Fling or not, drying with a paper towel or a cloth towel will get enough water out where you can oil it and put it right back in. The amount of moisture left won't hurt anything and will probably dry in 5 minutes of riding.

 

Yep, i do that too.

 

Im going to try that next time, thanks.

 

If there is any water left especially at the edges when you oil it, there won't be any oil where that water is. Once the water dries, you have dry spots in the filter for dirt to pass through.

I would make sure the filter is totally dry before treating with oil.

 

thanx for the replies very informative and also thanx for the welcome, have a few days left before the weekend so hopefully they will be dry by tomorrow night

 

The technique I use for drying is the same I use for taking out the excess oil with a paper towel. It's pretty through. One thing about the oil and water, the water will eventually dry and the oil will move around a bit as it heats up.

But yes dry as possible is the best.

 

Stick an old hair dryer in a vise to old it, then dry your filter really good. Air drying takes too long. If the filter is wet at all, the oil will turn to sludge.

I can't imagine your clothes would be all that clean after you put you filter in the dryer. Any oil at all would coat the dryer and then your clothes. Then again, if you're trying to make somebody really mad - go ahead and use the dryer. Is that Amsoil brand softener I smell?

 

I've use a hairdryer to speed the process. I imagine it would work well if you had a shoe rack in your dryer too.

/Jon

 

When I use gas to clean my foam filter. It drys very quickly!! Just put the foam in a small amount of gas for like 30 sec. the filter comes out looking brand new and dries in minutes.

 

The problem with using gas, is the glue which holds the foams seams together will deteriorate.