Air Filter Performance Feature

Engine in the working process to inhale large amounts of air, if the air does not through the filter, the dust suspended in the air is inhaled in the cylinder will accelerate the abrasion of the piston and cylinder. Between the larger particles into the piston and the cylinder, pass Auto Diagnostic Tool inspection showed that the dry and sandy working environment more seriously. Air filter is installed in the front of the carburetor or inlet pipe, have the effect of filter dust and sand in the air, to ensure adequate, clean air enters the cylinder.

Air Filter Feature:
1, Filtration precision: filter out all the larger particles (> 1- 2 um)
2, High filtration efficiency: reducing the number of particles through the filter.
3, To prevent the engine from early wear. To prevent air flow meter damage!
4, Low pressure, ensure that the engine has the best fuel ratio. Reduce the filtration loss.
5, Filtration area, high dust capacity, long service life. Reduce operating expenses.
6, Small installation space, compact structure.
7, Wet quite high, deflated suction phenomenon occurs to prevent the filter, the filter is causing the breakdown.
8, Retardant
9, Reliable sealing performance
10, Good price
11, No metal structure. Environmentally friendly, reusable. Conducive to storage.

Air filter replacement cycle is generally recommended cars each driving 15,000 km replacement. Often working in the harsh environment of the vehicle should be replaced once not more than 10,000 kilometers. you can use Launch Diagnostic Tool or Autel Diagnostic Tool to check the engine's performance, air filter life, the car is 30000 kilometers, commercial car is 80000 kilometers.
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Fuel additive use common sense

The fuel additive can make up for the quality problem of the fuel itself and the shortage of the automobile machinery manufacturing limit, through the Auto Diagnostic Tool checking data show: fuel additives remove carbon deposits have to save fuel, reduce emissions and enhance the power.

More than 2 years of the car must be use fuel additives, if not continuous use can also continuously for more than three times every a month and a half, if the interval is too long suggestions with large doses of some, truly effective removal of carbon deposition, improve fuel environment.

Fuel additives Selection Considerations
1, Understand the ingredients of the additive product, this is the main factor determine product efficacy, inferior additive products for fuel, and even has a harmful effect on the engine. Many of the additives on the market have exaggerated effect, some only have clean function, there is no help for power, truly effective additives, after use of the first tank generally have obvious feeling.

2, The product is safe and reliable, many products after use will cause acid corrosion of the engine, or metal residue, but caused great damage on the car, so choose is sure to choose non corrosive, non residual brand.

3, In the selection of the additive when it is best to use well-known brand additive. Secondly, we can pay attention to product packaging certification mark, query the security code.

4, Whether the product has a brand trademark, whether the packaging has a bar code, whether the product has the quality of the authority of the certification, if it is imported products are through the formal channels. Typically use fuel additives, after a month, using the Launch X431 V+ Pro3 or Launch X431 IV GX4 Master tool to check, engine performance can significantly improve a lot.
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Lubricating oil color black need to be replaced immediately?

Many drivers see lubricant color black, they think oil quality has been a serious deterioration, and replace it, resulting in waste. Normally, car oil at just replaced, color is golden yellow, are generally will added clean dispersant, the purpose is to wash the adhesion and black carbon deposition film on the piston down and dispersed in oil, reduce engine generate high temperature deposits, so the use of lubricants colors tend to darken after a period of time, but this time the oil does not deteriorate, the use of oil is serious deterioration, needs to be replaced by the Auto Diagnostic Tool can determine whether the need to replace, is not observed the oil color black, concludes that need to be replaced lubricant.

Under normal circumstances, regardless of any brand of lubricating, its life cycle can be maintained at more than 5,000 km, to the 8000 km -10 000 kilometers need to replace oil. Only when the long-term bad driving habits, such as frequent Jicha, refueling too fast, the speed at 3000 rpm or more frequently, oil change intervals will advance.

After a period of time, engine oil the color will gradually darken, why lubricant color will change to black?
First, the fuel in the olefin content, sulfur content is high (gasoline engine is easy to form sludge, diesel engines easy to form smoke stains), easy to make the engine oil black, and thus fuel quality is the source of oil black.

Second, the different structure and working conditions of the engine, it is easy to make gasoline engine oil sludge generated, form smoke stains incomplete combustion of diesel engine, thus lubricant turning black, you can use a Launch X431 V Pro or Launch X431 Diagun III tools to check these phenomena.

Third, In order to overcome the fuel and mechanically induced results, lubricating oil to adding dispersant to prevent sludge or smoke stains on the cylinder formation deposited in the film or the body, the higher the quality of the oil, dispersed better, but oil is volatile black, so high quality oil, than the poor oil variable black faster.

Fourth, Oil color black produced sludge is related to launch a pilot time overly high temperature operation, and not to clean the engine when the car in the oil and oil bottom, associated with the filterability of oil filter.

Engine oil replacement time, premature cause lubricating oil waste, too late will increase engine wear and shorten engine life and maintenance cycle, so you need to use Autel MaxiSys Pro MS908P or Autel MaxiDas DS708 tool to check the engine. The deterioration degree of lubricant has relationship with the performance of automobile, repair technology, driving level, road and weather condition, lubricant quality, etc, uniform regulations drain intervals sometimes not entirely realistic. If after a period of use of lubricants appear dimmed color, white, indicating filling oil mixed with water, which emulsion occurs. The basic properties of lubricants has been completely lost, the engine cooling system and combustion system for leaks, should not continue to use.
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What is the octane improve agent

What is the octane improve agent? What does it do? Octane improver is to increase the octane rating of automotive additives, can be used OBD Diagnostic Tool to check out the car's octane, octane improve agent is a kind of common gasoline additives, which is popular in the additive products.

The most effective way to improve the engine efficiency is to improve the engine's compression ratio, but the compression ratio of an increase, knocking combustion significantly enhanced, higher-octane gasoline can reduce detonation, as the engine compression ratio continues to improve, This forced refineries to produce high-grade gasoline. Octane increase only to reduce engine knock, and reduce fuel consumption, thereby increasing the economic efficiency, Launch X431 V Pro or Launch X431 PAD tool inspection data show: Improve the gasoline octane number 1 unit, saving gasoline 1.3%.

For a long time, oil prices have been stubbornly high, bring the owners a little cost pressures, how to reduce the fuel consumption has been a concern. In addition to source fuel from outside, how can the existing fuel play to the best effect is also very important. Presumably this is the octane value improver where it! Improving fuel quality, to the full combustion, reducing fuel consumption.

Of course, as a gasoline additive, in the selection or according to the specific circumstances of their own car, everything from reality, the effect of the additive to play to the largest , you can use the Autel MaxiScan VAG405 or Autel MaxiDiag FR704 tool to check, it will prompt you to use what kind of gasoline additive.
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Autoboss V30 Auto Diagnostic Scanner Software Upgrading Instructions

1. Autoboss V30 Software Upgrading
1.1. Download and Install "V30 Update Client"
Step1: Visit AUTOBOSS website at
http://www.AUTOBOSS.net
Step2: Enter English website

Step3: Click on [V30] under the button [Download] to enter download screen as shown in below image.

Step4: Click on the option [V30 Update Client] to download the update client to your PC.

A file named V30setupEn.exe will be saved in your PC.

Step 5: Double click on this file to install "V30 update client" step by step until you see the image as below.
 
Note: Just click on the button [Next] in each step during the installation. We advise you to keep everything as default. Please remember to input your name and company name.
After finishing the installation, you will see the icon shown below on your desktop.

Download of "V30 update client" is finished.

1.2. Check V30 S/N and Password
Click on the button [Version] in main menu to get the information of Hardware version, Software Serial number, Release date, etc

How to get password:
Click on the button [Activate] to get the original register password as shown in below image.

2. Upgrading Instructions
2.1. Run Autoboss V30 update client program
Step1: Take out the SD card from main unit, plug it into the USB SD card reader and connect to PC.
Step 2: Double click to run the [V30 update client ] program on your PC and go to update screen as shown .

2.2 Login the Server
(1) Input the serial number and password then click on the [OK] button to connect to server. It takes some seconds before the download is finished.

(2) The default server is ‘www.AUTOBOSS.net’.
Normally you do not have to change the server.

Note:
Be sure that both S/N and password are correct. Please pay attention, the letters are case sensitive!
If login takes a long time because of low internet speed, you can exit and retry;
Internet firewall might affect the login. If login fails, please make sure you have an internet connection, and ensure any installed firewall is not blocking the connection to the server. For detailed operation instructions, please contact technical support.

(4) After download is finished, all updates available will be displayed as shown in Fig 2-3.
(5) The update client will automatically identify new updates available for your V30.

2.3 Modify Password
After initial login, users can change original registered password.
Operation instruction:
(1) After inputting the serial number, click on [Modify password] to go to the next step.

(2) Input the current password and new password, then click on [OK] for confirmation.
Note: Please keep the password in a secure location. If you forget the password, please contact AUTOBOSS or technical support.

2.4 Input Customer Information
You must fill in your personal information when you first login to V30 update client; otherwise you will not be able to download updates.

Operation instruction:
Click on the button [Customer info] after login succeeds. You can see the screen as shown below. Input your information to the relevant spaces and click [OK] to save the information.

2.5 Software Download
After user information is saved, you can download the programs needed.
Operation instruction:
(1) Choose the language version on the top and tick the small box before the relevant program as Fig below;

(2) Click on [Download] in right column to enter download status.
Note: A maximum of 10 items can be chosen to download simultaneously.
(3) The software will be downloaded to your PC hard drive automatically.

2.6 Update
(1) Take out the SD card from V30 main unit;
(2) Put the SD card into SD Card reader;
(3) Connect the Card-Reader to PC USB port;
(4) Select the SD card driver on the top-right side of software installation screen as shown below;
(5) Click on the button [Update], the selected programs already downloaded to your PC hard drive will be installed on SD card automatically.

Note: Make sure the update destination is the SD card driver. To confirm this, please enter "My computer" on the PC to verify the content in SD card.

2.7 Software Management
You can delete old versions of software on the SD card by software management.
Operation instruction:
Click on the button [Management] to enter the screen shown in Fig. 2-10. Select the software that is not needed and click on [Delete]. The selected software will be uninstalled automatically.

2.8 Exit
After finishing all of the steps, click on [Exit] to exit the update client.
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Paper air filter installation and maintenance guide

Through Auto Diagnostic Tool checking data found paper air filter has the following advantages:
1) Filter efficiency up to 99.5% (oil bath air filter 98%), dust transmittance of only 0.1% -0.3%;
2) structure compact, can be installed in any orientation, not by vehicle parts layout constraints;
3) when maintenance is not consume fuel , but also save a lot of cotton yarn, blankets and metal materials and other substances;
4) the quality of small, low cost.

Based on the above advantages, car engines use air filter paper core is becoming more common. The key of good paper air filter is to keep its sealing performance, prevent unfiltered air from bypass entering the engine cylinder.

Paper air filter installation and maintenance guide
1. During installation, air filter and the engine intake pipe between rubber pipe coupling or direct coupling must be tight and reliable, to prevent leakage, the filter must be installed at both ends of the rubber gasket surface; fixed wing air filter housing nuts can not be tightened too much, so as not to crush paper filter.

2. In use, the air filter to prevent rain water paper, because once a large amount of water adsorbed paper, will greatly increase the intake resistance, shorten the service life.

3. Some vehicle engine is equipped with Tornado air filter, paper filter ends of the plastic cover is shroud cast blades rotating air, Launch X431 IV GX4 Master or Launch X431 V+ Pro3 tool data showed that: 80% of the dust separated by centrifugal force and collected in collection Dust arms, to dust paper filter for inhalation of dust was 20%, the total efficiency is about 99.7%.

4. During maintenance, paper filter never use oil cleaning, otherwise the paper filter will be failure, but also easily lead to accidents. When maintenance, use only the vibration method, soft brush division (which folds down to brush) or compressed air cleaning methods remove the attachment surface of the filter paper dust, dirt. Part of the strainer, should be promptly removed the dust parts, pipes, etc. of leaves and cyclone dust. Even if every time meticulously maintained, the paper filter can not completely restore the original performance, the intake resistance will increase, therefore, generally when the paper filter is required when the 4th maintenance, it should be replaced with a new air filter. If the paper filter rupture, perforation or unglued paper and cover other issues, should be replaced immediately.

Air filter is the air enters the engine from the first hurdle, automobile engine is very precise parts, the tiny impurities will damage the engine. Therefore, in the air into the cylinder before, must first go through the fine filtration of air filter, can enter the cylinder. You can use the Autel Maxidiag Elite MD701 or Autel MaxiTPMS TS601 tool regularly to check the engine, and the air filter status is related to the engine's life.
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Oil filter working principle and type

Oil filter is one of the four filters, the other three filters were air filter, air conditioning filter and fuel filter, oil filter is filtering effect of oil impurities to protect the engine does not suffer wear, You can use OBD Diagnostic Tool to check whether the engine is wearing.

Oil filters filter principle can be divided into three categories: mechanical separation, centrifugation and magnetic attraction.

Mechanical separation according to its function and form can be divided into pure mechanical separation, aerial separation and adsorption separation, purely mechanical separation of common mesh filter, on the surface of the filter material has a certain size of holes, the oil of solid particles, the size is greater than the holes will be blocked on the filter material appearance, aerial separation is first attached to one or several small particles size is greater than their cavity the filter material on the inner wall of the cavity size smaller, then the particle because not pile up in the past, the formation of aerial phenomena, the filtering particle size smaller than the cavity size. Since the majority of particles in the oil is irregular, so overhead phenomenon is easy to form. And colloidal substances in the oil, use the Launch X431 GDS or Launch X431 V Pro tools inspection found that often adhesion on the surface or the inner wall of the cavity, the filter material is the adsorption separation.

The centrifugal separation is a rotor that causes the oil to rotate through a high speed, and the impurity in the oil is thrown to the inner wall of the rotor and thus separated from the oil.

Magnetic adsorption is the permanent magnet will be oil in the iron particle adsorption over. Don't let them in oil cycle back and forth, mechanical damage.

On filter classification, generally have the following methods:
1. According to the filter structure form classification: is there a wound rotor, scraping plate, etc.

2. By filtration fineness Classification: surface filtration and depth filtration.

3. After filtering way classification: surface filter and depth.

4. Arranged in the lubrication system by way of classification: a full-flow and bypass type.

Generally recommended 5000km replacement of oil filter, specific according to actual Autel MaxiSys Pro MS908P or Autel MaxiDas DS708 tool inspection data to decide.
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