Re: air filter

Posted by Rusty O\'Toole On 2017/8/24 15:57:08

To service an oil bath air cleaner-

Remove the filter unit from the top. Check the oil reservoir. If it is more than half full of dirt it needs to be serviced. If not top up the oil to the line indicated and put the top back on. Use 50 motor oil.

If it needs to be serviced swish the filter in a pan of cleaning solvent, kerosene or Varsol. Let it drip dry. Do not blow compressed air through it, that can make channels in the filter medium.

Syphon out the old oil and wipe out with cotton waste or rags. When clean, refill with 50 weight oil.

Pour a little oil over the filter medium and reinstall the filter.

In normal service, on good paved roads, this only needs to be done every 10,000 miles or so. However you should check it when you do an oil change and grease job or tuneup.

In dry dusty conditions, driving on dirt roads, service will be needed more frequently. In the most extreme conditions it might be necessary weekly or even daily. But I doubt anyone would drive their Packard hard over dirt roads, desert or construction detours these days.