Filthy air filter appreciation thread
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motopsycho87
New member
They are doing their job that's for sure! I'll snap a pic of mine when I go out later to do some fettling. It's had 2 off-road rides and 1 sm ride all in the sodding rain!
liv2day
Platinum Level Site Supporter
At least your air box is nice and clean Jake...lol.
I should have taken a shot of mine after we did China Hat earlier this year, couldn't tell what color it was supposed to be
I need to clean my air box and filter after the slip-n-slide mud fest a couple weekends back - try to remember to take a pic and post it.
I should have taken a shot of mine after we did China Hat earlier this year, couldn't tell what color it was supposed to be
I need to clean my air box and filter after the slip-n-slide mud fest a couple weekends back - try to remember to take a pic and post it.
swazi_matt
Active member
I use no toil, but i did see a video a while back showing that water gets through a no-toil treated filter much easier than with other oil based filter oils. I tend to drown my bike often, not sure if it is related
Yep 6 months, I only clean as needed. I firmly believe there is way more chance of knocking stuff into the intake tract during filter changes than thre is of sucking dust through the filter. The carb is always spotless when I do get around to changing mt filter. I use bell ray and lots of it!
TheLetterJ
New member
There's no dust when you ride out front! 
Seriously though, nobody else in my group ever wants to lead so I am out front 95% of the time. I can't count how many times I opened the airbox door and thought "meh" and closed it right back up without cleaning the filter. The few times that someone else takes the lead, I generally need to clean the filter every 1-2 rides.
I wish I had a picture, I was doing some maintenance on my neighbors RM250 and when I opened the airbox it was full of acorns, rat crap, and what looked like shredded insulation, and about 1/2 of an air filter... and she had been riding it like that!
Seriously though, nobody else in my group ever wants to lead so I am out front 95% of the time. I can't count how many times I opened the airbox door and thought "meh" and closed it right back up without cleaning the filter. The few times that someone else takes the lead, I generally need to clean the filter every 1-2 rides.
I wish I had a picture, I was doing some maintenance on my neighbors RM250 and when I opened the airbox it was full of acorns, rat crap, and what looked like shredded insulation, and about 1/2 of an air filter... and she had been riding it like that!
desertgasser300
Banned
That looks so much easier and cleaner. What if you want to run the no toil with a bead of Bel Ray Salt Water Proof grease around the lip, the No toil won't cut through that will it? I hate the mess with the pertroleum based chemicals but I like to grease the lip of the filter because I ride in a lot of deep sand. Any suggestions?
desertgasser300
Banned
No-Toil makes a lip grease as well. The nice thing that I did not point out in the video was that you can use oxy-clean instead of the no-toil cleaner and it works just the same.
swazi_matt
Active member
this is the video i was referring to :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpzK6Wm_BDs
I knw it is academic and the test is not done with air being sucked through the filter to the carb, but makes you think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpzK6Wm_BDs
I knw it is academic and the test is not done with air being sucked through the filter to the carb, but makes you think
Jakobi
Super Moderator
Thats a good watch Matt and also something thats important to me too. Lots of deep creeks here, particularly in the wet season.
One thing that isn't covered is that depending on how heavily the engine is revving water can still be pulled through the filter, but I'd imagine still to a lesser extent with a quality oil.
