Oil for air filter
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Oil for air filter
How much oil do you apply to the air filter? If I had PJ1 spray can...do I apply to the exterior only? Another scenario...let's assume I'm stranded on a deserted island and all I have is 10w40 or Marvel Mystery Oil or PJ1 chain lube. What is a good alternative on a Sunday when every shop within 100 miles of my deserted island is closed?
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Stranded on a desserted island, hmmmm, I'd be saving any lube I had for "other" purposes
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To your first question, the idea is that the entire filter throughout has oil but that the voids are not filled with oil. Mfgs confuse people because the directions use words like "saturate" which leads people to use too much oil.
Here's what I do if it helps:
'Hope this helps - it certainly isn't the only way and others may have a better way, but I like feeling confident I'm getting the whole filter yet not clogging the thing up!
Here's what I do if it helps:
- 1. Pour your favorite oil in a large baggie where about 1/4-1/3 of the filter is immersed.
2. Move the filter around in the bag such that the entire filter gets pretty much drenched in the stuff.
3. Take the filter out and squeeze out the excess. Use care when squeezing around the seams not to tear or rip things (don't wring it).
4. You'll get to a point where if you're squeezing some oil will try to come out, you try to shake it out but as soon as you loosen your grip the oil gets sucked back in. There's still some excess, but here's where a dry, clean towel helps.
5. Wrap the towel around the filter and squeeze the filter a few times to collect the excess oil.
6. Turn the filter inside out repeat with the towel.
'Hope this helps - it certainly isn't the only way and others may have a better way, but I like feeling confident I'm getting the whole filter yet not clogging the thing up!
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Per manufacturer's directions in the owner's manual, "After cleaning, saturate the element with a high-quality foam-air-filter oil . . . "skipro3 wrote:Always follow the manufacturer's directions when using air filter oil. Anything else could result in dusting the motor.
this kind of oil is very sticky compared to motor oil.
BTW, Macodi, if I was trapped on a deserted island I doubt I could find a better way to wait out a rescue than be ridin' . . . shoot, they may have to wait 'till I was finished when they got there!!
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Bring on the icebergs!!macodi wrote:Thanks for the tips. I think the motor oil will be OK for a ride or 2 until I can get a can of PJ1.
I squeezed the excess oil out onto a pizza box and burned it in my outside fireplace tonight just to irritate a few liberals. That is so cool that I can melt a glacier all the way from Florida.
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[url=http://www.kdxrider.net/forums/viewtopi ... 8646#38646][/url][quote="macodi"]Thanks for the tips. I think the motor oil will be OK for a ride or 2 until I can get a can of PJ1.
I squeezed the excess oil out onto a pizza box and burned it in my outside fireplace tonight just to irritate a few liberals. That is so cool that I can melt a glacier all the way from Florida.[/quote]
just keep doing so. mabe all the snow up here will FINALLY go away
I squeezed the excess oil out onto a pizza box and burned it in my outside fireplace tonight just to irritate a few liberals. That is so cool that I can melt a glacier all the way from Florida.[/quote]
just keep doing so. mabe all the snow up here will FINALLY go away
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