Anytime I want to know what's in something, I look up the MSDS. Well all it says is "Petroleum distillates and red solvent". That doesn't tell me anything.
http://www.knfilters.com/msds/99-5000.pdf
So I got to wondering if K&N filter oil is the same thing as automatic transmission fluid thinned down with something.
The shop manual for my Citroen 2CV which uses a foam rubber element says to use something like a 40/60 mixture of motor oil and gasoline, soak it then squeeze it out. So made my own filter oil for the foam rubber filter for my lawnmower using automatic transmission fluid and kerosene. About a 50/50 mixture. It seems to work just as well.
Now what does this have to do with anything? This is what the air cleaner looked like on my old Snapper after one season, yet the engine still ran OK! I the foam wrap was oiled.
What really did this was mulching leaves.
Here is what the air cleaner looked like on my Craftsmans mower after three hours of usage:
Ordinary I just blow off the dust with compressed air and reuse it instead of replacing it. But some people said this is not good on a paper filter. there is also a debate on whether to oil the foam wrap or not. I've tried both.
This year's drought has aggravated things causing quite a dust bowel when mowing.
I found this super cool foam filter made by UNI filter for my Craftsmans lawnmower:
This foam filter sells for the same price as the replacement paper filter ($17).
I oiled it, and afterwards noticed it caught quite a bit of dust. I dunked it in my parts washer of kerosene and the dirt fell right off!
The next step is to make my own foam filters for my 18.5 B&S engine on my MTD and my Honda powered push mower using this stuff:
The plan is to cut the wire mesh using a Dremel tool and cut off saw, remove the paper element and use the rubber as a gasket and cut down the foam rubber to fill in where the paper media was. Trouble is I have to remove about 1/2" off this stuff because I cannot find foam rubber 1.5" thick.
Here is another question. I just recently replaced the air cleaner in my 98 Chevy Van. I thought about making a foam rubber filter for my van. The question is would the oil damage the heated wire in the air mass sensor? Looks to me like it would but I've never heard of a K&N filter (which is also oiled) destroying a mass air sensor using the heated wire method.
Any comments?
http://www.knfilters.com/msds/99-5000.pdf
So I got to wondering if K&N filter oil is the same thing as automatic transmission fluid thinned down with something.
The shop manual for my Citroen 2CV which uses a foam rubber element says to use something like a 40/60 mixture of motor oil and gasoline, soak it then squeeze it out. So made my own filter oil for the foam rubber filter for my lawnmower using automatic transmission fluid and kerosene. About a 50/50 mixture. It seems to work just as well.
Now what does this have to do with anything? This is what the air cleaner looked like on my old Snapper after one season, yet the engine still ran OK! I the foam wrap was oiled.
What really did this was mulching leaves.
Here is what the air cleaner looked like on my Craftsmans mower after three hours of usage:
Ordinary I just blow off the dust with compressed air and reuse it instead of replacing it. But some people said this is not good on a paper filter. there is also a debate on whether to oil the foam wrap or not. I've tried both.
This year's drought has aggravated things causing quite a dust bowel when mowing.
I found this super cool foam filter made by UNI filter for my Craftsmans lawnmower:
This foam filter sells for the same price as the replacement paper filter ($17).
I oiled it, and afterwards noticed it caught quite a bit of dust. I dunked it in my parts washer of kerosene and the dirt fell right off!
The next step is to make my own foam filters for my 18.5 B&S engine on my MTD and my Honda powered push mower using this stuff:
The plan is to cut the wire mesh using a Dremel tool and cut off saw, remove the paper element and use the rubber as a gasket and cut down the foam rubber to fill in where the paper media was. Trouble is I have to remove about 1/2" off this stuff because I cannot find foam rubber 1.5" thick.
Here is another question. I just recently replaced the air cleaner in my 98 Chevy Van. I thought about making a foam rubber filter for my van. The question is would the oil damage the heated wire in the air mass sensor? Looks to me like it would but I've never heard of a K&N filter (which is also oiled) destroying a mass air sensor using the heated wire method.
Any comments?
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