Cleaning air filter

bmsracing11 · 6/28/12, 11:08 PM

After cleaning my filters, whats the best oil to spray on them. Would W D 40 work ?

wobbler · 6/28/12, 11:36 PM

In a word NO!! What type/ brand of filter are using will dictate what filter oil to use.

bmsracing11 · 6/29/12, 3:50 PM

K & N filters. would a light oil spray work ?

TQ29m · 6/29/12, 4:11 PM

Depends a lot on what you're running, pavement or dirt. K&N has their own filter "oil", I like Klotz, for the paper filters, you really need to be careful, too heavy a media, and you're too rich, too light, and you've dusted a motor, so you want to take that into consideration, I'd rather use a little less, and clean more often, than use too heavy, or too light, and mess up the air flow. JMO! Bob!

fasster23 · 6/29/12, 6:08 PM

Marvel Mystery Oil

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darnall · 7/5/12, 12:48 PM

All the auto parts chain stores sell a K&N filter charger kit that comes with a bottle of K&N cleaning solution and a spray can of K&N oil.....on a dirt car you will use up all the cleaner way before you use up all the oil in the package. No reason to use anything else when the stuff made for it is so easy to get ahold of.

6/29/12, 4:11 PM	#4 Re: Cleaning air filter
TQ29m Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 6,572	Depends a lot on what you're running, pavement or dirt. K&N has their own filter "oil", I like Klotz, for the paper filters, you really need to be careful, too heavy a media, and you're too rich, too light, and you've dusted a motor, so you want to take that into consideration, I'd rather use a little less, and clean more often, than use too heavy, or too light, and mess up the air flow. JMO! Bob! __________________ "Being old, isn't half as much fun, as getting there"! Ole Robert I!

6/28/12, 11:08 PM	#1 Cleaning air filter
bmsracing11 Member Race Count This Year: 14 Race Count Last Year: 27 Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 33	After cleaning my filters, whats the best oil to spray on them. Would W D 40 work ?

6/28/12, 11:36 PM	#2 Re: Cleaning air filter
wobbler Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 191	In a word NO!! What type/ brand of filter are using will dictate what filter oil to use.

6/29/12, 6:08 PM	#5
fasster23 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 463	Marvel Mystery Oil Posted via Mobile Device

7/5/12, 12:48 PM	#6 Re: Cleaning air filter
darnall Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 773	All the auto parts chain stores sell a K&N filter charger kit that comes with a bottle of K&N cleaning solution and a spray can of K&N oil.....on a dirt car you will use up all the cleaner way before you use up all the oil in the package. No reason to use anything else when the stuff made for it is so easy to get ahold of.