DeutschPolskiEnglish

Trabold-Hochleistungsfilter
patentierte Technologie
bewährt seit 30 Jahren

Filter the oil. Save money. Protect the engine.

The TRABOLD filter removes the finest dirt and water from the oil and cools it at the same time. So the oil stays good for a long time, and there is no oil change for a long time.

Beratung anfragen

TRABOLD high-performance filter made of anodised aluminium with cooling fins

Look inside: move the pointer over the filter

From the archive

Tested, award-winning, proven

Real letters, test reports and newspaper articles from three decades. One click enlarges any document.

ALDI Helmstadt

15 million km

21 trucks, no oil change, no engine damage.

That is around 374 laps of the Earth.

Figures from the letters of 1998 and 2001, 2012 according to the sales partner.

Field test, 100,000 km

4,25×

This is how much more pressure oil filtered for 100,000 km withstood than fresh oil.

To the field test

Filter fineness

0,1 µm

A ten-thousandth of a millimetre. Up to 200 times finer than usual filters.

  • Hair, approx. 70 µm
  • Standard filter, 20 to 40 µm
  • Pollen, approx. 10 µm
  • TRABOLD, down to 0.1 µm

Car, 5 l, 100,000 km

33 l → 3 l

This much waste oil builds up: 33 litres with an oil change every 15,000 km, around 3 with the filter.

Town of Wertheim, 2000

40+ vehicles

  • BMW
  • Nissan
  • Mitsubishi
  • Ford
  • Toyota
  • Opel
  • Peugeot
  • Mercedes
  • VW
  • Audi
  • Fiat
  • Range Rover
  • MAN
  • Magirus
  • Unimog S
To the mayor’s letter

Users according to archive letters and reports. All user examples

Town of Wertheim, 15 September 2000

The mayor confirms it in writing

The town of Wertheim has run vehicles with the filter since 1999. Mayor Wolfgang Stein wrote to Hermann Trabold about its experience.

“The reliability of your filter system, the cost reduction (oil, disposal, fuel and workshop) and above all the environmental aspect have convinced us.”
  • over 40vehicles since 1999
  • 15vehicle types, from BMW to Unimog S
  • allnew vehicles with filter in future

“Based on our experience, we can highly recommend your filter system.”

Wolfgang SteinMayor of the town of Wertheim

On TV

See for yourself what the filter can do

Taxis, a service bus, an engine test and the ZDF experiment of 1988: all in one film.

  • 12 taxis150,000 km without problems
  • Golf TDI engineTest run over 150,000 km
  • ZDF 1988Golf GTI, 102,000 km without an oil change. DEKRA takes the engine apart.
  • Service bus7 years and 500,000 km through Hamburg, without an oil change

TV compilation, posted on YouTube by a third-party channel. All videos

What you gain

Invest once. Benefit long term.

That protects your engine, your money and the environment.

  • Very clean oil
  • Reliable lubrication and cooling, even under high load
  • Quieter engine through less friction
  • Lower fuel and oil consumption
  • Lower maintenance and repair costs
  • Longer engine lifeAccording to the manufacturer, customers drive over 500,000 km without an oil change
  • Far less toxic waste oil
  • Active environmental protection

Up to 90 % less oil.

Original: the benefits on the Trabold site, 2001

Use oil for longer

The filter removes the fine dirt. So your oil stays in use for longer.

Cut costs

Less oil, less maintenance. This pays off above all for vehicles and machines that run a lot.

Save resources

If you use oil for longer, you need less new oil and dispose of less old oil.

The technology in detail

How the filter works

  1. Dirty oil arrives

    A small part of the engine oil flows through the filter. In it: soot, wear particles and water.

    In detail
    Technical term: bypass flow. The filter runs alongside the normal oil filter. It is connected with a T-piece at the oil pressure switch.

  2. From outside and from above

    The oil flows into the insert from two sides. So the whole filter does its share.

    In detail
    Technical term: radial and axial. Because the whole insert is used, the filter stays small. The insert is built for tension instead of compression, so it hardly gets squeezed together.

  3. Paper holds the dirt

    Dirt down to 0.1 µm is trapped, the paper soaks up water.

    In detail
    The insert is cellulose filter paper, wound in a spiral around a sleeve. The 10er insert takes up 60 to 100 g of water.

  4. Fins cool the oil

    The aluminium housing gives off heat to the air. So the filter is also an oil cooler.

    In detail
    In 2000 Main-Post, citing Hermann Trabold, named a drop from over 160 to 130 degrees Celsius.

  5. Clean oil flows back

    Clean, dry and cooler, back into the engine.

    In detail
    The oil return goes to the valve cover, the oil filler neck or the oil pan. The insert is changed about every 10,000 to 50,000 km, which takes 5 to 10 minutes.
How it works

Field test over 100,000 km

Filtered oil lubricates better than fresh

The question: is oil still good after 100,000 km if you never change it and only filter it? A Renault R5 Diesel drove the distance. Then its oil was compared with fresh branded oil.

  1. 1
    The testA test device presses a steel roller against a rotating ring that runs through the oil.
  2. 2
    The measurementIf the oil film holds, only a small spot is ground into the roller. A small spot means: the oil can take a lot.

1,00×

more load

This is how much more pressure the filtered oil withstood than fresh branded oil.

So after 100,000 km the oil was not used up. It even lubricated better than when freshly filled. Against fully synthetic branded oil too, it came out 4 to 5 times ahead.

Original: field test on the Trabold site, 2002

To the field test

From the archive

The chronicle

  1. 1990

    The company is founded

    Hermann Trabold, born in 1939, has been researching oil since the late 1950s. In 1987 he builds his own filters, and in 1990 he founds Trabold Filter GmbH. Two patents follow in 1991 and 1994.

  2. 1993

    TÜV tests it

    The more often oil runs through the filter, the less dirt and water it contains. Chemically it hardly changes. That is what TÜV report no. 278/93 says. The particles were counted in transformer oil.

  3. 1994

    ALDI and the service buses

    ALDI Helmstadt starts in September, Pinneberger Verkehrsgesellschaft with six buses. In January 2000 Hamburger Abendblatt reports: over two million km without an oil change.

  4. 1995

    Hamburg funds the filter

    In 1994 and 1995 the Umweltbehörde contributes 150 DM each for 200 filters. The NORDIG institute evaluates 198 users: no damage from the filter, 0.44 l less fuel per 100 km, 11.8 l less engine oil per vehicle per year.

  5. 2000

    World Expo project

    The filter is an official project of EXPO 2000 in Hannover. Main-Post reports on the EDEKA trucks, and the town of Wertheim confirms over 40 vehicles.

  6. 2001

    5.6 million kilometres

    ALDI Helmstadt confirms: 23 trucks, 5.6 million km, no oil change, no engine damage. Hermann Trabold wins MDR’s 1st “Einfach Genial” prize.

  7. 2005

    In farming too

    The contractor Schweizer in Haiterbach fits all its machines and does without oil changes: Fendt tractors and Claas forage harvesters, 7,000 to 8,000 operating hours since then.

  8. 2012

    Around 15 million kilometres

    According to the sales partner, ALDI Helmstadt reports: 21 trucks, around 700,000 km per truck, not a single oil change, no damage.

Cost comparison

Oil change or filter: which is cheaper?

What does an oil change cost, and what does the filter cost? You can do both here: with today’s prices and exactly as the calculator worked in 2002. Choose at the top and set your values.

One system, countless uses

Wherever oil works

Fitting

Fitting in 3 steps

Any workshop can do it. Instructions are included.

To fitting

Hydraulics

Stop breakdowns

The filter cuts breakdowns caused by dirt by over 90 %, according to the manufacturer.

To the plants

Contact

Does fine oil filtering suit your business?

Write and tell us which vehicles or machines you use. We look forward to your questions.

  1. 1Describe your useTell us the vehicle or machine, year of manufacture and area of use.
  2. 2Discuss the optionsTogether we clear up your questions and the next steps.
  3. 3Buy from the manufacturerTrabold is the manufacturer. We distribute with its permission and support you as your contact.
Get in touch info@oel-filtern.de