Carb Air Filter Cleaning

[Crazyred 10]

So I was reading the operators manual to find instructions to clean the air filter and it states,

 

place the filter in gasoline and soak, then clean and dry and place in heavy oil and reinstall, or that's the jest of it.

 

The air filter pictured is what's on the car, do these instructions apply to this filter?  If so, is there a better way now to clean it that will not harm the mesh?

 

 

[JFranklin 535]

You could soak it in a less flammable solvent such as kerosene and follow the rest of the instructions.

[zeke01 187]

I use parts cleaner on my oil bath element. Works fine. Let it set to drain or use compressed air to dry it. I use 50 wt. oil in mine. Zeke

[Crazyred 10]

Thanks to you both for the replies.  I wanted to make sure that I did not ruin the filter by using the incorrect method.

[zeke01 187]

We are talking about a filter made of wire mesh similar to a Scotch Brite pad aren’t we? Just making sure. Zeke

[Crazyred 10]

Zeke, that's what it appears to be on the inside of the screen.  The picture above is mine off the car.

[broker-len 130]

that looks like an oil bath filter    if so follow instructions clean with gas   then fill bottom part with oil to line  do not overfill

Edited October 16, 2020 by broker-len (see edit history)