Just got my new to me 09 TE610. Started doing the service. First thing: air filter. Sticky, oily, dirty thing (but not too dirty). Gave it Goo-Gone bath and soap and water after that, wrung it out about 1200 times under hot water, and FINALLY got all the green goo out of it. Man, that's a process! Anyway, any advice on a simpler method, or did I find it? Also, what oil to use? Thanks, S
No Toil makes a filter oil & cleaner that is much easier to work with than the older filter oil in a can. It cleans easily with cleaning powder & warm water, then I re-oil in a zip lock bag (I buy my oil in a 1/2 gallon jug). Much easier & I always have an extra filter around so the bike is always ready to go. G/L
I do the same. I keep a little kerosene in an Ice cream bucket to break down the oil first. Then it's 'no toil' for cleaning. Pat your filter dry don't ring it out by twisting it. Also get yourself a spare filter and always have a clean/already oiled filter in a zip lock bag. The plastic bag catches any excess oil from the filter too. A lot easier cleaning 2 or more filters at once.
note......... its good to put filter oil on the insideof you filter and work it through to the out side that way you know it is properly oiled as for cleaning what thay said
I didn't think pretroleum based solvents worked on no toil. I tried once and nothing happened, then I discovered it had been treated with no toil. Using their cleaning agent did the trick
Typing a post at work this morning without really checking I swore I was using 'No toil' A quick step out to the garage just now and I find out it is TwinAir Dirtbio Remover I tried using it just on ordinary filter oil and it would cut though. But if I use a little kerosene first it seems to work. My bad.... Thx sasrocks
I was recommended to use Maxima FFT - Foam Filter Treatment for oiling the filter and am impressed so far. Easy to oil the filter and gets tacky in about 15 minutes. I use the TwinAir Cleaner tub with their cleaner followed up with some warm soapy water. Seems to work well.
I dislike brand name products that tell me the world is going to end if I don't use certain other name brand products. For foam filters I use kerosene, followed by warm soapy water and oil in a zip-loc bag using "Diggers" chain saw bar oil.
I dig the notoil stuff. I clean my filters in the washing machine. Spin cycle gets 'em pretty well rung out... I also like the fact that notoil sells a filter grease as well. I just picked up their air box cleaner (got it as a freebee) but have not tried it out yet.
