How do you clean ur air filter?

[ec300 2013]

Hey
Its discussion for the best and cheapest way to clean the air filter,
I’m tired to buy every time 2 litres of kerosene to clean it.



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[Davehuge]

I wash mine with warm soapy water (washing up liquid).

Rinse it really well.

Gently squeeze it to remove water (don't twist it) and leave to dry.

Re-oil it with air filter oil, careful not to put too much oil into it.

[swazi_matt]

Use No-Toil and you wash it in soap and water (or if you wait till your wife is asleep you can put it in the dishwasher, just remember to get up early to unpack it in the morning, then you also score points for being helpful ;-)

[Gez]

Clean first with kero, then dish soap. They come out close to new

[shawbagga]

Diesel then truck wash then water.

[(F5)]

Petrol and proper gloves. Sheesh, blouses

[RudolfHucker]

If you use No-Toil, the branded detergent is 99% plain washing soda crystals. You can buy washing soda from the supermarket for pennies.

If you get a bottle of No-Toil cleaner, wash with soda, rinse and then was again with about a teaspoon of No-Toil cleaner to finish. Makes the No-Toil last a couple of years.

[SS109]

I run No Toil filter oil for about 7 years now. I clean with only genuine Oxi Clean (the generic versions don't work as well) in my kitchen sink. I'll never go back to regular filter oil where I have to use chemicals to clean my filter.

[RudolfHucker]

I used to use Oxi Clean but it's not easy to find in the UK now. Soda crystals do the job as well anyway. I checked the Hazard data for the No-Toil cleaner and it states that the chemistry is basically the same.

I'm not sure what is in Putoline filter oil and cleaner but it takes the skin off my hands and gives me a banging headache.

[Zman]

NoToil air filters clean up amazingly easy! I try to use the spray cleaner for the specific brand of spray oil and when I run out of that I uses gasoline/petrol. The gasoline/ petrol option tends to destroy about 25% of the various air filter mfrs glues and they air filter seams seem to fall apart after the washing.

Never use non gasoline/ petrol on a NoToil filter! (probably not good to use other oils either). They unzip the glue and fall into pieces.