Re: An Air Cleaner from a '33 - To Clean or Disassemble

Posted by Don Shields On 2014/8/18 23:17:38

I had been keeping an eye out for one of those oil bath cleaners but I never came across one. Using lighter fluid as a solvent is clever, I didn't think of that. I was going to use Brakleen but then I decided I wanted to also try to clean those inner passages where the air changes direction. So I wound up using water added at low pressure to not disturb the copper mesh, rotating the cleaner and sloshing it around those inner chambers, exiting through the copper mesh, backflushing the mesh in the process. I did this a few times until the water coming out of the louvers was clear and set it out in the hot sun for the rest of the day to dry out.

The K&N filters are also oiled, they come from the factory oiled and ready to install. So I now have an oiled filter on the outside of the cleaner, easier to service with a much longer service interval.