How do you clean ur air filter?

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ec300 2013

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Hey
Its discussion for the best and cheapest way to clean the air filter,
I’m tired to buy every time 2 litres of kerosene to clean it.



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I wash mine with warm soapy water (washing up liquid).

Rinse it really well.

Gently squeeze it to remove water (don't twist it) and leave to dry.

Re-oil it with air filter oil, careful not to put too much oil into it. :)
 
Use No-Toil and you wash it in soap and water (or if you wait till your wife is asleep you can put it in the dishwasher, just remember to get up early to unpack it in the morning, then you also score points for being helpful ;-)
 
If you use No-Toil, the branded detergent is 99% plain washing soda crystals. You can buy washing soda from the supermarket for pennies.

If you get a bottle of No-Toil cleaner, wash with soda, rinse and then was again with about a teaspoon of No-Toil cleaner to finish. Makes the No-Toil last a couple of years.
 
I run No Toil filter oil for about 7 years now. I clean with only genuine Oxi Clean (the generic versions don't work as well) in my kitchen sink. I'll never go back to regular filter oil where I have to use chemicals to clean my filter.
 
I used to use Oxi Clean but it's not easy to find in the UK now. Soda crystals do the job as well anyway. I checked the Hazard data for the No-Toil cleaner and it states that the chemistry is basically the same.

I'm not sure what is in Putoline filter oil and cleaner but it takes the skin off my hands and gives me a banging headache.
 
NoToil air filters clean up amazingly easy! I try to use the spray cleaner for the specific brand of spray oil and when I run out of that I uses gasoline/petrol. The gasoline/ petrol option tends to destroy about 25% of the various air filter mfrs glues and they air filter seams seem to fall apart after the washing.

Never use non gasoline/ petrol on a NoToil filter! (probably not good to use other oils either). They unzip the glue and fall into pieces.
 
I just use whatever washing powder my wife has at the time, quite liberally and it has worked awesome. I agree that it is not as good as the no-toil cleaner (/Oxy) but still gets them really clean

also along the lines of using gas, also don't go too hot on the wash, i had a filter fall apart when i had the water too hot, melted the glue at the seams

On a side note, those of you who use petrol/kerosene etc, what do you do with the dirty fuel afterwards? That is why i started using no-toil, can just ditch it in the sink without having to worry about Greta giving me stink-eye (at least until she discovers the filter is for an oil burner 2-stroke !!)
There is also a belief that no-toil alows water through the filter easier than oil-based filter oils as they have hydrophobic properties, but when i drown a bike it is normally like the titanic
 
Personally, I have a small waste oil drum that I put all hydrocarbon waste into. When it becomes full I can take it to the tip or start some bonfires.
 
Find a gravel driveway or similar it wont get into the water table. My filters last years. Just don't make mistake of pegging them up or they dissolve where the peg sits. Shake gas out then leave to dry..

Spectro filter fluid was great but cant seem to get it so swapping over next filter. My rings are same from 9 years ago. Did the crank and they were 1/3 worn. Went back in. Oil based oil is good filter.
 
swazi_matt said:
I just use whatever washing powder my wife has at the time, quite liberally and it has worked awesome. I agree that it is not as good as the no-toil cleaner (/Oxy) but still gets them really clean

also along the lines of using gas, also don't go too hot on the wash, i had a filter fall apart when i had the water too hot, melted the glue at the seams

On a side note, those of you who use petrol/kerosene etc, what do you do with the dirty fuel afterwards? That is why i started using no-toil, can just ditch it in the sink without having to worry about Greta giving me stink-eye (at least until she discovers the filter is for an oil burner 2-stroke !!)
There is also a belief that no-toil alows water through the filter easier than oil-based filter oils as they have hydrophobic properties, but when i drown a bike it is normally like the titanic
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Greta has no idea what a 2 stroke is and her solar powered super yacht wouldn't make it to NZ.
 
RudolfHucker said:
I used to use Oxi Clean but it's not easy to find in the UK now. Soda crystals do the job as well anyway. I checked the Hazard data for the No-Toil cleaner and it states that the chemistry is basically the same.
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Hey, use what you got!

swazi_matt said:
There is also a belief that no-toil alows water through the filter easier than oil-based filter oils as they have hydrophobic properties, but when i drown a bike it is normally like the titanic
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I've heard that as well but have seen no proof of it. I have raced total mudders, in the rain, and lots of deep standing water. Plus, it rained almost every weekend last winter as well and I ride rain or shine. I have never had a problem with water getting past my No Toil oiled filter even with the 2011's horrible air box design.
 
I’ve used No Toil for years. Wouldn’t use anything else. I’ve heard people talk about it not being good for water but I have never had a problem.
Check out this link to this video. Ricky Carmichael used it for many years. If it works for him then it’s good enough for me...

I am surely no where near his skill level!


https://youtu.be/N26Ftxy6NLg




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(F5) said:
Find a gravel driveway or similar it wont get into the water table. My filters last years. Just don't make mistake of pegging them up or they dissolve where the peg sits. Shake gas out then leave to dry..
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You are sooo wrong!!! Ask the guys from Flint!

I know it was practiced regularly years ago, I remember a friend who's father had the isuzu dealership. They used to pour old engine oil on their driveway as well until they started wondering why they had to reapply it every year and where it went. Now they sell it to the eco-famous glass recycling place who burn it to heat their furnace :rolleyes:
 
I work in environmental remediation, everything makes its way into the water table. We have at least 100 years of work ahead of us cleaning up after people pouring hydrocarbons into the ground. Just FYI
 
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