are very
durable, but they are susceptible to hardened build-ups of varnish,
lacquers, debris, and other residue that block the tiny discharge passage
at the injector tip. Blocked injectors cause bad spray patterns and
uneven fuel flow between cylinders. This creates an engine with starting
problems, rough idle, flat spots, poor fuel economy, excessive pollution,
high combustion temperatures and low power."
C & B Auto Repair
"Every stop the fuel makes on its way from the refinery to your
vehicle is an opportunity to pick up bugs and water. There are 27 individual
species of bugs that can occur in fuel and each has its own characteristics.
Corrosion of metal parts is a potentially costly problem that is caused
by the acid by-products of bugs, hydrogen sulphide. This acid can corrode
fuel tanks, injector pumps, injectors and fuel lines and can also attack
tank linings. Biocides and fuel treatments are often used to treat microbial
contaminations but by the time they are used the damage has already
occurred. The sludge itself is toxic and must be cleaned by companies
qualified in the handling and removal of toxic waste.
You'll be happy to know however that there is a much easier and cost
effective solution available."
Transport Today 2003
"'Bugs' present many problems to ships' engineers. These include
filter plugging, clogged fuel lines and high rates of corrosion in fuel
tanks. 'Algae' if left unchecked, will grow into colonies forming mats
or long strands of seaweed like structures. Other bugs are referred
to as 'metal-eating bacteria'. Heavily infected fuel will, within just
a few hours, result in filter plugging, fuel starvation, injector fouling
and purifier malfunction. Non-uniform fuel flow and variations in combustion
may accelerate piston ring and liner wear rates and affect cam shaft
torque."
How Technology is affecting the Maritime World. Marine Safety Council 1996
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Independent Case Study (Pontiac V8 Engine)
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To demonstrate FilterMAG's effectiveness, Westech Performance Group In
Mira Loma, California was contracted to perform a series of independent
tests. This respected test lab is used extensively by the high
performance automotive press in the USA and true to form used a fresh
400 Pontiac high performance V8 built by Rock'n'Roll Engineering of
Riverside, California. Westech performed two tests.
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1. Double filter test - brand new V8 engine
This test pitted FilterMAG against two conventional filters, plumbed in
series, on the initial break of the engine. The FilterMAG unit was
placed on the second filter, so that all engine oil would be filtered
before it was exposed to the FilterMAG. After only 15 minutes of low
engine-speed operation (the engine never went more than 2,500 rpm)
significant amounts of steel particles, as small as 2-micron, were
collected in the 575-lb magnetic force field on the interior wall of
the filter canister.
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2. Single filter test - near new V8 engine
In this
test, the dual oil filter test rig was removed allowing oil to flow
through the stock oil filter arrangement. In this phase of the test the
carburetor and timing were adjusted and several full power dyno pulls
were performed for approximately 3 hours of engine operation. After the
test session, the oil filter canister was cut open for inspection. The
result was a serious accumulation of steel particles in the magnetic
force field of FilterMAG.
These tests show clearly that FilterMAG removes steel particles that conventional paper element filters miss.
This was demonstrated in the first test as the particles captured by
FilterMAG passed through the paper filter before being caught. The
second test demonstrated that FilterMAG has the magnetic energy
required to retain particles against the flow rate of oil encountered
in the filter canister and under all normal engine operating conditions.
The picture of a cut open filter with a FilterMAG still attached
demonstrates a build up of thousands of metal particles from 2 to
30-micron that passed through the oil filter.
This is a critical feature of FilterMAG, since other products do not
have the sheer force to retain captured particles against the
significant speed and power of the oil flow.
This is the crucial point. If the magnetic force of the device is not
sufficient to retain the particles against the oil flow, then those
particles will be reintroduced into the lubrication system when the
engine is running.
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Salt Water Test
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Stray Flux Test
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Modern
oil filters remove particles by forcing the oil through paper-based
media with very small ports. The technology behind this filtering media
is a compromise that has remained relatively unchanged since the 1930s.
While oil is necessary to remove these damaging particles, it is
equally important that it flows back into the engine fast enough to
lubricate all the moving parts.
In
order for FilterMAG™ to remove minute steel particles from the oil
system, its magnets must have enough energy to hold incredibly fine
particles against the velocity of the oil flow. FilterMAG™'s patented
design employs a focused magnetic force field, that amplifies its
incredibly powerful Neodymium magnets, to generate the immense force
needed to forcibly remove tiny particles below 20-micron from the oil
flow; and retain increasingly smaller particles -- as small as
2-microns -- against the pressure of oil flow velocity.)
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