oil filter

noun

A filter designed to remove contaminants from engine oil, transmission oil, lubricating oil, or hydraulic oil.

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Meanings

nounoil filter (plural oil filters)

plural oil filters

  1. automotiveA filter designed to remove contaminants from engine oil, transmission oil, lubricating oil, or hydraulic oil.

    An ordinary roll of toilet paper makes an ideal element for any oil filter. Laboratory tests prove it cleans oil faster and better than popular makes of filter elements.

    1950, Popular Science Publishing Company, “Toilet Paper Filters Oil Better ... At Fraction Of Cost”, in The Popular Science Monthly, volume 156, page 270

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 機油濾芯 /机油滤芯
  • 機油濾芯 /机油滤芯Translations
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