Thread: Air filter cleaning

IF.....i were to wash a paper filter....i would just shake/tap off the excess water and then fit it damp......

the engine running would dry it quick enough.........


unless they are worried about the paper element falling appart whilst wet.....





for your situation right now......either tap the dirt out....or blow some compressed air from the inside to clean it.......
then refit it......it was running fine till now....and if you didnt check it...it would be running just as fine tomorrow......
so you have nothing to worry about.......when you manage to get a new filter.....then just replace it and forget it.......


no stress.......

Washing paper elements used to be common practice. Donaldson's Duralife shops used to sell a special washing fluid. There is a place at Mackay that washes them for all the mining companies.

Originally Posted by jbarracl

It appears to be a genuine, paper element one.

Originally Posted by rangieman

mmmmm no mention of a paper element in his post

jbarracl?

Barraclough? Not a common name - except on this forum.

Ron

Originally Posted by jbarracl

On second thought I should have just put it in the machine with my uniforms.

Your joking, (I assume?) but I was talking to this bloke with a ford maverick it had foam air cleaners and he said when his wife isn't in the house he throws them in the washing machine.
He says it brings them up a treat.

I say buy a new paper one you tight Ar$e.

Originally Posted by HangOver

I say buy a new paper one you tight Ar$e.

With the need to service it several times a day in severe conditions, and costing $60-$90 each, any way of reducing the number of new elements is a real advantage. You might have unlimited funds, but not everyone has.

John

Originally Posted by p38arover

jbarracl?

Barraclough? Not a common name - except on this forum.

Ron

Coincidence, or some evil form of genetic engineering.


Anyway when we lived bush a few years ago and had the daily dust storms come in (read evil red crap), I was cleaning the paper filters on the family car (non landrover) every couple of days, I used to tap out the dust and vaccum the outer side of the filter, don't know if it was much use but it certainly came up cleaner than before. When I didn't do it the car would go through a heap of fuel so I believe it worked to a certain extent. Saying this though I used to replace them every 5000km's due to the amount of crap in the air.

most local Gov trucks get their filters washed professionally, cant see why it wouldnt work on small ones. you would need to buy a second one though.