Cleaning your Airfilter

[Anonymous]

Actually that got the brain ticking – I am thinking a no mess, no touch air filter cleaner. I will start on the prototype this weekend and report my findings.

[Eric SmithMember]

Apparently if you use kero you can put water in the bottom which the kero will sit on top of. Then when you rinse the filter in the kero the dirt etc sinks to the bottom in the water and the kero stays clean. Sounds reasonable to me.

Is there any reason Diesel wouldn’t work to clean filters? Would that be less harsh on the foam than petrol?

[Anonymous]

If I had diesel knocking around I’d use that. If it was cheaper to buy than petrol I’d use that too. If I had ag diesel I would definately be using it.

I can’t see that it makes a real difference.

[Eric SmithMember]

No, the only major difference from petrol I could think of is that Diesel has detergents in it. It is very similar to kero really. I might switch to diesel and see how it goes.

[Anonymous]

Try it with just one filter and see. I don’t think the detergents will effect the filter element, if anything they might weaken the bond of the glue.

[Eric SmithMember]

The detergents should not be too much of a problem, since most people wash their filters in some form of detergent after the turps/kero/petrol anyway. A lot of diesel engines will run on kero so there is not a huge difference between the two.

I will try this and let you all know how it works out.

Mmmm, love the smell of diesel in the morning! If I still had the DRZ people wouldn’t think twice, just assume I was riding a tractor!

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I just didn’t know if the detergents were any stronger/more concentrated for cleaning your engine as opposed to your wife’s blouse :laugh:

[Eric SmithMember]

Good point… although we have an 18 month old daughter who gets clothes dirty to a level you can only dream of! So anything that can get that out is pretty full-on!:laugh:

For the sake of a $30 filter I’ll give it a go. If it falls apart I’ll hunt you down and skin you like a dog! :laugh:

[Anonymous]

ECKS-Man wrote:

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Good point… although we have an 18 month old daughter who gets clothes dirty to a level you can only dream of! So anything that can get that out is pretty full-on!:laugh:

Maybe you should consder cleaning her clothes with Diesel then :laugh:

Let us know how it goes

[scott bockingMember]

Bet Bill Clinton wishes he knew about diesel for getting the stains out!

[Eric SmithMember]

singletrackmind wrote:

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Bet Bill Clinton wishes he knew about diesel for getting the stains out!

[Anonymous]

[GregMember]

Diesel has a lot more lubrication properties then kero and doesnt clean as well and will leave a oily feel to everything, I only know this as I am a diesel mechanic by trade, although I am sure Moto can add more to this

TB

[Anonymous]

Well, there you go

TB has been a mechanic for over 35 years as he told me I was wrong when I said my clutch was slipping. The problem turned out to be the fact that my clucth was slipping :dry:

Moto
Gone fishin

[GregMember]

Why is it when Moto is put to the wall, he covers with a gone fishing?

TB

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