How to improve air filters that appear to be made out of used clothes dryer sheets?

[oil pan 4]

Hyundai/kia newer echo, toro, redmax stuff. The newer generation of air filters appear to be made out of used dryer sheets or felt like material.
For vehicles and yard equipment it doesn't matter if someone else makes the filter they all made out of similar materials after market don't appear to be better than OEM.
I have even gone so far as to RTV the filter in place on yard equipment but dirt still gets in, so it's very unlikely it's getting around the filter.
The yard implements in question spit some 2stroke oil back on the air filter during start up and shutdown so they stay kind of oily.
With the Hyundai/kia air filter I sprayed them down with wd40 to catch more dirt, which it does but dirt still gets through.
Should I switch to K&N air filter oil?
Should I try to add a layer of foam?
Add more layers of felt?
I'm just trying to get them to be almost as good as any cheap paper air filter.

 

[edyvw]

Wait, what? Is that OE Hyundai/KIA filter? Any photos?

 

[97prizm]

What outdoor power equipment is Hyundai/Kia? I've never seen 2 stroke mix get spit onto the oil filter?

 

[Kira]

I have little to go on beyond your description.
I suggest getting a more substantial filter in a larger size and cut it down to cover your service filter and RTV it in place.

 

[oil pan 4]

What outdoor power equipment is Hyundai/Kia? I've never seen 2 stroke mix get spit onto the oil filter?

Hyundai and kia use air filters in their cars that look like they're made of felt.
New echo and redmax toro yard equipment look like they use somewhere between felt and used dryer sheets.
I turn 2 stroke stuff off withghr choke. That way it's ready to go next time.

 

[oil pan 4]

I have little to go on beyond your description.
I suggest getting a more substantial filter in a larger size and cut it down to cover your service filter and RTV it in place.

There's not room for a larger filter. In the Hyundai I might be able to get an aftermarket intake, but it would be oiled cotton and draw hot air from underneath the hood, so I could probably buy a worse air filter setup for few hundred dollars.

 

[wpod]

Use the oem filters.

 

[oil pan 4]

Use the oem filters.

The OEM filters let dirt through.

 

[Oily_Thing]

Planned obsolescence?

 

[Rand]

The OEM filters let dirt through.

I find this hard to believe.

Also my echo uses a standard car style paper filter.

 

[SHOZ]

My Hyundai OE filters looked just like the orange Fram filters.

 

[oil pan 4]

I find this hard to believe.

Also my echo uses a standard car style paper filter.

Yeah my old echo made about 15 years ago has a paper air filter too. Like it or not least some of their new stuff uses a dryer sheet air filter.

 

[oil pan 4]

My Hyundai OE filters looked just like the orange Fram filters.

Our 2008 v6 and 2018 hybrid both use felt.

 

[SHOZ]

Our 2008 v6 and 2018 hybrid both use felt.

Just get a K&N.

 

[oil pan 4]

Just get a K&N.

Probably worse and it costs more.

 

[Rand]

Yeah my old echo made about 15 years ago has a paper air filter too. Like it or not least some of their new stuff uses a dryer sheet air filter.

Mine is 3 years old.

 

[oil pan 4]

Mine is 3 years old.
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When I went to the shop to buy the biggest saw the had in 2017 I wasn't thinking about the air filter.

 

[Rand]

When I went to the shop to buy the biggest saw the had in 2017 I wasn't thinking about the air filter.

What hyundai do you have with a dryer sheet filter. I'll find you one that isnt.

 

[jeepman3071]

Depending on the model of equipment you have, there are some o-rings people use to help everything seal better. I know on the CS-590 Echo chainsaw there is a kit to put an o-ring where the securing "bolt" goes to keep fine dust out.

 

[KGMtech]

Do dryer sheets in air filters make the exhaust come out wrinkle free and smell fresh? Asking for a friend...