foam filter reoil

[sk843143]

ok so heres the problem..... bike is sick not running well...... its sunday..... nothing is open in my town ..... i think it may be the foam filter as i have never cleaned it and i dont think the prev ouner did eather as it is bone dry.....

cleaning is not that big of a deal..... but i have no oil other than engine oil ...to reoil it with.....


so what im looking for is ideas on what i can use as well as a quick how to on cleaning and oiling the filter......



thanx in advance

 

[bwringer]

Clean it well using dish soap and warm water, dry it thoroughly, and don't bother re-oiling.

There will be plenty of residual oil sticking to the filter to do the job. Plus, the airbox is always full of oily vapors from the crankcase vent, so things stay pretty oily in there.

It's very easy to over-oil these things. If you're the nervous Nellie type, you could oil the filter with engine oil (whatever you have lying around will be fine), then wash with dish soap and dry to remove all but the slight residue needed to do the job. If you just soak the filter with oil and squeeze it out, you'll have WAY too much oil.

Don't neglect drying the filter. This always takes several hours to do right, but you can get most of the water with gentle compressed air.