KLM Performance has the OEM filters and the premium quality Fleetguard, FASS, AirDog and Mopar filters available to meet your filtration needs

What is the function of a filter?

Your engines use a filter to remove engine contaminants from the Air, Fuel, Oil, and Coolant. The filter's job is to remove the contaminants that cause wear from these lubricants and fuels used in the operation of the engine. The use of premium grade filters increases the life span of your motor and reduces your operating expenses.

Fleetguard is also now known as Cummins Filtration. The Fleetguard brand has been an industry leader in filtration since 1958. Fleetguard designs and manufactures filtration products for the entire family of Cummins diesel engines as well as other diesel-powered engines.

From fuel filters and oil filters to transmission and air filters, Cummins Filtration's product lines cover a wide variety of applications and markets. Fleetguard offers a comprehensive line of filtration systems that offer you the customer the optimum protection for your vehicle and reduced operating costs for an improved bottom line. Cummins Filtration is the leading worldwide designer and manufacturer of filtration products and exhaust systems for heavy-duty diesel-powered equipment. As an industry leader in quality certifications and recognition's, Fleetguard is a member of the Cummins Filtration family of brands. Fleetguard is an industry leader that is consistently focused on improving their products. The result - superior quality, high-performance, and high capacity filters and filtration products.

What is a Micron?

The term micron is used as a term of measurement to measure the efficiency rating of a filter. The micron or micrometer is expressed as:

• 10-6 meter
• One-thousandth of a millimeter
• One 25th of a thousandth of an inch
•  A micron is a millionth of a meter
• One .000039 of an inch.

The lower the Micron rating on a particular filter the more containments its will remove. The higher the Micron rating the larger the particle size it will remove. In perspective, a human hair is said to be about 50 micrometers wide.

What is the difference between a filters Absolute Micron and a Nominal Micron rating?

Most premium filters state a Micron rating to clarify the size of particles which are filtered at a certain efficiency. When the efficiency of the filter is at least 98.6%, this is termed as the Absolute Micron rating/filtration. When a filter shows a Nominal micron rating is just a commercial trick for all efficiencies lower than 98.6%, meaning that for the same micron rating (for ex. 10 µ) in the case of nominal rating. A filter that expresses its efficiency rating with a Nominal Micron rating says that not all particles will be captured in the filter, The inability of this filter to remove the suspended containments means that wear-causing particles are now entering your engine.

The questions you need to ask yourself is would it be wise to spend more money now to preserve my engine or will I take the chance and pay for the repair when my powertrain warranty has expired?  

If you do not see the replacement filter, you are looking for please feel free to call us at 203-210-7200 or Contact Us for more information.

KLM Performance offers discounts on all Fleetguard Filters purchased in quantities greater than three units.