I’ve always used petrol, cheap and works great, may eventually ruin filter after numerous times but the cost of a new filter isn’t much and you have saved time and money by not buying expensive filter solvents in the process
I used gas for a long time, but switched to solvent when told it affects the filter. I use gas when travelling because it's readily available. I like your method. I think my foam filter distorted after using gas - so really careful refitting.
I’ve used gas for years it works fine. If gas was going to destroy a filter it would do it while running gas vapor is at times forced back threw the carb or throttle body on a stall or throttle chop if the filter wouldn’t stand gas just that vapor would eat it alive so everyone saying it will destroy it they are designed to withstand gas.
Does filter are clean from dust and small parts at all on inside? Diesel fuel for cleaning is better. + Good practice is to clean airbox as well. Than you can put filter inside without problems.
Awesome, man, so many people freaked out when they saw me doing it this way.. They tryed to use phisics they don't understand and chemistry they don't know to explain why it's bad... Haha
Wow that works amazingly! Just curious, do you take the gas out somehow or do you just let it evaporate? I feel like that could be a major fire hazard if your bike backfires through the air box but I could be wrong. Great video
Shops charge by an hourly rate. That hourly rate covers overhead such as building rent, electric bill, water & sewage, employee pay, parts and materials used etc. It doesn't cost them $60 an hour to clean your filter, but it costs them $60 an hour to run a business that provides a service.
I use gas too then rinse quickly with soap and water but I have tryed to clean an older air filter and when I put it in the gas it did start eating the foam away .but my newer uni filters seem to be ok using the gas method
I've been using gasoline to clean foam air filter for years, since my karting days, and never an issue. My struggle is figuring out when to stop applying oil, and how much is too much.
Hurricane Rider I already tried hammering it out with a socket the size of the bearing, I should’ve used my torch to help. I already brought it to my local shop to replace. But I’m wondering for next time
Yeah typically you sweat them out and freeeze them before new ones go in, not specifically for those bearings but that’s how we do for wheel bearings and bottom end bearings
Keep 3 air filters. Run one with the other 2 ready to go. When the first one needs cleaned, swap in the new one. Cean the old one & store it in a plastic bag, oiled & ready to go. This way, you allways have a fresh filter, plus a spare. I dont use gas. I use a filter kit.
OGAstra that’s really bad for it because the soap particles stick through. You guys should pay the $15 for filter cleaner and oil instead of using gas and dish soap
air filter cleaner solution is about the same as gas. So it doesnt really matter. i have filter cleaner but i only use it because i got it with my bike. otherwise gas works just as good.....
breezeffs jump in my experience the gas eats the air filters glue apart.. there's no dish soap particles left inside the filter after your rinse it and squeeze it ..I tend to only buy air filter oil as the cleaner is pointless.
@@vegasromaniac If that's your way and it works for you, well all the best ! You are just giving out advice (which is how I do it also) if people don't want to use it well it's there problem ! You end up to the same result and even better on the gas method ! PEACE !
This should be titled "How not to clean an airfilter" or the cheap way haha. I use no toil and get a lot of use out of that 8 bucks for buying it. It's also safe for the environment. Using gas is not bad if you dip and squeeze then quickly put in water.
I'm not saying it doesn't work, but the reason I don't like using gas is not because of the glue, but because it degrades the foam allowing bigger particles through.
@@vegasromaniac I'm not knocking it, I think you should do whatever is cost efficient and works for you. But the degrading would not be noticeable to the naked eye. Basically just when a tight cell foam starts to break down, the walls between cells open up allowing larger debris. Probably not a big problem unless you are racing in sand or silt.
@@vegasromaniac another cost effective way that should be a little less hard on the foam is kerosene. It's base oil numbers are much higher than gas but doesn't have a super high evaporation rate.
@@vegasromaniac ??? Min 2:26. I'm supporting your idea, and it's the way I do it. What I meant was, if you going to spend a bunch of money to clean your filter, just put a new one in.
Great video don’t forget to dry it off with a match
I’ve always used petrol, cheap and works great, may eventually ruin filter after numerous times but the cost of a new filter isn’t much and you have saved time and money by not buying expensive filter solvents in the process
Cool man. Gas has been used for many years to clean stuff. Nice oil. That's what I use.
So you clean your dirty air filter with oil😂
Yep, been doing mine with petrol for years! 😀
Excellent advice. Thanks.
I use mineral spirits and then wash it out with dish soap and water. let it dry and oil. Its not expensive .
I used gas for a long time, but switched to solvent when told it affects the filter. I use gas when travelling because it's readily available. I like your method. I think my foam filter distorted after using gas - so really careful refitting.
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I’ve used gas for years it works fine. If gas was going to destroy a filter it would do it while running gas vapor is at times forced back threw the carb or throttle body on a stall or throttle chop if the filter wouldn’t stand gas just that vapor would eat it alive so everyone saying it will destroy it they are designed to withstand gas.
ive clean mine for years with 2 stroke oil so it cleans and oils at the same time
Does filter are clean from dust and small parts at all on inside? Diesel fuel for cleaning is better. + Good practice is to clean airbox as well. Than you can put filter inside without problems.
Ive been doing that for years, it works like a charm, just use some old gas:)
I tried this and it worked great I would recommend it
Thanks
I clean mine the same way with the same oil, no issues, been doing it for 25 years
Awesome, man, so many people freaked out when they saw me doing it this way.. They tryed to use phisics they don't understand and chemistry they don't know to explain why it's bad... Haha
Great stuff, thanks!
Happy to be of help
Thanks for sharing
Wow that works amazingly! Just curious, do you take the gas out somehow or do you just let it evaporate? I feel like that could be a major fire hazard if your bike backfires through the air box but I could be wrong. Great video
I prep my filter let it sit so no fire hazard gas evaporates fast
Buddy at the shop tried to charge me 60$ in cleaning sprays for my filter lmao, thank you bro.
It's crazy what people wanna change for that right?
Shops charge by an hourly rate. That hourly rate covers overhead such as building rent, electric bill, water & sewage, employee pay, parts and materials used etc. It doesn't cost them $60 an hour to clean your filter, but it costs them $60 an hour to run a business that provides a service.
So do you just let it dry then
He he in my country many many peaple cleen filter with just gasoline :) and then just oil the filter
I’ve always done it this way too
Cheap efficient and it protects the air filter, I don't know why people need to overcomplicate things
Dawn dish soap costs hardly anything and doesn't smell horrible
Those are the heftiest bark busters I've ever seen
they remove TREES at SPEED
I use gas too then rinse quickly with soap and water but I have tryed to clean an older air filter and when I put it in the gas it did start eating the foam away .but my newer uni filters seem to be ok using the gas method
Mineral spirits and then dawn dish soap and rinse with water.
I've been using gasoline to clean foam air filter for years, since my karting days, and never an issue. My struggle is figuring out when to stop applying oil, and how much is too much.
Better too much than not enough!
My DR350 has a drain port in the airbox so excess oil just drips down through that which makes a mess but i'm okay with that.
Wow
Do you wait for gas to dry before oiling it?
Always let your filter dry before oiling it
How do I remove a bearing from my shock linkage? I tried hammering the bearings out with a socket and hammer but can’t get them to budge
MarkPowersports got a propane torch? And a socket the size of the bearing
Hurricane Rider I already tried hammering it out with a socket the size of the bearing, I should’ve used my torch to help. I already brought it to my local shop to replace. But I’m wondering for next time
Yeah typically you sweat them out and freeeze them before new ones go in, not specifically for those bearings but that’s how we do for wheel bearings and bottom end bearings
A shop press...
Oil your filter also from the inside when you use the spray😅
I wonder if diesel fuel would work, maybe even better since it has oil in it. I have a tractor so plenty of diesel fuel around.
Yep would work just fine
Sweet
glad you liked it
How did you filter the gas after to reuse it
Paper towel also the dirty settles at the bottom
how do you make that thing that remowes dirt from gasoline ??
Paper towel
Do you dry the airfilter before putting the oil on or not?
I guess he isn't gonna answer that. I wanted to know too
@@pegpeg3939 I think you should ye
Can u clean it with 2 stroke gas
Yes
How long should you wait for the gas to evaporate?
I have 2 filters so I switch them around
Rinse it with soap and water after
Does it work with 2stroke?
It’s a 2stroke he’s working on !
Keep 3 air filters. Run one with the other 2 ready to go. When the first one needs cleaned, swap in the new one. Cean the old one & store it in a plastic bag, oiled & ready to go. This way, you allways have a fresh filter, plus a spare.
I dont use gas. I use a filter kit.
i use dawn dish soap if i dont have any cleaner.. i dont like smelling like gas
OGAstra that’s really bad for it because the soap particles stick through. You guys should pay the $15 for filter cleaner and oil instead of using gas and dish soap
air filter cleaner solution is about the same as gas. So it doesnt really matter. i have filter cleaner but i only use it because i got it with my bike. otherwise gas works just as good.....
breezeffs jump in my experience the gas eats the air filters glue apart.. there's no dish soap particles left inside the filter after your rinse it and squeeze it ..I tend to only buy air filter oil as the cleaner is pointless.
Foam filters always used gas and when I had paper fabric filters I'd use dish soap... That's just me !
Man you should see the people that freaked out on me about using gasp. Little that they know that sometimes carbureter spit back some... Bwhaha
@@vegasromaniac If that's your way and it works for you, well all the best ! You are just giving out advice (which is how I do it also) if people don't want to use it well it's there problem ! You end up to the same result and even better on the gas method ! PEACE !
@@doobyboy21 thanks for watching and commenting
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This should be titled "How not to clean an airfilter" or the cheap way haha. I use no toil and get a lot of use out of that 8 bucks for buying it. It's also safe for the environment. Using gas is not bad if you dip and squeeze then quickly put in water.
I'm not saying it doesn't work, but the reason I don't like using gas is not because of the glue, but because it degrades the foam allowing bigger particles through.
I have done it 20 times and never saw any degradation...
@@vegasromaniac I'm not knocking it, I think you should do whatever is cost efficient and works for you. But the degrading would not be noticeable to the naked eye. Basically just when a tight cell foam starts to break down, the walls between cells open up allowing larger debris. Probably not a big problem unless you are racing in sand or silt.
@@vegasromaniac another cost effective way that should be a little less hard on the foam is kerosene. It's base oil numbers are much higher than gas but doesn't have a super high evaporation rate.
all I have to say is no-toil!
Petrol is the best cleaner for this Imagine wasting 1 hour trying to clean it in soap when petrol can clean it in 10 seconds.
Yep
Should I just pour the gasoline in my neighbors yard when I’m done with it?
yes but only after you reuse it several times to so you get it nice and dirty , then you light it up
The quote of the video: " spend 8$ to clean a 8$ filter". Hell no. Just throw in a new filter
Haha I didn't understand your comment, it was out of context I guess, sorry bud .. I'm old and not getting it sometimes
@@vegasromaniac ??? Min 2:26. I'm supporting your idea, and it's the way I do it. What I meant was, if you going to spend a bunch of money to clean your filter, just put a new one in.
@@nelsonmarques1334 haha I got it wrong, I was not understanding your comment.. Bwhaha I thought you are trolling.... Sorry my bad
The filter on my bike cost like 50$ lmao, so this shit helps.
Just buy a new filter every time, don't risk your engine with a used recleaned filter. Just put a brand new filter every single ride
all i have to say is that you should not own a dirt bike or atleast a air filter
And you are afraid of trying anything else that what's sold in the store, live a little take some risk..
This is not the thing to do man lol clean the filter properly or just throw in a new one. Gas basically eats away at it .
Fr3ShPRiNC3 That’s true but if you rinse the filter off after the gasoline it won’t
177 Media the damage is already done by then