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Dish soap to clean an air filter? NEVER AGAIN!

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Old 02-08-2002, 10:10 AM
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Yeah I can ride to all those house.I know where U talking about.The pink flamingom closed down though.But yeah the road right after the bridge on the left is where the people that own the ground live.On hwy 61.
 
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Old 02-08-2002, 11:04 AM
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80-90 weight works fine for catching dust and dirt. I've been using it for years on my filters, and it does wash out with soap and water.
 
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Old 02-08-2002, 06:22 PM
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Do ya'll just put the oil on DIRECTLY to your filter?? How much do you put on??
 
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Old 02-08-2002, 07:02 PM
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I use K&N filter oil, and I always just wash it out with soap and water. I fuond some weird stuff unnder my sink once that worked really good, but can't remember what it was called. Wouldn't mineral spirits dry out the filter after awhile, kinda like gas would?
 
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Old 02-08-2002, 07:58 PM
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I use the K&N in the spray bottle and the oil in the aerosol can. The both work great and are quick and clean.
 
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Old 02-08-2002, 11:00 PM
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Parts washers work great. When I'm in a hurry though I use Dawn dish soap. It's a mess and everything but it's a little quicker then going down to my dad's shop to use the parts washer.
 
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I used mineral spirits on the same uni-filter for over two years. I must have washed it out a hundred times. It was still like new.
 
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