For air and air conditioning filters, many repairmen and car owners believe that they can continue to use them after blowing them with an air gun! The experience of these "old masters" seems economical and practical, but in fact, blowing without replacing can cause harm without benefit!
Currently, the materials of most air filters in car on the market are non-manufactured fabrics such as paper or melt-blown cloth. The fiber layer of the filtering material has the function of adsorbing dust particles. Once the fiber layer is damaged, the filtering performance will no longer exist!
Air filters are generally relatively hard but also very fragile. If blown with an air gun, the strong air flow will carry dust particles to destroy the filter paper fibers, expand the air filter gap, and even blow the filter paper directly. How can such a leaky air filter still block dust?
So, if we blow it gently, will it not harm the air filter in car? In fact, it is not, because the main component of dust is silica dioxide, which is a type of atomic crystal and a hard, hard-to-dissolve solid harder than iron.
No matter how we blow it, the scattered particles will still damage the fibers, and then enter the engine with the cylinder, causing wear and dust accumulation on components such as pistons, and even damaging the cylinder wall, causing insufficient engine power and other problems.
Air conditioning filters are generally divided into two categories: ordinary and activated carbon. Ordinary air conditioning filters are processed and folded by environmentally friendly materials, mainly used to suppress dust and particles from entering the car compartment.
Blowing with an air gun has little harm to car parts, but if the filtering material of the cabin filter in a car is blown so that it cannot filter the air, the air inside the car compartment will become dirty after a long time.
Activated carbon filters are processed by deep processing of melt-blown cloth (non-woven fabric) and activated carbon filter cloth. If this type of filter is blown with an air gun, it will be almost useless, so it is recommended to replace it when it is dirty.
Overall, whether it is the air filter in car or the air conditioning filter, you must choose products produced by qualified manufacturers to reduce unnecessary risks.
Filton Tech (Shanghai) car air filter supplier has more than 3,200 types of air filters, air conditioning/air conditioning filters, with an annual output of 20 million, and is exported to more than 20 countries and regions in Europe and America, laying a solid foundation for FILTON's future development. Customers from all over the world are welcome to come for consultation.