Crazyred 10 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 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? Link to post Share on other sites
JFranklin 537 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 You could soak it in a less flammable solvent such as kerosene and follow the rest of the instructions. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
zeke01 189 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 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 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Crazyred 10 Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 Thanks to you both for the replies. I wanted to make sure that I did not ruin the filter by using the incorrect method. Link to post Share on other sites
zeke01 189 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 We are talking about a filter made of wire mesh similar to a Scotch Brite pad aren’t we? Just making sure. Zeke Link to post Share on other sites
Crazyred 10 Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 Zeke, that's what it appears to be on the inside of the screen. The picture above is mine off the car. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
broker-len 130 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 (edited) 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) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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