Podcast: Heavy-duty engine oil and filtration tips
You’re probably aware of the new oil categories that were introduced back in 2017: CK-4 and FA-4. The introduction of these new oil categories has accelerated a trend we were already seeing in the trucking industry of certain fleets extending their oil drain intervals. The guest on this episode of Fleet Future is Chad Stepanian
Cummins Filtration releases new Fleetguard app
Cummins Filtration has released its new Fleetguard app for mobile devices, providing users with multiple ways to search for parts, create custom lists, share literature and find part numbers and details on thousands of Fleetguard products. The app lets users search the Fleetguard catalog by cross-reference, equipment type or attribute. Users can also search by
Watch: Identifying filtration issues
Today’s heavy-duty engines have evolved to incorporate modern technology and to adhere to emissions regulations—and that means their components have had to evolve with them. From a maintenance standpoint, one result of this is that when a problem comes up, it’s not so simple to determine the root cause.
Fuel Transfer and Filtration Systems
Maintaining diesel oil has always been a science, but with the advent of commercially prepared biodiesels, new threats have arisen from the depths of your fuel tank in the form of algae, sludge and other contaminants. Dangers of Biofuel: Biofuel contamination occurs when organic compounds are left clinging to the sides of a fuel tank
Hydraulic filtration: Three things to look for
For fleets, the difference between profit and loss often depends on keeping operating costs low by making sure all systems within your vehicles are delivering peak performance. One important system that is sometimes overlooked is a truck’s hydraulic system. Quality, reliable hydraulic filtration is vital to reducing wear, guarding against system failure and achieving maximum
Cummins Filtration introduces FleetguardFit filtration monitoring system
Cummins Filtration announced FleetguardFit, a real-time filtration monitoring system that provides customers full visibility to filter and oil life through the use of intelligent sensing and advanced data analytics, enabling them to proactively detect problems. FleetguardFit uses sensors, a control module, and existing telematics services to collect and communicate filter and oil life information in
Let’s talk heavy-duty truck diesel engine health and fuel filtration
Tougher emissions regulations have led to engines with high-pressure fuel systems, which require extremely clean diesel fuel and also increase demands on the engine components like fuel filters. Fully synthetic, multilayered media is a big step forward in terms of being able to remove the smallest particles of contamination with high efficiency. For example, consider
Cummins Filtration moves into new corporate headquarters
Cummins Filtration Inc. has announced that it has moved its corporate headquarters to the One Century Place building in Nashville, Tenn., effective Jan. 25, 2016. The company will occupy a newly redesigned 30,515-sq.-ft. space. “This space will ensure that we have capacity for growth, and the open floor plan will provide opportunities for teams and individuals to focus,
The importance of oil filtration
Lube oil is one of those crucial aspects of truck engine life. It keeps the engine running by reducing friction, removes heat from the engine, and carries debris to the filters. Thus it makes sense that the engine’s filtration system would be similarly important. The filter prevents dirt, carbon, and metal particles from doing damage
Cummins Filtration introduces lube filter for ISX15 diesel engines
Cummins Filtration Inc. released a new lube filter for Cummins ISX15 diesel engines. The Fleetguard LF14000NN is the company’s first lube filter with NanoNet media, a patented polymeric nanotechnology-based synthetic media originally developed for Fleetguard fuel filter applications. “Many of the characteristics that make NanoNet media so successful in fuel filter applications translate well to