Proper Air Filter Maintenance

After browsing a few forums it has come to my attention that a lot of people do not know how to properly maintenance there air filter and air box. Its really very simple. This tech tip really only applies to foam filters.

Step 1 - Check and see if your filter is ready to be cleaned. Here is a picture of what your filter will look like when its in need of being cleaned.



Step 2 Take a shop vac and vacuum all the loose dirt out of the air box.



Step 3 - Take some cleaner (I use spray nine) and some paper towel and clean out the air box. It doesn't have to be perfect. But its good to clean it out a little when your doing maintenance to your filter.

Step 4 - Take the foam filter off the cage and clean the dirt off the cage with cleaner and a paper towel.



Step 5 - Clean the oil and dirt off the filter my clean it with warm water and soap, gas, or a parts wash. Parts wash works the best in my opinion. Make sure you rinse the filter out good with water, you don't want any soap, gas, or parts wash on the filter when your done. Then make sure you dry the filter good with some paper towel.

Step 6 - Make sure you clean the air box cover good. Make sure the seals are cleaned good so they will seal up good to keep out dust and water.



Step 7 - Time to oil the filter up! If you have a spray can of foam filter oil spray it down evenly all over the filter. Make sure you rub the oil in a bit. If you have foam filter oil in a bottle just put a bit in a plastic bag with the filter and work the oil into the filter.



Step 8 - Put a bit of foam filter oil around the seal of the filter. This will seal the seal up nicely to the air box.



Hope this helped some of ya who are new to ATVing.

Mack :read: