id wash it out with light soap and water to be safe....

 

ive used brake cleaner before infact i used it to clean the filters in my dirtbikes too and ive never had a problem but ive used soap and water afterwards and blown it out with compressed air

 

He's also curious if it's okay to just replace it back into the air filter box without re oiling it but I told him probably should cause the oil catches all the fine little particals..

 

definetly oil it but use it sparingly 95% of people over oil there filters

 

ive used brake cleaner before infact i used it to clean the filters in my dirtbikes too and ive never had a problem but ive used soap and water afterwards and blown it out with compressed air

wow, you do everything that your not supposed to when cleaning a filter....


Brake cleaner will eat through the fine material in an air filter and render it useless. Mild soap and warm water is the best best, which is exactly what comes in the K&N kit. Don't use compressed air to dry because it can blow tiny holes into the filter that also renders is useless. When you do clean it, make sure to run the water from the inside out, that way you're not trying to push the dirt further into the filter. A filter designed to be oiled won't be effective if put back in dry, the filter media just isn't designed to capture particles without the oil. Like said before, go sparingly on the oil. It takes very little but is needed.

 

wow, you do everything that your not supposed to when cleaning a filter....


Brake cleaner will eat through the fine material in an air filter and render it useless. Mild soap and warm water is the best best, which is exactly what comes in the K&N kit. Don't use compressed air to dry because it can blow tiny holes into the filter that also renders is useless. When you do clean it, make sure to run the water from the inside out, that way you're not trying to push the dirt further into the filter. A filter designed to be oiled won't be effective if put back in dry, the filter media just isn't designed to capture particles without the oil. Like said before, go sparingly on the oil. It takes very little but is needed.

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What do people consider a mild soap? Something such as laundry detergent, hand soap, liquid hand soap, carpet cleaner ha ha? Just curious..

 

Id stick with soap and warm water but thats just me

 

What do people consider a mild soap? Something such as laundry detergent, hand soap, liquid hand soap, carpet cleaner ha ha? Just curious..

Stay away from laundry. Stick with handsoap(no-moisturizer). Just normal hand soap. Either that or just really small amounts of dishwash soap. None of that extra tough stuff. Just regular cheapo brand dishwash soap.