Thread: Oil Bath Air Filter

Only 35? You lot have it easy, it's over 40 here

The el-cheapo degreaser I got from the speed shop has been doing a good job - just brush it on and hose it off. Been using it to clean up the grungy bits on Wombat.

I used to use kero for cleaning but you can't easily get power kero any more and the blue muck they sell in hardware stores just stinks while removing nothing greasy or oily.

I've had good success with diesel though like kero, it leaves an oily film (good for stuff you don't want to rust but not if you want to paint it - I use it on the bikes). I'll be using that to clean parts I'll be reassembling in things that'll be running in oil such as engines, etc.

I sat mine in a container just big enough, with fuel for a few days.
**** just kept dropping.
Chang fuel, and did again, until clean.
Then blew with compressor onto white sheet. Crap still came out.

whitehillbilly

Didn't like Sh*t.
corrected, and deleted.
That made me

Ahh, he's talking about the element is he? Sorry, I thought he was talking about the metalwork.

ahhh... hadn't thought about the compressor. Good idea. Yes ,its the element.


Just gone out and had a look at it and there's a nice oil patch on the front doorstep. The bloody things got a hole in it somewhere. Bugger. Glad I hadn't started to clean it!
That's going back.
cheers,
D

Solder up the holes. Water condenses and sits beneath the oil, causing it to rust through.

Aaron

yep - its fuggered. I'll see if the bloke has another one first. It looks like its been soldered once already.
cheers,
D

Originally Posted by Dark61

yep - its fuggered. I'll see if the bloke has another one first. It looks like its been soldered once already.
cheers,
D

Surely not so stuffed you can't make something work. Maybe convert an old Milo tin

Pity about the unit. Wombat has nothing resembling a filter so you're quite a way up on me.