Toyota Oil Filter

Toyota Oil Filter

by Logan Taft

The internal combustion engine of your Toyota can provide you with a tremendous amount of horsepower, but in order to maintain that excellent performance, the engine parts must be constantly lubricated. The reason for this that the engine contains a lot of moving parts move very closely against each other at high speeds, often for extended periods of time. And such movement creates friction, which absorbs power generated by the engine that could otherwise be used in other purposes. And by keeping it lubricated, your engine is assured of seamless movement and of peak performance. And the substance that is used to lubricate the engine of your car is the motor oil.

A type of liquid oil, motor oil is used to lubricate the internal combustion engines of almost all of the cars on the road today. Motor oils often consist of dense petroleum hydrocarbon base stock that is derived from crude oil and has additives that improve its properties. And one of those major properties found in motor oils is that they create a lubricating film between moving parts within its viscosity. Viscosity, in simple terms, is the crude measure of thickness, or a quantity of resistance to flow. The viscosity of the motor oil is high enough to sustain a lubricating film, but low enough so that the oil can flow through out the engine parts adequately in order for them to be coated at all times. Motor oils also have the ability to flow even at low temperatures and have a high flashpoint. Hydrocarbons found the motor oil can burn if ignited, but since it has a flashpoint, the chance of motor igniting is close to zero. And what's more, motor oil can also remove the heat of the engine and serve as a protective coating to the various engine components against oxygen, which can oxidize at increased operating temperatures. Other properties of motor oils also include the ability to inhibit corrosion and have detergent additives that keep the engine clean. But over time, the constant rubbing of the engine parts against each other can create microscopic metallic particles from the wearing of the surfaces. And along which sludge that also accumulates in the engine, the particles can circulate in the oil and grind against the moving parts of the engine and cause premature erosion and wear. And because such particles and sludge inevitably build up in the motor oil, your Toyota comes equipped with a Toyota Oil Filter to remove those harmful materials.

Found on the side of the engine block, Toyota Oil Filters are one of the crucial components that safeguard the engine of your vehicle. Every time the oil pump circulates the motor oil through the engine, it also passes the oil through the oil filter. And it is here that the oil filter does its job of protecting the engine by blocking the contaminants that can cause damage to the engine if left unchecked and allowed to circulate in the engine freely. Oil filters often have a special filter media for this purpose. However, since they constantly screen out particulates, oil filters can also get clogged. Because of this, Toyota Oil Filters must be replaced within 3,000 miles.