Muddy air filter gas

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Edited Date/Time 6/17/2015 4:38am
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pete24 6/16/2015 8:52am
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i gave up on it and started using No toil
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DownSouth 6/16/2015 8:52am
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Take it to the local hazardous household waste collection site.

My county has several sites that collect all sorts of bad stuff: oil, gas, antifreeze, batteries, paint, pesticides, florescent tubes etc. It is free to drop the stuff off, they just want to avoid it ending up in landfills or dumped on the ground or into storm drains.
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Sandberm 6/16/2015 8:57am
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It evaporates.

It evaporates.
I always wash my filter in a coffee can half full of gas and if I leave the lid off the can it will evaporate in short order in hot weather.

Usually I use the dirty gas as a parts cleaner.
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Bruce372 6/16/2015 8:59am
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Don't do it. Go to a water based system.
Its just not worth the health risk.
Take it to a local disposal place.

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sgthubbard#60 6/16/2015 9:05am
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Dump it on the poison ivy around my garage and house. Works great.
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Save it for starting fires.
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logan_140 6/16/2015 9:23am
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And I don't use gas. Use mineral spirits to get the dirt off. Than use dawn to get the oils out. New every time
Anthony Siracuse 6/16/2015 9:46am
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Do yourself a favor and get some of this:


It's a little more money but my air filters come out looking brand new. If you don't want go buy it, warm water and laundry detergent works great. Just let it soak for a while then rinse with warm, not hot, water.
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Tracktor 6/16/2015 9:54am
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Why waste money on the name brand cleaner when generic Oxy-clean does the same thing?........................
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When I was a kid I would drop a tennis ball in it, light it on fire, and kick it around with my friends. Kids, don't try this at home. If you do, make sure you are far away from a very dry field. Just saying . . .
Anthony Siracuse 6/16/2015 9:59am
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GrapeApe wrote:
When I was a kid I would drop a tennis ball in it, light it on fire, and kick it around with my friends. Kids, don't...
When I was a kid I would drop a tennis ball in it, light it on fire, and kick it around with my friends. Kids, don't try this at home. If you do, make sure you are far away from a very dry field. Just saying . . .
In other words, don't do it in California.
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KMC440 6/16/2015 10:04am
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Dump it in the corners of your local go cart track .... Waaaaaaaaah Hooooooooooooooo
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Sandberm wrote:
It evaporates. It evaporates. I always wash my filter in a coffee can half full of gas and if I leave the lid off the can...
It evaporates.

It evaporates.
I always wash my filter in a coffee can half full of gas and if I leave the lid off the can it will evaporate in short order in hot weather.

Usually I use the dirty gas as a parts cleaner.
This is what I do with it. I only use about 2 cups of gas and then I set it out to mostly evaporate off.

Grape has a much better solution though.
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peelout 6/16/2015 10:23am
6/16/2015 10:23am Edited Date/Time 6/16/2015 10:34am
i do it on the side of my house with the mower gas-can, helps keep the ants and weeds at bay. if it's bad gas i am a little more generous in getting the filter extra clean
Mustard Tiger 6/16/2015 10:24am
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Gas is bad for your filters, it eats away at the foam and glue that holds them together. If youre gonna do it the cheap way, use kerosense

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DoctorJD 6/16/2015 10:25am
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Use No Toil, then you can just pour it in the yard.
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IWreckALot 6/16/2015 10:42am
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Mustard Tiger wrote:
Gas is bad for your filters, it eats away at the foam and glue that holds them together. If youre gonna do it the cheap way...
Gas is bad for your filters, it eats away at the foam and glue that holds them together. If youre gonna do it the cheap way, use kerosense
Who the hell keeps kerosene around? It's not the 1920's where we're lighting our house with lanterns.

I've cleaned air filters for years with gas and while you're right about it eating away at the glue, it's not a very fast process. I buy two air filters every year to year and a half and don't have any problem.
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Anthony Siracuse wrote:
Do yourself a favor and get some of this: [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2015/06/16/94815/s1200_image.jpg[/img] It's a little more money but my air filters come out looking brand new. If you...
Do yourself a favor and get some of this:


It's a little more money but my air filters come out looking brand new. If you don't want go buy it, warm water and laundry detergent works great. Just let it soak for a while then rinse with warm, not hot, water.
The only prob wit the Maxima stuff is it has a really strong smell. Not really a bad smell, but really strong. After washing a few filters outside and allowing them to air dry in my garage, the entire house stank for a week. The PJ1 stuff works the same and has a much less persistent smell.

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Tpog496 6/16/2015 11:44am
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I have a discount code for Oxy-clean as well. My maid takes her job seriously and is sponsored by them so she hooks me up.
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KMC440 6/16/2015 11:48am
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Tpog496 wrote:
I have a discount code for Oxy-clean as well. My maid takes her job seriously and is sponsored by them so she hooks me up.
Pics of the 32yr old hottie in the french maid outfit.
Harry Backmon 6/16/2015 11:49am
6/16/2015 11:49am
No way it's cheaper. Not here. As soon as I heard Oxy Clean did the same as No Toil, I switched. I get a huge tub of Oxy for less than a small bottle of No Toil cleaner.
Anthony Siracuse 6/16/2015 12:57pm
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Anthony Siracuse wrote:
Do yourself a favor and get some of this: [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2015/06/16/94815/s1200_image.jpg[/img] It's a little more money but my air filters come out looking brand new. If you...
Do yourself a favor and get some of this:


It's a little more money but my air filters come out looking brand new. If you don't want go buy it, warm water and laundry detergent works great. Just let it soak for a while then rinse with warm, not hot, water.
FGR01 wrote:
The only prob wit the Maxima stuff is it has a really strong smell. Not really a bad smell, but really strong. After washing a few...
The only prob wit the Maxima stuff is it has a really strong smell. Not really a bad smell, but really strong. After washing a few filters outside and allowing them to air dry in my garage, the entire house stank for a week. The PJ1 stuff works the same and has a much less persistent smell.

Yes I have used PJ1. It's not bad. But you are comepletly right about the stench. If it gets in your clothes you better plan on washing them before you go somewhere. It is potent. Like you said it doesn't smell bad, just strong.
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DoctorJD 6/16/2015 12:58pm
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I switched to the Evolution about four months ago. It has a weird consistency, really watery and...green. But when it dries, it feels heavier and sticky, basically like conventional filter "oil".
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DoctorJD 6/16/2015 1:17pm
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The first time I used the Evolution, I thought I had a defective bottle since it was so watery. I think it gets pretty dang tacky. Now, to say that it gets as tacky as Bel Ray would be a stretch, but relative to the "red" No Toil, I think it tacks up at least as good. The thing I like about it, is that since its so thin, I can work it deeper into the filter.

Moisture hasn't been a concern for me since I don't race much so I basically pick and choose when to ride (which isn't in wet conditions). I can tell you that it seems to do a great job keeping sand and red clay dust out of the intake. The red stuff served me well for the last 10 years, I'm sold on it, can't go wrong if you decide to go that way as far as I'm concerned.

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