STRAINING THE OIL
On many engines a gauze filter is fitted in the oil filler orifice, and its purpose is obviously to entrap any impurities that may have by accident reached the oil to be noured into the crankcase for replenishment. Every care is taken by oil refiners to see that their products do not contain any foreign matter , and some motorists remote the gauze when pouring in fresh oil. This, how-ever, is not wise, as it is very easy for dust and particles of fluff to collect around the spout of an oil tin, and if one forgets to wipe this away a certain amount of such matter will be taken by the oil into the crank-case. There is then a danger that an oil lead may become partially or wholly blocked up by foreign matter collecting in it, resulting possibly in a bearing overheating and the white metal melting.' It cannot be too strongly emphasised that absolute cleanliness is essential when dealing with the lubricating system.
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Shannon News, 5 October 1928, Page 4
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168STRAINING THE OIL Shannon News, 5 October 1928, Page 4
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